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News and
Information GGI European
for Members
and Friends
Regional
of GGI Conference
Issue No. 94 | March 2018 in Berlin
© 2018 - GGI Global Alliance
GGI INSIDER | No. 94 | March 2018
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Editorial
Dear GGI Members,
Dear Friends,
What news from the world of GGI? Read on to discover all the other
Once again, there are a number of im- news from a GGI sponsor and GGI
portant GGI conferences coming up member firms.
over the next two months and we are Jeroen Kruithof (The Netherlands)
pleased to provide a little more infor- reports on Cybercrime and important
mation on these. This year’s European measures to prevent it, while Sanja
Regional Conference is fast approach- Djukic and Tijana Milacic (Bosnia &
ing, with Berlin in Germany playing host Herzegovina) explain how the Labour
to what promises to be a stimulating Laws in Bosnia & Herzegovina have
event. An interesting networking plat- been adopted closer to EU legislation.
Contact form awaits the large number of par- Meanwhile, Kim Kikivarakis-Dillett (The
ticipants. Renowned speakers will share Bahamas) shares information on The
GGI Geneva Group International AG new ideas and Conference attendees Bahamas real estate market, and Prof
Schaffhauserstrasse 550 will have the opportunity to exchange Robert Anthony (France) explains why
8052 Zurich experiences, best practices and ideas in the preparation of annual accounts for
Switzerland the interactive part of the event. a French SCI is required.
T: +41 44 256 18 18 During 18-20 May 2018, GGI’s Aus- On the Practice Group pages, Prac-
E: info@ggi.com tralian Business Summit will be held tice Group members report from their
W: www.ggi.com in Perth, Australia, and the GGI North field of practice. In addition, to help you
W: www.ggiforum.com American Regional Conference will be get an idea of what to expect during
held in Denver, CO, USA, during 21-24 Practice Group meetings in Berlin, we
June 2018. publish Practice Group meeting sum-
This issue of Insider once again re- maries of the scheduled meetings.
ports on successful events which have We hope you enjoy reading Insider
Disclaimer taken place. These include the meeting and would also like to extend our warm-
of Global Practice Group Chairpersons est greetings to all who have celebra-
The information provided in this in Zurich in February, while the Middle tions at this time of the year. May you,
INSIDER came from reliable East African Regional Conference was your families and friends enjoy a very
sources and was prepared from held in Marrakech and the Global Tax happy Easter and Passover.
data assumed to be correct; how- Summit brought together GGI experts
ever, prior to making it the basis from around the world to Marbella, Your GGI Team
of a decision, it must be double Spain.
checked. Ratings and assess-
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EDITORIAL, CONTACT, DISCLAIMER����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 02
CONTENTS����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 03
DIARY�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 04
UPCOMING GGI EVENTS
➜ GGI European Regional Conference, Berlin, Germany | 19-22 April 2018������������������������������������������ 05
➜ GGI Australian Business Summit, Perth, Australia | 18-20 May 2018������������������������������������������������06
➜ GGI North American Regional Conference, Denver, CO, USA | 21-24 June 2018������������������������������ 07
GGI EVENTS REVIEW
➜ GGI Practice Group Chairpersons Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland | 02-04 February 2018������������������09
➜ GGI Middle East & African Regional Conference, Marrakech, Morocco | 16-18 February 2018�������� 10
➜ GGI ITPG Global Tax Summit, Marbella, Spain | 22-25 February 2018������������������������������������������������12
GGI NEW MEMBER FIRMS�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������16
GGI INTERNAL NEWS
➜ Claudio G. Cocca nominated as President .of the Board of Trustees of the Hayek Institute������������� 20
➜ Benchmark Litigation Names Brooks Pierce .the 2018 'North Carolina Law Firm of the Year'�����������21
➜ Maravela|Asociații is a member of the Shortlist Selection Panel �������������������������������������������������������21
➜ Memery Crystal has moved to their new offices at 165 Fleet Street����������������������������������������������������23
➜ Moss & Barnett's Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate Finance Team Expands������������������������ 24
➜ Raffaela Lödl and Christoph Kirchmeier – both promoted to Partners ����������������������������������������������25
➜ Uncovering a 2 million USD embezzlement��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 26
COMMON INTEREST
➜ Process of harmonisation with the EU legislation .in relation to mobbing and posting of workers���������� 27
➜ Cybercrime and GDPR within the M&A market���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 28
➜ The preparation of annual accounts for a French SCI is required for tax reasons����������������������������� 30
➜ Reside in a Tax-Free Paradise in The Bahamas for as low as 500,000 USD ��������������������������������������32
GGI PRACTICE GROUP PAGES
AUDITING, REPORTING & COMPLIANCE (ARC)
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018��������������������������������35
BEST PRACTICES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ORGANISATIONS
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018��������������������������������35
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING (BDM)
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018������������������������������� 36
CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL & IP (CCIP)
➜ Smart contracts: Ally… or Foe? (Opinion)����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������37
➜ What is a Smart Contract? ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������38
DEBT COLLECTION, RESTRUCTURING & INSOLVENCY (DCRI)
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018������������������������������� 39
➜ Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code – Doing Business in India for Foreign Trade Creditors���������������� 39
GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS (GMS)
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018������������������������������� 41
INDIRECT TAXES
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018�������������������������������42
