Quote: Studio Legale Marsaglia in Milan started on 3rd November 1981, so this year we are in our prime, we are 35 years old! These first 35 years have gone quickly in constant search of improvement, renewal and efficiency. As … Read More
The prestigious magazine Best Lawyers included four staff members from our member firm in Spain, Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle amongst the best lawyers in Spain in the ninth edition of their annual legal directory. José Juan Pintó Ruiz, LL. … Read More
Since 1 August 2017, legal persons registered in France have had to file a declaration identifying their beneficial owners at the office of the commercial court with jurisdiction over their place of registration. This new obligation has been established at … Read More
Article by Laurence St.-Aubin, lawyer at our member firm in Québec, Canada entitled “A Shareholder Agreement: Because an Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure”. Starting up a business with partners is an incredibly exciting project. In order … Read More
On the 14th of February Studio Legale Marsaglia closed in Bologna a 13,000,000 € acquisition for Penske Automotive Group, the multinational car dealership group with central offices in Detroit (USA). SLM has assisted Penske since their entrance on the Italian … Read More
Rui Botica Santos, partner at our member firm Coelho Ribeiro E Assoc. in Lisbon, will be teaching at the ” Advanced Course on Comparative and International Law of Sports” at the John Cabot University in Rome from January to May 2017. To read … Read More
The Brazilian Olympics Committee have set up an Ethics Commission in an effort to improve transparency and governance. Alberto Murray, from our Brazilian member firm Murray Advogados was recently elected to be the first ever President of the Ethics Commission. … Read More
We are delighted to hear the news that Alberto Murray from our member firm in Brazil has once again been recommended by Who’s Who Legal. Here’s their statement: “Murray Law Firm is pleased to announce that Alberto Murray Neto has … Read More
Alberto Murray, from Murray Advogados in Brazil, and once again been recognised by Who’s Who Legal Brazil as one of the most recommended corporate attorneys in Brazil. Congratulations!
Antonia Marsaglia, from Studio Legale Marsaglia, Milan, has been selected by Who’s Who Legal as one of Italy’s four most impressive mediators. She is described as “an excellent mediator” working from a “top-tier practice”. Read more here: WWL LEGAL 2018
Please click below to read the latest newsletter from our Brazilian member firm, covering key news items in Brazil. Newsletter July – August 2018
Article by lawyers from Murray Advogados, PLG’s member firm in São Paulo – Brazil, on the “Repatriation of Funds Law” and the special regime for the tax and cambial regularisation (Law 13.253/2016). The regularization period runs from 4 April 2016 … Read More
When a lawyer is called on for help, it is usually about what expenses are deductible. This question is all the more important when the time comes for a corporate reorganization and significant professional fees are involved.
Is an expense 100% deductible? Can an expense be depreciated over several years? … Read More
We are delighted to learn that our member firm in Spain, Pintó Ruiz & del Valle have been honoured by Chambers Global 2017 as a tier 5 legal firm for Intellectual Property. There was particular mention of Eva Ochua, for her work … Read More
Jaime Medeiros, Rui Botica Santos and Mónica Ribeiro Costa from PLG’s member firm Coelho Ribeiro E Associados in Lisbon, have been recognized by Who’sWhoLegal 2017 for Information Technology.
