On 2 September 2019, the Irish Department of Finance issued a feedback statement outlining changes that will be made to the Irish transfer pricing rules with effect from 1 January 2020.  Irish transfer pricing rules apply to certain transactions entered into by associated parties.  The key changes to the Irish rules are: ●the transfer pricing rules will apply to non-trading transactions, save for certain Irish-to-Irish non-trading transactions; grandfathering that existed for transactions agreed before 1 July 2010 will be removed; ●the transfer...

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Financial services and insurance companies of all sizes require innovative immigration strategies and support to remain competitive in the global marketplace. From moving business leaders around the world to on-boarding talent with cutting-edge data analytics capabilities, understanding key visa processes and compliance is essential. This primer provides an overview of several employment and immigration compliance topics affecting the financial services and insurance industries operating in the U.S. Hiring in the U.S. Companies of all sizes in the financial services and insurance industries...

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It is my pleasure to inform you that as of September Leonie Hamersma will be the firm's new representative in Houston. We are proud to have Leonie represent Houthoff in Houston. She started her career as a corporate lawyer more than 10 years ago, working in the international M&A field and various others, such as energy, healthcare and finance. As a representative, Leonie will be responsible for further developing close ties with clients and firms to create new alliances and...

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Excerpted from Dr. Joanna Massey’s upcoming book “You Raised Them, Now You Have to Live with Them in the Workplace: How Millennials and Gen Z Are Changing the Way We Work.” Benjamin Franklin famously said that there are only two things that are certain in life—death and taxes. Well, I would argue that the one thing death and taxes have in common is that they both create a change in your life. So, in my personal philosophy, the one guarantee...

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