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In addition to publishing newsletters on a regular basis, Edlescher issues advisories and alerts to keep our clients informed of breaking news and legal developments.

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1 November 2024

GREEN FINANCE: Climate finance to take centre stage at upcoming climate COP

Climate finance will be on top of the agenda when world leaders gather in Baku, Azerbaijan this November for the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to discuss future climate action. At the climate conference,

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25 October 2024

CAREY OLSEN: Carey Olsen Jersey advises RoundShield on its largest fund in history, RS Fund V

Press Release from Carey Olsen, Friday 25 October, 2024. Carey Olsen’s investment funds team in Jersey has advised RoundShield Partners LLP (“RoundShield”) on the successful closing

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25 October 2024

CAREY OLSEN: Carey Olsen announces two senior promotions within BVI litigation practice

Press Release from Carey Olsen, Friday 25 October, 2024. Carey Olsen is pleased to announce the promotion of Catherine O’Connell and Sara Malik to senior associate within the firm’s British

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25 October 2024

AFRICA: Nigerian court orders release of Binance executive after charges dropped

A Nigerian court on Wednesday ordered the release of Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan after the government dropped money laundering charges against him to allow him to get medical treatment abroad.

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25 October 2024

AFRICA: Kenya Implements Real-Time Crypto Tracking for Better Tax Compliance

Tracking crypto transactions in real-time is something the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is doing in big measure. This action is meant to solve the rising tax losses in the nation resulting from ineffective

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25 October 2024

FATF: Financial Action Task Force to halve number of countries on global AML “grey list” under new review criteria

Global AML watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) says it has made major changes to the criteria it uses for placing countries on its “grey list” of nations under increased monitoring,

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25 October 2024

UK: HMRC puts ‘everyone’ on alert and warns ‘it’s tax avoidance’

HMRC has warned “it’s tax avoidance” and urged “everyone” in the UK to know the rules. The taxman and tax department, now operating under the Labour Party government, has

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25 October 2024

EUROPE: €400 ‘green tax’ for Europe’s frequent flyers

Several European airlines are already considering charging passengers an ‘environmental cost surcharge’ as they face up to climate change goals, but frequent flyers could feel the sharpest sting

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25 October 2024

PANAMA: Panama Threatens To Veto EU Tenders If Not Removed From Tax Haven List

The President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, threatened on Tuesday, October 22, to veto European Union (EU) companies from future tenders in Panama if the European bloc does not remove him from

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25 October 2024

EUROPE: European Central Bank researchers’ paper called a ‘declaration of war’ on Bitcoin

In a paper from European Central Bank (ECB) economists Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaaf, they argue that Bitcoin’s rise in value disproportionately benefits early adopters at the expense of latecomers

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