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José Juan Pintó and Yago Vázquez from our Spanish member firm, Pintó Ruiz & del Valle, have been recognised as top ranking (tier 3) by Media Law International. The firm is noted for its advice on television and radio broadcasting … Read More
Eterna Law, PLG’s member firm in Ukraine, has joined the pan-European “Pact for Youth – 2020” for support and development of young professionals. Oksana Kneychuk, partner at Eterna Law and PLG council director was present at the official ceremony. Read … Read More
Eterna Law in cooperation with LandLord will hold a business breakfast on one of the most topical issues of this Autumn – the deoffshorization process which started in Ukraine. Oleh Malskyy, Partner and Head of Corporate and M&A Practice of … Read More
Article by Elisabeth Noltenius from our member firm SKW Schwarz in Berlin on “extended information duties for web sites in Germany”. Companies that do business with consumers in Germany already have to comply with numerous information duties. Usually I took … Read More
Mónica Oliveira Costa from our Portugese member firm, Coelho Ribeiro e Associados has published an analysis of the Draft Bill for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation which has been presented to the Parliament for approval before 25 May … Read More
The entry into force of GDPR was subject to broad press coverage in Canada. At a time when data protection scandals such as those faced by Facebook were also receiving a lot of media attention, the legitimacy of regulations such … Read More
A few months after the introduction of GDPR, it is time to draw up a report of the first French experiences. Obviously the French data protection authority, the CNIL, is trying to design a uniform case law and make implementation … Read More
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) n°2016/679 introduced numerous innovations regarding the processing of personal data. Among these, great interest was raised by the obligation, for the Data Controller, to carry out in certain cases an assessment of the impact … Read More
GDPR came into force on May 25th, 2018. At the same time, the new German Data Protection Law, which specifies the opening clauses of GDPR, came into force. Besides some curious discussions (such as whether doorbell signs can be labelled … Read More
Blessing or… just a burden? Data Protection Legislation around the World: learn from PLG Lawyers in Canada, Italy, Germany and France the result of Data Protection laws implementation in each of these countries. – Eva Ochoa, President of the PLG … Read More
Studio Legale Marsaglia, our member firm in Milan, have published an article on the taxation of and opportunities for non-Italian High Net Worth Individuals.… Read More
Lawyers from two of our member firms, Murray Advogados in Brazil and Joli-Coeur Lacasse in Canada have written an article for the Brazil – Canada Chamber of Commerce, comparing the sports law in each country.… Read More
Article by Benoît Trotier, Lawyer and Trademark Agent at Joli-Coeur Lacasse in Québec, on the “Protection of Digital Information and the Obligation to disclose Breaches of Personal Data”. The article covers both Canada and abroad. Read the article
Every year, Law World magazine and the AFJE (French Association of Business Lawyers) organize the Lyon Business Lawyers ‘ awards to reward the best firms in the Rhône-Alpes region. The survey is carried out among several thousand lawyers and business … Read More
Eric Beauchesne, president of PLG’s Canadian member firm, is proud to announce that two new lawyers have joined their law firm. Hélène Beauséjour-Gagné will be based in Quebec and is specialized in Health Law. Francis Arnaud Marcotte will be based … Read More
Our Luxembourg member firm has developed and expanded over the years since they were founded in 2009 and to reflect this they have undergone a re-branding. You will find everything you need to know on their new website here.
To complement their legal services our member firm in Luxembourg, LexField, has recently established a sister company. FideField offers a wide range of corporate operational solutions and services: (i) corporation administration, (ii) accounting & tax, (iii) business & family advisory … Read More
Article on the “The Sapin II Act: Relaxing pricing transparency regulations and hardening the rules against restrictive business practices” by Christophe Héry at our member firm Lmt Avocats in Paris.… Read More
Lmt Avocats, based in Paris and one of PLG’s founding members, celebrates its 25th Anniversary. With its multicultural know-how and human-centred approach, Lmt Avocats assists French and foreign companies both locally and internationally. Congratulations! Read more
In 2018 PLG International Lawyers turned 30. With a steady growth across the years we now have 29 member firms across the globe. Meetings Our February meetings were hosted by Canonica Valticos & de Preux in Geneva. In June we … Read More
Marc Pussar from our member firm, SKW Schwarz in Frankfurt, has been interviewed for Food Service Europe and Middle East magazine, a trade journal for the hotel, restaurant and catering industry. Levitra is one of the most effective and high-quality … Read More
Please see below the annoucement from our Brazilian law firm, Murray Advogados We are pleased to advise that Murray – Advogados has been appointed again by the British publication Latin Lawyers among the most recommended Law Firms in Brazil. … Read More
It is with great pleasure that we can announce Cayad, Mexico, have joined the PLG Family. Cayad is a multidisciplinary law firm based in Mexico City since 2003 with over 15 practicing lawyers.
