Focus on Tax Strategies & Developments - June 2015
In This Issue: - Distinguishing Between Captive Insurance and Related Party Derivatives: Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum 201511021 - Achieving Tax-Free ‘Rollover’ Treatment for Certain Shareholders in...
View ArticleHistoric Agreement Reached with Iran—Iranian Nuclear Commitments in Exchange...
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - On July 14, 2015, following two years of negotiations, China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union...
View ArticleUnited States and European Union Ease Trade Sanctions Against Iran Pursuant...
As widely reported, Saturday, January 16 was “Implementation Day” under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), agreed to on July 14, 2015, by the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the...
View ArticleUS Treasury and Commerce Departments Announce New Changes to Cuba Regulations
On January 25, 2016, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced new changes to existing US...
View ArticleOverview of US and EU Trade Sanctions
Overview of US and EU Trade Sanctions - Following is a summary of the current US and EU sanctions that restrict trade with and/or investment in certain countries, “Specially Designated Nationals”...
View ArticleDuty Savings Opportunity on Imported Scientific Instruments for Research...
In Depth - US research hospitals and other research institutions that import scientific instruments should take advantage of a US customs procedure that allows foreign instruments to enter duty-free if...
View ArticleInternational News: Focus on International M&A
The Impact of The EU General Data Protection Regulation - The EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 4 May 2016 following...
View ArticleInvesting in Cuban Health Care Biotech Industries
The Obama Administration made significant new regulatory changes to allow certain investment opportunities in the Cuban health care and biotech industries. While many barriers remain, US firms in the...
View ArticleTHE LATEST: National Security Reviews of Foreign Ownership May Broaden
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS, commonly pronounced “syphius”) reviews M&A transactions that may pose a risk to national security through foreign control of a US...
View ArticleTHE LATEST: Further Efforts to Broaden the Scope and Impact for CFIUS Reviews...
We reported earlier on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and its legal and practical authority to review M&A transactions for possible risks to US national security...
View ArticleCurrent Trends and Proposed Legislation Pose Enhanced CFIUS Risks and Timing...
Legislation has now been introduced in the US Congress that would significantly expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to a broader scope of...
View ArticleIncreased Scrutiny of Foreign Investment in the United States Creates Deal Risk
Since introducing legislation in late 2017 seeking to expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, Congress has continued to evaluate the proposed Foreign...
View ArticlePresident Trump Announces Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports
President Trump announced on March 1, 2018, that sometime this week or next, the Trump Administration will place 25 percent tariffs on all steel imports and 10 percent tariffs on all aluminum imports....
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