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How we healthcheck intercompany agreements for TP compliance

When we’re reviewing intercompany agreements, we look at four key areas of alignment with TP policies: the delineation of the transaction, the risk allocation, the treatment of IP and intangibles, and the pricing. We also look at a fifth area, namely general fitness for purposes. This includes obvious things such as whether the parties…

Group Reorganisations

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Top 10 ‘hidden assets’ which can be missed in Global Value Chain restructuring or legal entity reduction projects

Paul Sutton

Corporate groups tend to acquire more and more legal entities over time – whether as a result of M&A activity, SPVs created for specific projects or (in some cases) tax planning. Most groups therefore need to clear out unnecessary entities from time to time. Some larger groups have in excess of 1,000 legal entities, and…

Group Reorganisations

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Intercompany Agreements

Free Webinar on how to you can easily introduce document automation

Paul Sutton

I’m really passionate about the potential of document automation. At LCN, we use it for relatively straightforward things like engagement letters and proposals, and for more complex suites of documents such as inserting a new holding company into a group. We also apply automation to external-facing workflows, such as our free tool for scoping out…

Group Reorganisations

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Intercompany Agreements

The Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2022

Paul O’Regan

Our CEO, Xiaofang Sutton, has been shortlisted for this year’s Asian Women of Achievement Awards, in the Entrepreneur category. Everyone at LCN is enormously proud and happy that Xiaofang has been recognised in a very impressive group of nominees. The Asian Women of Achievement Awards were founded by Pinky Lilani CBE DL in 1999. They…

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Join us at TP Minds Americas on 18th and 20th April

Paul O’Regan

This year we are again sponsoring the TP Minds America conference. We’ll be taking part in three events. On 18th April, Paul Sutton will participate in a workshop hosted by BDO on the co-ordination of transfer pricing with customs and trade considerations. On 20th April, Leiza Bladd-Symms will take part in a panel that will examine…

Group Reorganisations

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Intercompany Agreements

Live Workshop on 17 March: Intercompany Agreements for Financial Transactions

Paul O’Regan

The first in our new series of free workshops were a great success – thanks very much to everyone who participated, and especially for all the questions and comments. You’ll find a recording of one of the sessions here. We think you’ll find the second workshop just as useful. We’ll go through the basics of the…

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Welcome to The Year of the Tiger

Paul Sutton

We just wanted to take a moment to wish you a happy Chinese New Year. Today, 1 February, is the first day of the Year of the Tiger. Your Chinese sign is probably Tiger if you were born in 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986 or 1998. Both Xiaofang and I have strong Chinese connections (she was…

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Carbon net zero: can you be more helpful than Bill Gates?

Paul O’Regan

We’re sure you agree that huge, eye-catching changes will only be part of the solution to the climate crisis. It is just as important that small businesses and individuals do what they can too. At LCN Legal – without looking for any praise in return – we want to do our bit. But exactly what…

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