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GGI PRACTICE GROUP PAGES
INTERNATIONAL TAXATION (ITPG)
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 19 April 2018�������������������������������� 43
➜ The Calm before the Storm���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������43
LABOUR LAW
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018������������������������������� 45
➜ How to Prevent and Remedy Sexual Harassment in the Workplace – Part One����������������������������45
LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION (LDR)
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018������������������������������� 47
➜ Preliminary agreements in Australia – are they enforceable?��������������������������������������������������������� 47
M&A
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018�������������������������������49
REAL ESTATE
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018�������������������������������49
TRUST & ESTATE PLANNING (TEP)
➜ Practice Group meeting summary, European Regional Conference, 20 April 2018������������������������������� 50
➜ Changes to New Zealand Trust Law ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 51
BOOK REVIEW������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 53
Diary
➜ 19-22 April 2018 ➜ 07-09 September 2018 ➜ 09-11 November 2018
GGI European GGI Nordic-Baltic Meeting GGI German-Speaking Chapter
Regional Conference Copenhagen, Denmark Budapest, Hungary
Berlin, Germany & Malmö, Sweden ➜ 29 November-02 December 2018
➜ 20-22 April 2018 ➜ 20-22 September 2018 (TBC) GGI Asia-Pacific
GCG M&A GGI Best Practices & Regional Conference
Dealmakers Meeting Developing Leaders Conference Bali, Indonesia
Berlin, Germany Québec City, QC, Canada ➜ 01-03 February 2019
➜ 18-20 May 2018 ➜ 17-18 October 2018 GGI PG Chairpersons Meeting
GGI Australian GGI Latin American Zurich, Switzerland
Business Summit Regional Conference ➜ 09-12 May 2019 (TBC)
Perth, Australia Buenos Aires, Argentina GGI European
➜ 21-24 June 2018 ➜ 18-21 October 2018 Regional Conference
GGI North American GGI World Conference Prague, Czech Republic
Regional Conference Buenos Aires, Argentina ➜ 10-12 May 2019 (TBC)
Denver, CO, USA ➜ 19-21 October 2018 GCG M&A
➜ 22-24 June 2018 GCG M&A Dealmakers Meeting
GCG M&A Dealmakers Meeting Prague, Czech Republic
Dealmakers Meeting Buenos Aires, Argentina
Denver, CO, USA ➜ 02-04 November 2018
Please refer to our website
➜ 06-08 July 2018 GGI EasyMeet for actualised information
GGI French-Speaking Chapter Venice, Italy and additional events:
Brussels, Belgium www.ggi.com > Events
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Berlin, Germany | 19-22 April 2018
GGI European
Regional Conference
GGI member firms AIOS, FPS and
Wendler Tremml kindly host this year’s
GGI European Regional Conference in
Germany’s capital.
The two keynote speakers promise
to inspire the audience and provide in-
put for vivid discussions. In the elegant
atmosphere of the Hotel Adlon Kem-
pinski, GGI members not only from
Europe but also from further afield will
have many opportunities to renew con-
nections with old members, connect
with new members, discuss the latest
trends in their regions and industries,
and, of course, exchange worldviews.
First keynote speaker, Prof Dr Gun-
nar Heinsohn, will provide an overview Prof Dr Gunnar Heinsohn Dr Richard Tromans
of the ‘Global Situation 2018’. Prof Dr
Heinsohn has over 1,000 publications 650 most important economic texts. In 2011. He also developed the first war
and is a Professor Emeritus at the Uni- 1993, he founded Europe’s first insti- index for anticipating the translation
versity of Bremen. Four of his works tute devoted to comparative genocide of extreme birth rates into future vio-
are recorded in the Lexikon ökono- research. In his bestseller, Söhne und lence.
mischer Werke (Encyclopaedia of Eco- Weltmacht (Sons and World Power, He predicts that the increasing scar-
nomic Works, 2006), which covers the 2003) he predicted the Arab Spring of city of the high-skilled will lead to the
mutual cannibalisation of the leading
nations’ top talent. Only those who
keep their best in the country, recruit
experts worldwide and close their bor-
ders to the low-skilled will survive.
Prof Dr Heinsohn has taught mili-
tary demography at the NATO Defense
College (NDC) in Rome, Italy, and own-
ership economics at the Management
Zentrum St Gallen (St Gallen Manage-
ment Centre, MZSG) in Switzerland.
Second keynote speaker, Richard
Tromans, advises lawyers on strategy
and innovation, including the adoption
of legal Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
other ‘New Wave’ technology. He has
spent over 18 years working in the le-
gal sector focused on the UK and the
global legal markets. At this event he
will talk about ‘AI and Professional
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Services’, which will no doubt be of in-
terest to all GGI members.
All GGI Practice Groups have or-
ganised sessions during the European
Regional Conference. You can read the
Practice Group meeting summaries in
the Practice Group section of this IN-
SIDER issue.
There are limited spaces left for this
event. GGI members who have not yet
done so are invited to register online,
using the registration link provided
within the internal area of our website
www.ggi.com (Member Login > GGI
Events > Upcoming Events). The con-
ference programme is also available on
the website. During the Trabi Safari, you might have the opportunity to drive one of these cult cars
Perth, Australia | 18-20 May 2018
GGI Australian
Business Summit
The GGI Australian Business Sum- an understanding of the different eco- ing education), Perth gives business
mit will be held in Perth during 18-20 nomic dynamic that Perth offers that operators a level of diversification and
May 2018, fully organised and hosted is simply not available anywhere else stability to a business and investment
by GGI member firm Westcourt Char- in the region. With a counter cyclical portfolio.
tered Accountants. economy that is based mainly on en- Keynote speakers will talk about
The primary benefit of holding the ergy and natural resources, agriculture, the property investment opportunities
annual Summit in Perth is to enjoy food processing and tourism (includ- available within Perth. This will give
attendees a chance to understand the
property cycle that is now just emerg-
ing from a cyclical downturn with many
economic commentators predicting
an increase in values moving forward.
