Most international registries will close for at least part of year-end and early January. In fact, some registries will be closed from mid-December through the first week of January! This makes year-end corporate document retrieval and international lien searches a particular challenge. We encourage our clients to place orders as…

New Hampshire’s Senate Bill 413, part of which was put into effect in August 2018, repeals and reenacts the Late Reinstatement rules for Limited Liability Companies (LLCs). According to the updated legislation, if applying for late reinstatement more than 3 years after the effective date of dissolution, an LLC must…

The State of Delaware has enacted significant changes to various legislation regarding corporations, LLCs and LPs. Some have been effective since the first of this month, while others go into effect in October and August of 2019. More details will be released in due course, but if you have questions…

With the goal of increasing corporate transparency, India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) recently passed the Companies Significant Beneficial Owners Rules (SBO Rules) of 2018, modifying Section 90 of the Companies Act 2013. According to the new legislation, every individual, including non-Indian persons and trustees/beneficiaries, who qualifies as a significant…

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Guest Article by Virginia La Torre Jeker J.D.: Virginia is the owner of VLJ US Tax Advisory, FZE in the United Arab Emirates. She blogs weekly on US international tax matters affecting foreign persons as well as US persons. Virginia can be reached at [email protected]   By way of broad…

On November 26, 2014, the National Assembly of Vietnam passed amended version of the Law on Investment (“2014 LOI”), replacing the 2005 versions of the law. The 2014 LOI took effect on July 1, 2015.  This law and subsequent follow-on legislation form the principal legal framework for foreign investment in…

With the pound and euro strong on the international stage, more European businesses are looking to expand into new markets like the United States. Companies and investors who are contemplating expansion should know that there are several routes to accomplish this goal. The following will give a brief description of…

If you’ve ever had a client come to you with a document either from abroad that needed to be legalized for use in the US, or a US document to be used internationally, you know that the process is complex at its best, and frustrating at its worst. Fortunately there…