After winning the ‘Best Law Firm in Social Law’ award, our Employment & Benefits team shined again last night by winning the ‘Best Employment Law Firm’ award at the HR Excellence Awards.The HR Excellence Awards is the most prestigious recognition among the HR community in Belgium. These two awards make us very proud. Again, we would like to congratulate our Employment & Benefits team for their hard work and also thank our clients, colleagues and stakeholders who contribute to this...

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Sika Peru has opened new headquarters in the metropolitan area of Lima and introduced a modern plant for the production of concrete admixtures, mortar products, and acrylic liquid applied membranes (LAM). With this new plant, Sika is tripling its production capacities and strengthening its market position in Peru. At the new site in Lucumo, Sika has commissioned a modern plant for mortars and admixtures. The acrylic LAM manufacturing equipment has also been moved to the new site from the existing...

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By Marc S. Friedman |Director of Professional Relations | Global Commerce Education In the most recent article in this series,  I explained how many non-US companies, including Baltic businesses, are discouraged from exploiting a robust US marketplace by Myth #2 – that forming a business in the US takes a very long time with too many hurdles to overcome. Today I will address Myth #3 - 3. there are so many methods of market entry that it is impossible to...

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The EU Insurance Distribution Directive 2016/97 (“IDD”) entered into force on 22 February 2016. EU member states are required to transpose it into national legislation by 1 July 2018 and to apply it to insurers and insurance distributors by 1 October 2018. IDD will replace and repeal EU Insurance Mediation Directive 2002/92/EC (“IMD”). Like the IMD, the IDD covers the regulatory requirements for insurance and reinsurance intermediaries that wish to operate toward European customers. However, the application of the IDD...

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Last week’s elections will bring in new legislators at the federal and state levels and The Toy Association team has begun laying the foundation to successfully navigate regulatory and legislative threats and opportunities in 2019 and beyond. The Toy Association is committed to working closely with new legislators and the current administration to support policies that promote growth in the toy industry and those that remain highly protective of children. In the coming months, the Association will meet with newly-elected...

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