Speakers will also discuss future popu-
lation growth trends and highlight how
Perth will increase from a current pop-
ulation of 2m to 3.6m people by 2036.
The short programme is designed
to be intensive and give visitors an in-
sight into the beautiful city with vibran-
cy and development. A walking tour
has been included through the newly
built Elizabeth Quay that has an AUD
2.6bn works program. Attendees will
London Court shopping in Perth, Australia also visit the nearly completed Perth
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City Link programme (which is right
next to the host firm’s office). Perth
City Link is where the central railway
line has been sunk below ground con-
necting the city together and attracting
a total of 16,500 new residents above
the railway line by itself. Participants
will also visit the new Perth Stadium
that was completed in February that
can hold 60,000 spectators.
GGI host firm, Westcourt Chartered
Accountants, will also present techni-
cal insights into their family gover-
nance advisory parts that firms can
relay back to their own practice and a
tour of Westcourts's offices in North-
bridge (which is right next to the City
CBD and railway line).
Of course the main focus of the
Summit is to bring GGI firms together
so plenty of time has been planned
simply for firms to mingle in an in- Perth, Australia
formal setting and over spectacular
meals. The Gala Dinner will be held in world class wineries down south or
Kings Park overlooking the city. Kings taking a short boat ride and staying at GGI member firm
Park is a massive natural park in the Rottnest island for an insight into the Westcourt Chartered Accountants
centre of Perth that is over 1,000 acres convict heritage and war efforts. Tax, Advisory, Corporate Finance,
and is a truly unique part of the world. Importantly, host firm Westcourt Fiduciary & Estate Planning
There is also a significant amount of Chartered Accountants simply wants Perth, Australia
spare time where interested attend- everybody to enjoy their time in Perth T: +61 08 9221 8811
ees can visit City Beach to witness the and to make great business connec- W: www.westcourt.com.au
most magnificent sunsets. tions across Australia, New Zealand Ross Forrester
Attendees also have the option of and South East Asia. They would love E: ross.forrester@westcourt.com
extending their trip and going to the to see many of you there.
Denver, CO, USA | 21-24 June 2018
GGI North American
Regional Conference
Come away to Colorado with GGI for this event: Prof Mark A. Cohen and Northwestern University Law School; a
this summer. GGI member firm Wel- Gale Crosley. regular contributor to Forbes where he
born Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C. are Prof Mark A. Cohen is a global has a column on the global legal mar-
waiting eagerly to welcome you and thought leader in the legal industry. ketplace; a sought-after keynote speak-
show you their city. He is presently the Chair of the Advi- er; and CEO of LegalMosaic, a legal
We are pleased to announce that we sory Board and Chief Strategy Officer business consultancy and repository
have two very special keynote speakers at Elevate; a Distinguished Fellow at ...next page
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8 UPCOMING GGI EVENTS for his work. His LegalMosaic blog was recently honored by the ABA as one of the 50 outstanding worldwide legal blogs in their inaugural “Web 100.” Gale Crosley, CPA, consults with accounting firms on revenue growth. She has received the accounting pro- fession’s ’The Advisory Board Hall of Fame.’ She has also been selected one of the Most Recommended Con- sultants in the Inside Public Account- ing BEST OF THE BEST Annual Sur- vey of Firms for fourteen consecutive years, and one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting by Accounting Today for twelve consecu- tive years. She is an honors accounting graduate from the University of Akron, Ohio, winner of the Simonetti Distin- Pedestrian Mall in Denver, Colorado guished Business Alumni Award, and is an Editorial Advisor for the Journal of ing developed and we would welcome regions are invited to attend and to Accountancy. Gale has helped hundreds any suggestions for workshops for contact Adam Crowson (crowson@ of large and large-thinking firms, both the Saturday morning. Please contact ggi.com), GGI Regional CEO North domestic and international, create high Linda Soriton (soriton@ggi.com), GGI America, for further information if they growth cultures, driving revenue from Head of Conferences & Events, if you would like to be more involved. all aspects of the firm. Her cornerstone would like to contribute. GGI members from North America, book, At the Crossroads, chronicles the This Conference in Denver will be as well as any other members who challenges and successes of a fictional the first time that GGI runs the North have business interests in the region, CPA firm struggling with growth. American regional chapter meetings. are invited to join the event by register- We know that both of these speak- After the Workshops on Saturday ing online, using the registration link ers will provide you with much food for morning, these meetings will be held provided within the internal area of our thought, as well as many actionable for the following chapters: Northeast, website www.ggi.com (Member Login bullet-points to bring back to the office Southeast, Central (Texas, Colorado > Events > Upcoming Events). The afterwards. and Kansas), Upper Midwest, and draft conference programme is also Currently, the programme is still be- the West Coast. Members from these available here. Sunset over the city Contents
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Elisabeth Weingraber-Pircher and participating Practice Group Chairpersons
02-04 February 2018, Zurich, Switzerland
GGI Practice Group
Chairpersons Meeting
The annual Practice Group Chairper-
sons Meeting took place in Zurich once
again this year. The Practice Groups are
a key element of GGI’s professional ac-
tivity and this event is a wonderful plat-
form for GGI’s Global Chairpersons to
strategise together with regards to de-
veloping each of their respective Prac-
tice Groups.
