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Brink Cohen Le Roux: personalised service achieved by boutique firms

Brink Cohen Le Roux looks to establish a more visible footprint in Africa through cross-border professional services

Our firm has become synonymous with service excellence and specialist advice, which our firm strives to maintain. In seeking to pursue such objectives, we provide value-added solutions with a smaller hands-on team than our larger competitors. At its fo...

Gregory P. Joseph takes World Finance’s ‘Best Lawyer’ accolade

Described as “one of the true experts on federal practice,” Greg Joseph has been named World Finance’s Best Lawyer in the US, 2012

Gregory P Joseph practises exclusively in the field of commercial litigation. The National Law Journal, profiling the firm last year, wrote: “Joseph’s New York firm has a definable ‘sweet spot,’ big-dollar complex financial transactions, involving...

There are statutory provisions in the US, the EU and in each member state, including Austria, protecting people who make criminal activities known to the relevant authorities. Such people are generally known as a whistleblower or a cooperating/key witness

BMA attorneys warn of liability risk for whistleblowers

There are statutory provisions in the US, the EU and in each member state, including Austria, protecting people who make criminal activities known to the relevant authorities. Such people are generally known as a whistleblower or a cooperating/key witness

There is sometimes a difference between a whistleblower and a cooperating witness. A whistleblower might give information about illegal actions in which he is not necessarily involved. The cooperating/key witness is, according to central European definiti...

Stability and forceful regulation have improved Cyprus' stock as a fund jurisdiction, writes Socrates Ellinas

Areti Law: The advantages of Cyprus as a fund jurisdiction

Stability and forceful regulation have improved Cyprus’ stock as a fund jurisdiction, writes Socrates Ellinas

As a globally recognised financial centre, a reputable service provider and a low tax jurisdiction, Cyprus is an ideal passporting jurisdiction for funds seeking EU investors. The island benefits from the reliability of its own domestic regulatory fram...

With first-hand experience in reviewing, analysing and drafting some of the UAE's most important legislation, Hadef & Partners is ideally positioned to advise foreign firms

Expert legal advice in the UAE from Hadef & Partners

With first-hand experience in reviewing, analysing and drafting some of the UAE’s most important legislation, Hadef & Partners is ideally positioned to advise foreign firms

Hadef & Partners is a full-service business law firm, founded in 1980 by Dr Hadef Al Dhahiri, the current UAE Minister of Justice. It is among the oldest and largest law firms in the UAE, with offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The firm’s 75 lawyer...

Pistiolis – Triantafyllos & Associates: New legislation will provide an incentive for FDI

The new legal framework for employment law in Greece is good for employers and good for investors

Pistiolis-Triantafyllos & Associates law firm has one of the most dynamic and business-oriented corporate employment and labour law practices in Greece. We represent national and international corporations, and we make it our business to keep up with ...

Hassan Radhi & Associates on the Bahraini legal sector

Founded in 1974, Bahrain-based law firm Hassan Radhi & Associates exudes as much dignity as the financial centre it operates within. World Finance spoke to founding partner Hassan Ali Radhi to learn what sets the firm apart

Hassan Radhi & Associates has carefully cultivated its reputation over a long period of time, progressing organically without the whistling of bells. Quick-fix solutions and bombastic marketing campaigns are certainly not this Bahrain-based firm’...

Applying the OECD approach to double taxation treaties in Germany

The OECD has further developed the concept of taxation of permanent
establishments of international businesses. Will Germany follow?

Fiscal interests between different countries often collide when it comes to international business. In order to allow global dealings to expand, many countries have concluded bilateral treaties to prevent double taxation: while one treaty country reduces ...

Corporate lawyers the new ‘quarterbacks’ of deal making, says WHD Partner

With complex issues and new regulations in today’s M&A environment, the lead corporate lawyer in any transaction needs to be sensitive to every detail. Eleni Chalkidou speaks to Richard W Silverthorn

Engaging in business transactions in today’s rapidly evolving global marketplace demands superior ingenuity and attention to detail. Technology, new trade pressures, economic uncertainties, and cumbersome regulatory regimes (to name a few) have transfor...

Marroquin & Merino: Reflecting on Peru’s successful year

Peru has defied the global trend of economic decline and enjoyed a steady period of growth

A 14.9 percent tax revenue increase and the blessing of Fitch with a BBB rating on its sovereign debt has had Peruvians celebrating the most successful economic year in the country’s history. Peru’s economy continues growing at a stellar rate. Desp...

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Zimbabwe

234.1% of GDP, pariah of debt markets, but with hopes for a healthy twelve months ahead

Japan

197.5%, hard-hit by the tsunami, and reeling from the internal corruption allegations

Greece

142.8%, possibly heading for default, and considered one of many eurozone bad boys

Lebanon

133.8%, deceptively, has a strong banking sector, but little more in an ailing economy

Iceland

126%, hopelessly indebted banks and very little light at the end of a long and gloomy tunnel

Italy

119% of GDP, in need of reform, paying over 7% for its debt thanks to technocratic leadership

Singapore

106%, to many an idyllic investment destination, a great borrower, repayer, and long term option

Belgium

101%, no government for most of 2011 didn’t help a weak economy in dire need of stimulus

Egypt

90%, high but it’s recovering from a long and protracted revolution and aiming high

European Union

82%, stronger countries like Germany are contaminated by the weakest. It could go on…