Bär & Karrer Advises PSP Swiss Property on the Acquisition of Three Attractive Commercial Buildings

PSP Swiss Property purchased three directly adjacent commercial buildings in the CBD of Geneva for CHF 295 million (plus transation costs). The three properties at Rue de la Confédération 2 (8,100 m2 rental space), Rue de la Corraterie 5/7 (5,400 m2) and Rue de la Cité 6 (2,100 m2) were acquired as of 22 September …

Kudun And Partners Appointed to Represent Various Creditors in Thai Airways Business Rehabilitation

Kudun and Partners has been officially appointed to represent a total of 87 savings co-operatives in their capacity as creditors of Thai Airways International Public Company Limited in Thailand’s largest-ever business rehabilitation proceeding to date, with debts estimated to be in excess of THB 352.49 billion (approximately USD 11.34 billion).

FG Münster: No capital gains tax due on furniture and fittings from sale of real estate

Furniture and fittings do not count towards capital gains from the sale of real estate. That was the verdict of the Finanzgericht (FG) Münster – the Fiscal Court of Münster – in a ruling form August 3, 2020 (Az.: 5 K 2493/18).

EY advised AR Retail, S.A. in a successful acquisition of fashion chain FOREVER 21

October 2020. Through its Tax & Law business line, EY advised the Central American company, AR RETAIL, S.A., a company operating fashion stores and franchises, in the successful acquisition of the fast-fashion chain FOREVER 21 in nine countries, including Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, and the Dominican Republic.

JunHe’s New Management Committee Elected

>On October 18, 2020, JunHe’s new Management Committee (“MC”)was elected at its partners meeting. Partner Hua Xiaojun was elected Managing Partner, and partners Xiao Wei, Zhao Xiyong, Zhang Ping, Yu Yongqiang and Wu Lei were elected as members of the MC. The new MC will take office from January 1, 2021.

JunHe’s New Management Committee Elected

On October 18, 2020, JunHe’s new Management Committee (“MC”)was elected at its partners meeting. Partner Hua Xiaojun was elected Managing Partner, and partners Xiao Wei, Zhao Xiyong, Zhang Ping, Yu Yongqiang and Wu Lei were elected as members of the MC. The new MC will take office from January 1, 2021.On October 18, 2020, JunHe’s …

Sayenko Kharenko advises Elementum Energy on a buy-out of its joint venture partner

Sayenko Kharenko has acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Elementum Energy Limited, a subsidiary of VR Capital focused on investments into renewable energy, on a buy-out of the minority stake of its partner Volterra Energy Group in a joint venture company that had successfully developed ten solar power plant projects in Ukraine with the …

Rechtzeitig Selbstanzeige stellen – Automatischer Informationsaustausch von Finanzdaten steht bevor

Der Automatische Informationsaustausch von Finanzdaten (AIA) ist ein Mittel Steuerhinterziehung konsequent zu bekämpfen. Steuersünder können noch immer eine strafbefreiende Selbstanzeige stellen.

FG Münster: Steuerpflichtiger Einbringungsgewinn bei Verschmelzung einer KG auf eine GmbH

Wird eine KG auf eine GmbH verschmolzen, ist der Einbringungsgewinn steuerpflichtig. Das hat das Finanzgericht Münster mit Urteil vom 19. Mai 2020 entschieden (Az.: 13 K 571/16 G,F).

The trial story on how 15 kg of aircraft weight could cost 20 mln rubles of customs payments

11 June 2020, Moscow, Russia – The Principal of KIAP had purchased and imported into the Russian Federation a passenger aircraft. During the customs declaring procedure the classification code of goods was specified based on the weight of the aircraft with the corresponding customs duty rate of 0%.