In traditional GGI style, the weekend
began with food. On Friday evening,
participants met together for dinner at
the Restaurant Zunfthaus zur Haue, in
the heart of the Zurich’s old town. The
restaurant provided an informal and
cosy atmosphere for everyone to meet
each other for the first time this year, Interactive session on cross-cultural leadership
as this was the first event in the GGI
calendar for the year. Chairs. ent Attorneys in Israel) looked at how
Bright and early on Saturday morn- The second part of the morning ses- to promote a Practice Group and en-
ing, GGI Global CEO Michael Reiss sion was based on group-work; the hance participation. The two groups
von Filski provided an update and first group (led by Alan Rajah from worked independently and presented a
overview on the mission, objectives, Lawrence Grant Chartered Accoun- summary of their conclusions to each
structure and development of GGI’s tants in the UK) discussed motivation other after lunch.
Practice Groups. It was an interesting and member retention and the second The rest of the afternoon session
presentation which also looked at the group (led by Talia Berger from Soro- focused on cross-cultural leadership,
challenges faced by the Practice Group ker Agmon Nordman Advocates & Pat- ...next page
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and was led by Elisabeth Weingraber- truly international background, being plied in everyone’s day-to-day business
Pircher. Elisabeth is an intercultural originally from Austria and having also life. She had the group focus on the
trainer, as well as a leadership coach studied and/or worked in the USA, importance of understanding cultural
with a business degree with a speciali- France, UAE, Hong Kong, Thailand, In- differences and taking these into con-
sation in international management dia, Brazil, Switzerland, UK, Germany sideration in daily work life. She also
from the University of Graz and an and Italy. covered extensively the point of work-
International Management Diploma During her session, Elisabeth cov- ing in teams, how to form them, bring-
from ICN Nancy in France. She has a ered valuable topics which can be ap- ing people together, and overcoming
potential differences by focusing on a
common objective. Her presentation
was highly interactive and drew out
personal experiences from the group
that helped everyone to learn from one
another.
As a conclusion to this year’s meet-
ing, the Practice Group Chairpersons
had dinner together at the Runway 34
restaurant, where they were able to en-
joy a most delicious meal in the rather
unusual location of an old airplane
hangar.
The next Practice Group Chairper-
sons Meeting will take place during 01-
03 February 2019, and will be another
terrific opportunity to sit together and
leverage each other’s experiences in
order to improve even further the pro-
fessional opportunities offered by the
Dinner at the Runway 34 restaurant GGI global alliance.
Marrakech, Morocco | 16-18 February 2018
GGI Middle East & African
(MEA) Regional Conference
In the magical Moroccan city of hilarity as everyone tried their best to birthday was celebrated. Indeed, host
Marrakech, GGI members from the ensure they held on to their dignity and firm Firec & Associes were well-repre-
MEA region and more (representing 11 did not fall off their camel. sented at this event and it was a plea-
different countries to be precise) gath- Back at the hotel, the official start sure to also have the firm’s founder
ered together in the beautiful La Ma- of the Conference was in the evening Abdelali Baghdadi attend with his wife,
mounia Hotel. with a Welcome Reception & Dinner at Siham Yacoubi.
Several conference delegates ar- the Le Marocain restaurant in the ho- On Saturday morning, H.E. Mas-
rived early and were able to enjoy an tel. It proved to be an absolute feast simo Baggi, the Swiss Ambassador
optional excursion to the palm groves for the senses, with modern Moroccan to the Kingdom of Morocco, officially
on the outskirts of the city, where they gastronomy, served amidst some tradi- welcomed everyone to the Conference.
dressed in typical Berber gear and rode tional music and entertainment. Dur- GGI Chairman, Claudio G. Cocca,
on dromedary camels. There was much ing this time, host Réda Baghdadi's also extended a warm GGI welcome
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Fom left to right: Host Réda Baghdadi, GGI regional CEO Peter Kaeser, speaker Francois Aubert, H.E. Massimo Baggi, the Swiss
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, GGI global CEO Michael Reiss von Filski, speaker Mohamed Isa, GGI President Claudio
G. Cocca, Khlifa Al Yaqout, host firm's founder Abdelali Baghdadi
to all attendees before the first key-
note speaker, Francois Aubert, talked
about ‘The Impact of Digitalisation
on Your Clients’, providing many ex-
amples from real life and room for
thought with regards to how to pre-
pare for the future. Returning keynote
speaker, Mohamed Isa, had an inter-
esting speech called ‘The Chai Karak
Manifesto’, where all attendees got to
know about the best hotel in Switzer-
land (if not all over the world) and how
competing using top-notch customer
service may be the best way to attract
and retain clients.
