Deals & Cases
“One of the fields of law in which Sorainen provides assistance to clients is criminal law. In this field in 2023, our team of criminal law experts mainly provided legal assistance in cases of possible legalisation of the proceeds of crime, tax evasion, or violations of sanctions,” comments head of Corporate Crime practice in Latvia […]
Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. Technology & intellectual property Artificial Intelligence Act: European Parliament and the Council reach provisional agreement Reached: 9 December 2023 The AI Act introduces dedicated rules for general purpose AI models that will ensure transparency along the value chain. Specific banned applications of AI are set, as well as […]
Green bonds for implementing sustainable projects Green bonds are essential for sustainable financing, and Europe is ahead of many other regions in the world in green bond issuance. At the moment, it accounts for roughly half of the global volume. In recent years, the volume of green bonds issued in Europe has fluctuated around half […]
Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. Tax Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2493 of 15 November 2023 on the treatment for national accounts purposes of the non-collected VAT due to VAT fraud and due to insolvency (the discrepancy between theoretical VAT receipts and actual VAT receipts) for the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and […]
Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. Tax Press release: New proposals to simplify tax rules and reduce compliance costs for cross-border businesses Published: 12 September 2023 The European Commission adopted a key package of initiatives to reduce tax compliance costs for large, cross-border businesses in the European Union. The proposal, “Business in Europe: Framework for Income […]