Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. ESG Directive empowering consumers for the green transition and circular economy Adopted: 20 February 2024 The Council has adopted a directive aimed at empowering consumers to facilitate the shift towards sustainability. This new directive seeks to strengthen consumer rights by amending the unfair commercial practices directive (UCPD) and […]
Legislative news and ESG initiatives in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Status of the corporate sustainability reporting directive’s transposition into local laws In Estonia, the draft law transposing the CSRD was published on 23 February 2024 and is currently waiting for approval from ministries. It is expected to come into force on 6 July 2024. The draft […]
Philip Baker is a barrister (37 y), King’s Counsel, lecturer at the University of Oxford, LLM, PhD, MBA, an author of a book on Double Taxation Conventions “A guru on treaty and and cross-border tax”. Listen to the podcast here! In the podcast we discussed: his Order of the British Empire – for helping political refugees […]
Group (or “affinity”) insurance models are well-known and widely used in the Lithuanian insurance market. They are particularly popular in the case of travel insurance, payment protection insurance and purchase protection insurance products offered by banks along with credit cards. Group insurance contracts are also commonly used for personal accident and health insurance, which employers […]
Błażej Kuźniacki is a professor at Lazarski University in POL, works for PWC in NED, is an author of a book ‘Beneficial Ownership in International Taxation” and countless publications. Listen to the podcast here! In the podcast we discussed: his favourite destinations in the world, book recommendations (incl. Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E Frankl and The ONE […]