Graeme Saggers’ (Nolands SA,
South Africa) International Taxation
...next page Dynamic discussions during the ITPG meeting
Norwegian GGI members dressed in typi-
cal Berber gear for a camel ride Saturday Dinner at 'Chez Ali' in a Berber tent
GGI INSIDER | No. 94 | March 201812 GGI EVENTS REVIEW Practice Group (ITPG) meeting after lunch seemed destined to be a quiet one, with only five people signed up for the session. However, after a little bit of ‘We-will-not-be-talking-about- Tax’ marketing (and a promise of no administration fees), there were 17 attendees and plenty of lively interac- tions throughout the meeting. The city of Marrakech offers plenty of mystery, plus many thrills hidden behind quiet corners and alleyways. All delegates were split into two groups for a walking tour in the city’s Medina quarter that ended in Jemaa El Fna, Marrakech’s main square, bustling with hawkers and snake charmers in the day and sparkling with bright lights in the evening as the night market started to come alive. It was during the walking tour that Prof Robert Anthony (Anthony & Cie, France) showed his true skills as top-notch haggler, driv- ing some of the market stall owners to provide GGI members with good bar- gains. Finally, to close the Conference, the whole group was transferred to Chez Ali for a sumptuous dinner in a Berber tent and a memorable show with folk musicians, belly dancers, acrobats, rid- ers, and fireworks. It certainly wasn’t a typical GGI Gala Dinner but what a lot of fun! Camel ride to the palm groves Marbella, Spain | 22-25 February 2018 GGI ITPG Global Tax Summit Incorporating the Global Mobility Solutions and Indirect Taxes Practice Group meetings, as well as the GCG M&A Dealmakers meeting Around 95 delegates from GGI mem- many of GGI's European members to at- ferent countries represented, with 17% of ber firms worldwide gathered in the sun- tend this event as there are many direct all delegates from Spain. Participants to shine of Marbella to attend this year’s flights to Malaga Airport on the Costa this year’s ITPG Global Tax Summit were International Taxation Practice Group del Sol, however, an honourable mention warmly welcomed to Marbella by the host (ITPG) Global Tax Summit, which also should be given to those who came from firm JC&A Abogados, who kindly hosted featured meetings of the Global Mobil- further afield, from countries such as Aus- this event for the third time as the hotel ity Solutions and Indirect Taxes Practice tralia, Brazil, Canada, India, South Africa, seems to be rather popular with GGI In- Groups. It wasn’t too difficult to convince and the USA. Altogether there were 18 dif- ternational Tax consultants. Contents
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A special thank you to all ITPG presenters at this event
The event began on Thursday morning
with the meetings of the two other Prac-
tice Groups: Global Mobility Solutions
and Indirect Taxes.
The Global Mobility Solutions Practice
Group led by Huub Kapel (LIMES Inter-
national tax + expat, The Netherlands)
stayed on topic by focusing on technical
tax subjects, such as the explanation of
article 15 (Income from employment)
and article 16 (Directors' fees) of the
OECD Model Tax Convention and – more
importantly – the application and inter-
pretations thereof in various countries.
Following on from lunch, the Indirect Robert Worthington receives the 'Most Seres Baum receives the 'Speaker of the
Tax Practice Group run by both Steve Innovative Tax Presenter' Award on be- Year' Award
McCrindle (Haines Watts, UK) and Toon half of Dennis L. Nerland
Hasselman (LIMES International tax
+ expat, The Netherlands) started in a around the world. On Friday morning, the programme
fun way with polaroid mugshots of all What might have seemed like the end kicked off with welcome speeches from
attending tax consultants. This session of the day was actually just the beginning ITPG Global Vice Chairperson Robert R.
featured an interactive M&A workshop of the ITPG Global Tax Summit. The of- Worthington (Shea Nerland LLP, Can-
related to the indirect tax treatment of ficial Welcome Reception was held in the ada), Santiago Lapausa from the host
M&A transactions, two separate panels hotel with just enough time to collect firm JC&A Abogados, and GGI Global
which discussed income tax and indirect badges and meet one another, before the CEO Michael Reiss von Filski. Formali-
tax considerations for due diligence, dis- group walked altogether to the nearby ties out of the way, the technical line-up
cussions about transfer pricing adjust- Restaurant Bodega La Venencia for an in- began with a cross-border tax case study
ments, and VAT news and updates from formal tapas dinner. ...next page
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GGI INSIDER | No. 94 | March 201814 GGI EVENTS REVIEW
Claudio G. Cocca, Chairman and Found-
er, welcomes all delegates to the GCG
The Indirect Taxes PG meeting started with Polaroid mugshots of the participants meeting
prepared by Oliver Biernat (Benefitax LLC, USA) and the effect of BEPS Action the hills of Marbella. There may have also
GmbH, Germany): delegates worked in 1 on a South African- and UK-based Saas been a little bit of dancing. Just a little.
small groups to solve a simulated cli- Provider by Graeme Saggers (Nolands The programme on Saturday morn-
ent situation. This was an intensive and SA, South Africa), followed by two pan- ing began with further presentations
highly practical tax workshop, perhaps el discussions on Tax Due Diligence on about cryptocurrencies and related tax
also a little competitive, which enabled Cross-Border M&A Transactions, from issues by Tony Nunes (Kelly + Partners
delegates to get to know better the way both an income tax and indirect tax per- Chartered Accountants, Australia), a best
of thinking and the work methods of their spective. The session ended with a re- practices framework for transfer pricing
international colleagues. Results were laxing desk-yoga session led by Ashish benchmarking by Vijesh Zinzuwadia and
presented in the plenum afterwards, fol- Bairagra (M.L. Bhuwania and Co. LLP, Ashish Bairagra (respectively from Zinzu-
lowed by a discussion. India). wadia & Co. and M.L. Bhuwania and Co.
In the afternoon, there were presen- It’s not a GGI event without a little din- LLP, India), growth strategies by merging
tations about the US Tax Reform by Fer- ner and participants were not disappoint- with or acquiring other professional ser-
nando Lopez (Prager Metis International ed by the Restaurante El Gamonal, up in vice firms by Jeffery L. Mowery (Mowery
Participants of the teambuilding activity
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Presentations at the GCG Meeting
& Schoenfeld LLC, USA) and finally on also participate in GGI projects and ac- The meeting ended with a speed-network-
‘Living in the South of Spain’ by Santiago tivities. With warm welcomes from JC&A ing session, aimed at exchanging deal-op-
Lapausa (JC&A Abogados, Spain). Abogados founder, Javier Carretero, and portunities between members, and lunch.
