On 18 September it was budget day (Prinsjesdag) in the Netherlands on which the Dutch government released several bills of law containing tax law proposals. In this Tax Alert we will provide you with a summary of the main proposals relevant for international businesses. 1. Implementation of ATAD 1: introduction of earnings stripping rule and CFC-regimeOn 12 July 2016 the Anti-tax Avoidance Directive ('ATAD 1' or the 'Directive') was adopted by the European Council, obliging member states to adopt it ultimately...

ACG Resources is proud and pleased to announce that Forbes has recognized ACG Resources as one of the Best Executive Recruiting Firms of 2018 in the United States. Based on aggregate data registered by our active and passive clients, ACG Resources has been rated 9.5/10 (Net Promoter Score), regarding effective strategy, communication, and search efforts. As a boutique family-operated firm, we a proud of our unmatched, almost zero-turnover rate of our internal staff as well as our proven, dedicated recruitment...

By  JOHN BRUTON I was in Coventry Cathedral recently to speak at “Rising”, the annual Global Peace Forum. The gathering brought together politicians, academics, lawyers and local people who are interested in how lessons, learned in a peace process in one part of the world, might assist in another one elsewhere. Coventry Cathedral is an inspiring setting for talking about war, and its dire consequences. The original cathedral was heavily bombed in 1940 during World War Two, but, instead of restoring it,...

Pepper Hamilton announced that seven lawyers have been named by New York-Metro Super Lawyers magazine as top attorneys in the state for 2018. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in New York are named to Super Lawyers and no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list. The following lawyers have been named to the New York-Metro Super Lawyers list: H. Peter Haveles, Jr. James D. Rosener Ira M. Schulman Howard J. Shire Jim Rosener is Member of the EACCNY Board of Directors and President...

VULCAN VIEW- KEY EVENTS THIS WEEK: BREXIT Glimmer of hope for possible Brexit solution The embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May was thrown a possible lifeline on Wednesday when the President of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker broadly welcomed her Chequers’ proposals as a ‘starting point’ to establish a UK-EU ‘free trade area. Despite many aspects of the future relationship still yet unresolved, the Prime Minister’s aides are now eyeing up a possible Brussels summit in mid-November for the signing of a...

By Steve Wilson | Partner & Emma Ladley | Senior Associate   Welcome back from summer and Shanah Tovah to those who celebrated earlier this week.  Summer is often quieter on the new regulation front (although the soap opera of issues relating to Brexit continues to develop – see the latest here). Of course, regular readers will not be surprised that GDPR has not gone away – to quote our UK privacy colleague, Mark Taylor: "GDPR is for Life and not just for May 25th"! However, we are now...