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Éric Beauchesne, president of Joli-Cœur Lacasse, PLG’s member firm in Canada, is proud to announce that Véronique Néron is the new partner of the law firm. Véronique Néron joined Joli-Coeur Lacasse in 2003 and is specialized in civil and commercial … Read More
The partners at our former Israel member firm, D.Mirkin & Co, have merged with Pearl Cohen, who now becomes our PLG member firm in Israel. Based in Tel Aviv, with offices in Haifa, Israel, as well as New York and … Read More
Please take a moment to watch the new video from our Brazilian member firm Murray Advogados
Every month our Brazilian member firm, Murray Advogados, publishes a newsletter in English summarising news affecting business in Brazil. Please find the latest newsletter here: I bought Valium tablets and came home, climbed on the Internet and read the instruction … Read More
The most important Brazilian legal publication, “Análise Advocacia 500” that has been published this week for the year 2016, listed, once more, Murray – Advogados among the most admired law firms in the country. The partner, Alberto Murray Neto, has also been … Read More
Please click below for the latest news in English from our member firm in Brazil, Murray Advogados, including the reaction on the markets to the recent elections. Newsletter Oct-Nov2018
Please click below to read the latest Newsletter from Murray Advogados in Brazil in English, covering events affecting the Brazilian market. Newsletter Jan-Feb 2019
Murray Advogados, PLG’s member firm in São Paulo, Brazil, have issued their May 2016 newsletter with interesting articles on the economy in Brazil, including articles on foreign investment by among others “Envision Energy”, China’s second largest wind energy plant and … Read More
Newsletter published by Murray Advogados, our member firm in São Paulo Brazil, giving a résumé of a whole range of economic and legal issues such as “Ports Law to undergo changes aiming at faster private investment”, “Power distributors promise investments” … Read More
Newsletter issued by Murray Advogados in São Paulo featuring résumés of the following articles*: – Government plans to limit regulatory reach over concession auctions – Chamber of deputies prepares changes in repatriation law – China proposes binational company to build … Read More
Our member firm in Brazil, Murray Advogados, have recently published their February – March newsletter with news in English affacting Brazilian law and economy matters. Please click here to download. Newsletter Feb-Mar 2019
March 2016 newsletter issued by Murray Advogados, PLG’s member firm in São Paulo with articles on a number of economic and legal issues, such as “Citigroup to exit retail banking in Brazil, Argentina”, “Bambu seeks partnership with Chinese to operate … Read More
Murray Advogados PLG The November/December newsletter from Murray Advogados, our firm in Brazil, giving information on industry developments in and affecting Brazil. Please read the full article here.
Our member firm in the UK, Pannone Corporate, has announced this week the launch of its training academy to meet client demand to help them deal with ever increasing regulatory burdens and changes in the law. The Pannone Academy has been … Read More
PLG will partner with INSEAD, one of the world’s top business schools, on their first Lawyers’ Strategic Management Programme. Please contact Central Office for more details of the course, which will start in May, and a special offer for PLG lawyers.… Read More
The prestigious directory Chambers Europe 2016 included Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle amongst the elite of Spanish law firms for the sixth consecutive year, therefore consolidating their presence in Sports and IP Law, areas where the company already stood out … Read More
Jordi López and Yago Vázquez (partners at PLG’s member firm Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle, Barcelona) have participated as contributors and Spanish experts in the First Edition of The Sports Law Review that the prestigious publisher Law Business Research Ltd … Read More
Bulletin issued by PLG’s IP, IT & E-Commerce mutual interest group, featuring articles on “Prize Competition” in France, Germany and Italy and on “On-Line Gambling, Betting and Gaming” in Portugal. Download the newsletter
At the beginning of May around 150 lawyers from across the PLG network worldwide met in Faro, Portugal, to celebrate, one year late, our 30th anniversary. New Member Firm from Taiwan We are proud to announce that we were … Read More
Every five years at PLG we hold a four day meeting, the PLG Congress. This is different to the regular meetings that we hold three times a year – it is the opportunity for firms to send more participants … Read More
PLG International Lawyers has been based in Brussels, Belgium since its inception in the late 1980s. Following the retirement of its first Network Coordinator, Julienne Laveaux in May this year, we have moved to Luxembourg. When you reduce the dose, … Read More
Dorothee Altenburg from PLG’s member firm SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte in Munich, will be speaking at the upcoming meeting of NEWWW which will be held in Munich from 27-29 October 2016 under the theme “Demystifying the International Trade in Women”. She will … Read More
