How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The State aid Decision also explicitly stated that ‘The construction works financed through the grant … will be subject to a competitive process, respecting the applicable procurement rules’ (para 8). The agreement foresaw that, at the end of the project, ‘Any excess on that balance sheet is to be paid to the municipality.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2023

After the launch, the systems were transferred to the balance of the state in the form of a state-owned enterprise. It includes indicators such as the population of the community affected, level of urgency, economic influence, or ecological impact. Delivering the DREAM With the launch of the Project Office, DREAM enters its next phase.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 13, 2024

The second panel, “ TechTalk: Unraveling the Tapestry – AI’s Influence on International Arbitration”, included Luke Sobota ( Founding Partner, Three Crowns LLP), Nilufar Hossain (Investment Manager and Legal Counsel, Omni Bridgeway), Rachel Thorn (Partner, Cooley LLP), and Marco de Sousa (Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP).

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Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 18, 2024

Senior tax policymakers from across the region attended the event organized by the IDB, the World Bank and the G-20 Brazilian presidency, represented during the event by Ministry of Finance and Receita Federal do Brasil (RFB), the country’s federal tax agency. Second, government may face domestic political opposition against heavier taxation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

The panel however agreed that a good balance is to be found, first because not everything should be recorded, but also because a too strict or inefficient record management can lead to a considerable loss of time and productivity. Lawyers need to be on top on that.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

The administration of the tax would require a single tax return (consolidated balance sheet of the mega MNE) to be filed with the tax authorities of the country where the ultimate parent company is domiciled, and the information would be shared with the other countries. billion a year.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The importance and positive contribution of public procurement law to the adequate management of public funds may seem difficult to appreciate in ordinary times, and there are recurrent calls for a reduction of the administrative burden and bureaucracy related to procurement procedures, checks and balances.

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Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 105

Government Contracts & Global Trade

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The American public may know AI as an amorphous “something” that—while created by people and empowered to perform such person-like tasks as generating play lists, writing fan fiction, and making life-changing decisions about employment, finances, and access to health care—is not human.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

It was held that unilateral arbitrator appointments undermine this principle, tilting the balance in favour of the appointing party. In case of sole arbitrators, the appointing partys influence raises legitimate concerns of bias. This would be consistent with the principles of party autonomy and minimal judicial intervention.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Each contracting state of the ICSID Convention may designate up to four individuals deemed to be of high moral character and recognized competence in the fields of law, commerce, industry or finance (Article 14 of the ICSID Convention ). The stipulated criteria are much broader than the ones suggested for the MIC.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 20, 2025

236 ), along with its budget and financing considerations. UNCITRAL Working Group III and the Advisory Centre on International Investment Dispute Resolution , analyzed key outstanding elements of the draft statute, including the Advisory Centres objective and scope of activities, governance structure, financing mechanisms, and legal status.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Another key update in this regard is the substantive revision of investment protection provisions, which now better balance investor rights with the right of Contracting Parties to regulate within their territories. However, future technological and policy developments in the energy sector may influence the landscape of investment disputes.

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