Latest blog articles

Escape from EU regulations is loss of leverage

2 March 2020
About 100 British officials will arrive in Brussels today to start the mammoth negotiations on the future relationship between the EU and the UK. The two sides are poles apart. The UK wants regulatory detachment from the EU while the EU insists or regulatory alignment.
by:
- P. Nicolaides
in Law
Could I please get a fiat for the price of my Frappuccino?

27 October 2015
Today the European Commission released its first set of decisions on corporate tax rulings, which it has investigated for over a year. Starbucks Manufacturing EMEA and Fiat Finance and Trade were the first test cases where final decisions have been issued.
by:
- R.H.C. Luja
in Law
The legal possibilities of a Greek exit from the Eurozone

19 June 2015

An older post, but still up-to-date.

The long-debated exit of Greece from the Eurozone as a consequence of the current financial crisis has re-emerged in January 2015 when German finance minister Schäuble indicated that a so-called ‘Grexit’ would be a scenario no longer unimaginable for the other...