For the first time, awards were pre- GGI/GCG Chairman and Founder, Clau- On Saturday afternoon, all delegates
sented to two of the speakers from the dio G. Cocca, the programme began in were given the option of either a team-
previous year. The purpose of the awards earnest with a case study presented by building activity or an excursion to
is to increase even further the quality of Tim van der Meer and Marlon Putter Malaga and the Picasso museum. The
speeches and speakers at ITPG meetings, (Marktlink Fusies & Overnames B.V., The teambuilding activity was kept top secret
to the benefit of all the participants. GGI Netherlands) about a GCG success story: until it began, and those who were there
members who participated in the ITPG KKR and its first PE deal on African soil, were surprised to find out that they were
meetings during the previous year voted showcasing how an integrated approach going to be part of a flash mob on the
at the end of the year and overall chose to between different GGI members helped beach outside the hotel. Who knew that
award Seres Baum (Work Group Interna- to obtain an interesting M&A mandate tax consultants could actually get organ-
tional, Brazil) with the ‘Speaker of the Year and convert this mandate into a success- ised to move in time to Pharrell Williams’
2018’ Award and Dennis L. Nerland (Shea ful deal. The session also featured a spon- “Happy”?
Nerland LLP, Canada) with the ‘Most In- sor presentation about data security in The event ended on Saturday evening
novative Tax Presenter 2018’ Award. M&A transactions by Dolf Helmann and at the Trocadero Arena Restaurant, also
The Saturday morning also featured Rosanne van Kleef (Virtual Vaults, The known as Claudio’s favourite restaurant
a meeting of the Geneva Capital Group Netherlands), and an overview on nego- in Marbella, and where the group could
(GCG, www.gcg.com), the global network tiation and influence techniques by Mi- celebrate altogether the birthdays of three
of Mergers & Acquisition advisers who chael Reiss von Filski, GGI Global CEO. GGI members.
Stimulated discussions during lunch Intense work during the GCG meeting
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GGI INSIDER | No. 94 | March 201820 GGI INTERNAL NEWS Claudio G. Cocca nominated as President of the Board of Trustees of the Hayek Institute Claudio G. Cocca, GGI’s President, reports are presented at www.hayek- has been nominated as member of the institut.at. Board of Directors and President of In coordination with pan-European the Board of Trustees of the Friedrich think-tank projects – the European Re- A v Hayek Institute in Vienna, Austria. source Bank Meeting, the Free Market The Friedrich A v Hayek Institute Road Show and the Values4Europe is a private, strictly independent aca- platform – there will mainly be a focus demic research organisation and think on European values during 2018. tank that is dedicated to promoting Serious changes are afoot, not just the teachings of the Austrian School in Austria, not even just in Europe, but of Economics. The Institute fulfils its worldwide. They concern politics, eco- charter by producing academic stud- nomics, social questions, the finance ies and organising various interna- sector, media and private life. Both tional events that centre on current radical upheavals and gradual shifts are economic issues. It develops market- happening, sometimes accompanied based solutions (such as against pov- by public discussions and media blus- erty, for education, safeguarding the ter, and at other times silently and calm- enterprise location and workplace, Claudio G. Cocca ly taking effect. Now, the time is right to promoting competition, innovation) pause and reflect on whether all of this and puts them in a holistic context; and solutions will be proposed. New is compatible with the values and aims based on the laws of cause and effect. developments on the financial mar- of our society. As such, and with this all ‘For several years now I have been ket are just as constant a part of the in mind, the Friedrich A v Hayek Insti- active in tackling complex economic research area as public expenses and tute will tackle many issues which have subjects for a variety of international location decisions. arisen over the past few years, including bodies and discussing these with ex- Particular emphasis is placed on fiscal policy, centralisation, regulation, perts. As a devotee of the Austrian public discussion and the transfer welfare state, bureaucracy, education School and a staunch Hayekist, sup- of knowledge. Centre-right coalition policy and economic education. porting this major school of economic meetings specifically for schoolchil- The institute’s events and publica- thought was a logical next step,’ Clau- dren and students (podium discus- tions will approach these topics from dio G. Cocca explains. sions, summer schools, child busi- a variety of viewpoints. Offerings for ‘I am taking on this role in the full ness week) and press talks are regular the next generation will be adapted as conviction of the importance of put- programme items at the Hayek Insti- appropriate. Intensified cooperation ting the teachings of the Austrian tute. Student groups and initiatives – both with Austrian institutions and School into practice. And in doing so, from other free market institutions with international free market organ- I am supporting the advancement of are also supported. isations – should enhance the offering individual and economic freedom.’ The Hayek Institute was present at for Friedrich A v Hayek Institute mem- The Hayek Institute’s diverse pro- 45 European conferences as a co-or- bers, while simultaneously helping to gramme includes podium discus- ganiser of the 2017 Free Market Road further promote causes central to a sions, lectures, workshops, confer- Show. This includes the European liberal society. ences and presentations. Studies will Resource Bank Meeting (http://euro- The Hayek Institute’s appeal ‘Join be developed on different areas of peanresourcebank.org/) and the Mont us on the Road to Freedom’ is derived economic theory and economic pol- Pèlerin Society conference as fixed from Friedrich v. Hayek’s ‘The Road to icy, modern issues will be examined items in the programme. Events and Serfdom’. Contents
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Benchmark Litigation
Names Brooks Pierce
2018 ‘North Carolina Law Firm of the Year’
GGI member firm Brooks Pierce has tently tackling complex, often precedent-
been named the 2018 ‘North Carolina setting cases’, said Reid Phillips, the
Law Firm of the Year’ for the third con- firm’s managing partner. ‘We strive to
secutive year by Benchmark Litigation, a find innovative solutions for our clients,
trusted, independent research organisa- and we are honoured that the high calibre
tion. Brooks Pierce partners Gary Par- of work we do on their behalf is being rec-
sons and John Ormand accepted the ognised by Benchmark Litigation for the
award on the firm’s behalf at a ceremony third year in a row.’
in New York City on 15 February. Other North Carolina firms named to
‘Brooks Pierce takes pride in consis- the short list were: Ellis & Winters, Parker
Poe Adams & Bernstein, Robinson Brad-
shaw & Hinson and Smith Anderson.
