Group Reorganisations

Free DAC6 preliminary assessment tool

11 May 2020 Paul Sutton

Sometimes it feels like hard work to keep pushing forward. I have to admit that when I first heard about DAC6, my first reaction was ‘what now?’ And then when I started reading into it, my second reaction was ‘this is a complete nightmare.’ (In case you haven’t come across this little beauty yet, DAC6…

Group Reorganisations

Intercompany Agreements

The natural approach for board resolutions in group restructuring projects

4 May 2020 Paul Sutton

The more complicated a decision is, the more important it is to express what’s happening clearly and succinctly. In the legal world, group reorganisations and cross-border restructuring projects are prime examples of this. Board resolutions and other forms of corporate approval are an essential part of documenting the steps involved, and of managing personal liability…

Group Reorganisations

Intercompany Agreements

The corporate simplification hall of shame

26 November 2018 Paul Sutton

Here’s one of my favourite quotes, which is from Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist and Nobel Prize winner: “An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field.” In the area of corporate simplification projects (which was the subject…

Group Reorganisations

Intercompany Agreements

Is your group structure ready for the tax inspectors? I mean, really ready?

26 February 2018 Paul Sutton

This article appears in the February edition of our International Corporate Structures Newsletter. If you are a regular reader of this newsletter, and of our regular emails, publications, legal resources and guides, you will know that we are advocates of effective intercompany agreements and related structures for multinational groups. Of course we are; a group…

Group Reorganisations

Intercompany Agreements

International Corporate Structures Newsletter – February 2018

26 February 2018 Paul Sutton

In this issue: Is your group structure ready for the tax inspectors? Transfer pricing in China: an interview with Martin Ng, WTS Shanghai Book review: Thick Face, Black Heart Evolution of an Institution Our top 5 off-the-beaten-path ancient sites to visit in China Intercompany agreement review service for multinational groups To download your copy, click…

Group Reorganisations

Intercompany Agreements

Tax Technologist vs Taxologist? And Why It Matters

13 February 2018 Paul Sutton

We are delighted to feature the following article from Geoff Peck, Executive Officer and Chief Taxologist at PawPaw Taxology. The shortage of good technology skills in Tax is acute, yet there’s little meaningful discussion about the nature of those skills. The industry is badly short-changed as a result. Technology is running amok through Tax in…

Group Reorganisations

Intercompany Agreements

Sector-focused private discussion groups on intercompany governance and intercompany agreements for Transfer Pricing compliance

31 January 2018 Paul Sutton

We will shortly be announcing a series of private discussion groups on the practicalities of intercompany governance and intercompany agreements for Transfer Pricing compliance, each focussed on a particular sector, and each for CFOs or similar professionals within multinational groups. The relevant sectors are: Aviation Consulting Marketing and Advertising Software and technology If you would…

Group Reorganisations

LCN Updates

Intercompany Agreements