It is time for the first PLG get-together of the year and for the next four days we will be in Berlin at the Ellington Hotel. On the programme will be presentations on the vibrant Berlin start-up sector and the real … Read More
As many as 65 PLG lawyers from more than 20 countries came to Brussels, where we were received by our Belgian member firm Tondreau & Partners. Interesting presentations were given by David Ireland from Trace International on “Anti-Bribery” and … Read More
Around 40 lawyers from all over the world were warmly welcomed to a very chilly Geneva last week for the first PLG meetings of the year.… Read More
The second PLG event of the year was hosted by Pannone Corporate in Manchester from 15-18th June at the Innside by Melia hotel. The meetings were a great success, and in between networking and development of PLG projects, we were treated to a tour … Read More
The Autumn PLG meetings are taking place in Tel Aviv from 3-6 November 2016 and will be hosted by D. Mirkin & Co., PLG’s member firm in Israel. Fifty PLG lawyers from all over the world will be participating in the … Read More
PLG lawyers from all over the world met in Luxembourg City from 3 – 6 March 2016, where they were welcomed by Pierre-Yves Magerotte, partner at LexField, PLG’s member firm in Luxembourg. Very interesting topics such as ” Islamic Banking” (presentation by Anouar … Read More
We are delighted to annouce that we have two new members who have joined the PLG family. Tomas Rudenstam and his team have moved to Foyen who are now our member firm for Sweden. You can read more about Foyen here. Secondly David … Read More
Congratulations to Maksym Uslystyi, counsel, YPLG lawyer with Eterna Law, our member firm in Ukraine who has been promoted to Partner.… Read More
Our member firm in Canada, Joli Coeur Lacasse, have announced the promotion of four of their team members. On behalf of all their PLG colleagues, we would like to congratulate Manon Lavoie (Montréal), Antoine La Rue, Olivier Tousignant and Alexandre Brousseau (Quebec City).
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Current case law on Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Media and Entertainment Law, IT & Digital Business, as well as Commercial and Distribution Law in Europe. To read the newsletter
A €50,000,000 deal was closed on the 7th of June 2018 between a client referred to Studio Legale Marsaglia by Carlos Noguera from Bufete Pinto Ruiz of Barcelona and an Italian company providing for the reconstruction development, lease and management … Read More
Interview with José Juan Pintó from PLG’s member firm in Barcelona The prestigious Corporate INTL Magazine interviews José Juan Pintó Sala, partner at Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle, PLG’s member firm in Barcelona, about the evolution of Sports Law in … Read More
2018 is the year of our 30th anniversary, and, in partnership with Catolica Global School of Law, Lisbon, we are proud to introduce our Summer Academy on Lawyering Excellence for Young Lawyers. Combining the experience of senior PLG lawyers with … Read More
As announced last summer, in September 2018 14 young lawyers from across the network went to Lisbon, Portugal, for a week of team building and legal practice classes, based at and in partnership with Catolica Global School of Law. The event … Read More
Article by Yago Vázquez and Jordi López, both partners at Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle, PLG’s member firm in Spain, about the Spanish Media Market. The media sector in Spain started recovering in 2015 and, thanks to a more favorable … Read More
YPLG, the branch of PLG dedicated to the lawyers under 35, set up the exchange programme several years ago to allow young lawyers to gain work experience within other member firms. In 2017 Evgeniya Pervukhina, a lawyer working for the … Read More
Article by Arshnoor Amershi, solicitor in the Corporate Team at Pannone Corporate LLP, PLG’s member firm in Manchester, on upcoming changes to the companies act 2006 brought about by the small business, enterprise and employment act 2015. Read more
Kyiv, February 7th. Eterna Law was recognised as Client Choice Tax Planning Law Firm of the Year – Ukraine by The Lawyer International Global Awards – 2017.… Read More
Bonjour, and greetings from Paris where we are in the middle of our second conference of the year. Lawyers from across Europe, North America and Asia have come together to discuss international legal topics of interest, build on great friendships … Read More
CRA, PLG's member firm in Lisbon, recommended in The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2016
CRA is recommended in The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2016 editorial in the practice areas of Intellectual Property and TMT (Telecommunications, Media and Technologies).
Jaime Medeiros and Mónica Oliveira Costa recommended in The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2016 editorial in the practice areas of Intellectual Property and TMT (Telecommunications, Media and Technologies).