GGI member firm Nominees were chosen based upon re-
Brooks Pierce search conducted between March and
Law Firm November 2017. Benchmark Litigation
Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, serves as the definitive guide to Ameri- Brooks Pierce partners Gary Parsons and
(NC), USA ca’s leading litigation firms and attorneys. John Ormand at the awards ceremony in
T: +1 336 271 3116 Rankings are based on a six-month period New York City
W: www.brookspierce.com in which Benchmark researchers conduct
Reid Phillips extensive interviews with litigators and methodology can be found at https://
E: rphillips@brookspierce.com their clients to identify the leaders in liti- www.benchmarklitigation.com/general/
gation. More information on the guide’s research.
First ever CEE Legal Matters Romania Deal of the Year Awards
Maravela|Asociatii
, is a
member of the Shortlist
Selection Panel
Maravela|Asociații has been select- mania Deal of the Year Awards. markets. The Deal of the Year awards
ed by CEE Legal Matters to serve as a CEE Legal Matters is the leading were conceived by CEE Legal Matters
member of the Shortlist Selection Panel source of news and information about to honour the skilled lawyers who make
for the first ever CEE Legal Matters Ro- Central and Eastern Europe’s legal ...next page
GGI INSIDER | No. 94 | March 201822 GGI INTERNAL NEWS
the most complex, significant deals utmost objectivity and with the profes-
happen. The final three nominees in sional insight required for evaluation.
Romania have been announced in the It is indeed an impressive number of
February issue of the CEE Legal Mat- both firms and deals (M&As, IPOs and
ters magazine. The winner will be an- financings). Our considerations when
nounced at the annual Awards Banquet assessing a deal include value, time-
that concludes CEE Legal Matters' Deal- frame, complexity, legal creativity/inno-
er’s Choice conference in Prague on 6 vation shown, political and regulatory
June, 2018. sensitivity, number of jurisdictions to
The CEELM Romania Deal of the Year which the deal relates, as well as the in-
Award is unique in being exclusively volved team’s depth, media coverage of
peer selected, with both final nominees the matter and impact of the deal on the
and final award winners being chosen country/region’, Gelu Maravela, Man-
by leading legal experts in the country. aging Partner of Maravela|Asociații, ex-
According to CEE Legal Matters Execu- plained.
tive Editor David Stuckey, this makes CEE Legal Matters is the premier
them especially valuable. ‘We are proud Gelu Maravela publication about the region’s legal
of the reputation CEE Legal Matters has markets. The CEE Legal Matters web-
established for integrity, independence, Shortlist Selection Panel for Romania site, which registers well over 40,000
and impartiality’, Stuckey said, ‘and in was an important process, but ultimate- unique visitors a day, carries daily up-
organising these awards we were com- ly not a difficult one. ‘We’ve reported on dates of deals, disputes, and other
mitted to inviting only lawyers who are a number of deals these select lawyers client matters across CEE, as well as
themselves highly regarded dealmakers have worked on over the years, and in news about senior promotions, lateral
to employ their expertise and knowledge our many conversations and interviews hires, and other developments inside
in evaluating the many submissions we with them in that time, we have found the 24 legal markets themselves. The
have received and in selecting the final them each to be insightful and percep- widely-read subscription-only monthly
nominees’. tive analysts, knowledgeable both about CEE Legal Matters magazine provides
According to Stuckey, selecting the the Romanian market in general and thorough coverage of the persons and
about the particular client management trends driving the legal industry across
and negotiating skills necessary to bring CEE, with in-depth interviews, analysis
GGI member firm these deals to fruition. We are delighted and commentary. CEE Legal Matters
Maravela|Asociaţii that Maravela|Asociații has accepted also hosts the annual regional GC Sum-
Law Firm our invitation to join the Shortlist Panel, mit, the largest annual conference of
Bucharest, Romania and we look forward to thanking him in senior in-house counsel in CEE. This
T: +40 21 310 17 17 person at the 6 June Awards Banquet.’ year’s GC Summit will be held on 7-8
W: www.maravela.ro ‘We are honoured to be part of CEE June in Prague.
Gelu Maravela Legal Matter’s Deal of the Year Award Further detail about CEE Legal Mat-
E: office@maravela.ro and happy to be judging this year’s en- ters can be found on the official website
tries from the Romanian market with at http://ceelegalmatters.com/
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Memery Crystal has
moved to their new offices
at 165 Fleet Street
2018 is a special year for GGI mem-
ber firm Memery Crystal. They have
been helping their clients achieve their
business aims for 40 years. In doing so,
they have also gone and outgrown their
own space. Continued organic growth
together with expanding teams and
exciting new partner hires means they
have found themselves in need of a new
home. A great deal of thought has gone
into the new office space. The modern
working floors will allow their teams to
work collaboratively, think laterally and
provide their clients with the level of
service they have come to expect.
The Memery Crystal team also look
forward to offering their clients a space
to meet and work that better reflects Memery Crystal's new offices at 165 Fleet Street
who their clients are in 2018.
Welcome
‘We can’t wait to welcome you to
our new 'client hub' - have a coffee or GGI member firm
a glass of wine at the bar.’ Nick Da- Memery Crystal
vies said. ‘All GGI members are invited The Memery Crystal team is look- Law Firm
to use the space to work in - whether ing forward to seeing GGI mem- London, UK
you are meeting our team or just need bers at their new address: T: +44 20 7242 59 05
somewhere to work between meetings.’ 165 Fleet Street W: www.memerycrystal.com
The Memery Crystal team hopes London Nick Davis
you'll find the opportunity to come and EC4A 2DY E: nick.davis@memerycrystal.com
visit them in their new office soon.
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Multifamily and
Commercial Real Estate
Finance Team Expands
GGI member firm Moss & Barnett multifamily projects to secondary mar- Prior to joining Moss & Barnett, Jantsch
is pleased to announce the expansion ket investors such as Freddie Mac and was in private practice, with a focus on
of the firm's Multifamily and Com- Fannie Mae. Prior to joining Moss & general real estate matters, including
mercial Real Estate Finance team with Barnett, Case practiced in the area of purchase and sale and leasing transac-
the arrivals of lawyers Lindsay L. Case, public finance, providing counsel on tions. Prior to that, Jantsch served as
Chelsy M. Jantsch, and John P. Kenne- municipal bond and tax increment fi- a commercial closer and underwriting
dy. The firm now has 18 lawyers serving nancing transactions. Prior to that, counsel for a title insurance company.
real estate finance clients nationwide. Case was with the Southwest Minne- Jantsch received her J.D. from William
Case focuses her practice on clos- sota Housing Partnership, a developer Mitchell College of Law, where she
ing and delivering loans secured by of low income single-family and mul- earned her Law and Business Certifi-
tifamily housing in rural Minnesota. cate, and her B.A. from the University of
She started her career as a law clerk for Minnesota-Twin Cities.
GGI member firm District Court Judge Gordon Moore in Kennedy focuses his practice on
Moss & Barnett Nobles County, Minnesota. Case re- closing and delivering loans secured
Law Firm ceived her J.D. from the University of by multifamily projects to secondary
Minneapolis, MN, USA St. Thomas School of Law and her B.S., market investors such as Freddie Mac
T: +1 612 877 5340 cum laude, from Minnesota State Uni- and Fannie Mae. Prior to joining Moss
W: www.lawmoss.com versity, Mankato. & Barnett, Kennedy was Assistant Vice
Lindsay L. Case Jantsch represents institutional and President and in-house counsel for Old
E: lindsay.case@lawmoss.com life insurance company lenders on com- Republic National Title Insurance Com-
Chelsy M. Jantsch mercial real estate transactions. She pany. Prior to that, John gained exten-
E: chelsy.jantsch@lawmoss.com also represents lenders closing and sive experience analyzing real property
John P. Kennedy delivering loans secured by multifamily title matters while serving as a law clerk
E: john.kennedy@lawmoss.com projects to secondary market investors with the Office of the Hennepin County
such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Examiner of Titles in Minneapolis. He
Lindsay L. Case Chelsy M. Jantsch John P. Kennedy
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received his J.D. from William Mitchell
College of Law and his B.A. from the About the Team team has particular depth in multifam-
ily housing finance – including market
University of St. Thomas. rate housing, targeted affordable hous-
‘Lindsay, Chelsy, and John bring an The Multifamily and Commercial ing, senior housing, student housing,
impressive resume of relevant experi- Real Estate Finance Team advises a full and manufactured housing – serving
ence to our growing Multifamily and range of private and publicly owned as counsel nationally to Freddie Mac
Commercial Real Estate Finance Prac- providers of commercial real estate Seller/Servicers and Fannie Mae DUS
tice Group and to our firm in general. debt, including mortgage banks, in- Lenders, where knowledge and expe-
The addition of these attorneys deep- vestment advisors, life insurance rience with the lending programs of
ens the capacity of our team and the companies, and community, regional these providers is essential for legal
talents needed to best serve our cli- and money center banks, through- representation.
ents’, said Tim Gustin, Chairman of out the United States on commercial
the firm. real estate lending investments. The
Raffaela Lödl and
Christoph Kirchmeier –
both promoted to partners
GGI member firm Kapp & Partner
Rechtsanwälte GmbH is pleased to
announce that Raffaela Lödl and Chris-
toph Kirchmeier have become partners
at the firm, effective from 01 February
2018.
The two of them joined KAPP at a
very early stage and have been trained
for several years at the Graz office. ‘We
are very excited to maintain the sus-
tainable growth by tying both of them
even closer to our firm’, Mario Kapp,
Managing Partner, said. He contin-
ued: ‘Broadening our partner structure
must be seen as a logical step consid-
ering our economic development and
the constant provided trust in our firm Raffaela Lödl Christoph Kirchmeier
and abilities’.
Raffaela Lödl is managing Partner topics.
of KAPP & PARTNER Rechtsanwälte Both are contrib- GGI member firm
GmbH and specialises in real estate, uting excellently to KAPP & PARTNER
building promotion, and corporate and the firm’s range of Law Firm Raffaela Lödl
insolvency law. services and their Graz-Seiersberg, Austria E: loedl@kapp.at
Christoph Kirchmeier is particularly promotion especially T: +43 316 22 59 55 Christoph Kirchmeier
engaged in corporate restructuring strengthens the core W: www.kapp.at E: kirchmeier@kapp.at
as well as insolvency and tenancy law practice areas.
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