Rick Mitchell

Journalist, writer, cyclist, living in France

[Rick Mitchell @rtmitchell]

FATCA to Expats: You’ll Never Have Paris or Anywhere Else https://t.co/CdLOT7YRd0
#FATCA #TaxTwitter #tax #taxation #France #Paris #Peru #Expat #OECD #citizenship #Traveler #cycling

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Jean-Michel Darrois, the Paris power #lawyer who helped former French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy get out of prison Monday, is also one of France’s top #dealmakers. #France #Sarkozy #lawfirms Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier https://t.co/86NXEUvIkQ

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Although Marine Le Pen can keep her seat in the French parliament during her appeal, the immediate enforcement of her ineligibility penalty means she cannot run in any election, precluding her candidacy for the 2027 presidential election.

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[Rick Mitchell @rtmitchell]

A primary concern for #Paris2024 #trademark enforcers is companies engaging in so-called ambush #marketing, attempting to tap the event’s prestige without becoming official sponsors.
#parisolympics #ip #infringement #litigation #attorneys #lawyers #ai

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The Paris Olympics could attract hashtag#brands and hashtag#businesses to France and shine a spotlight on its women athletes, #Lawyers said. https://t.co/RhdYYS64nL #ParisOlympics #lawfirms #sportsinvesting @proskauer @HoganLovells @AugustDebouzy @Gide_avocats @PSG_inside

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After 7 years of business-friendly #tax cuts and policy reforms under President Emmanuel Macron, could France be about to get much less hospitable for business?
#france #tax #elections #investment #corporate #policy #employment #macron

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According to @ShearmanLaw 's website, its #Paris office now has no tax lawyers following the duo’s departure for @McDermottLaw . However, Shearman's soon-to-be merger partner, @AllenOvery , lists eight #tax lawyers in Paris, including two partners.

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#French dairy giant @groupe_lactalis hired the longtime in-house legal head of recently restructured supermarket chain @Groupe_Casino to be its new general director of legal affairs and audit.

#legal #audit #generalcounsel #lawyers #attorneys

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The French competition authority’s M&A chief is leaving to launch a competition economics service at a #financial consultancy in #Paris.

#competition #antitrust #mergers #economics @8Advisory @etiennechantrel #france #french #eu @illumina @GrailBio

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#France 's decade-old regime for group actions is so complicated and limited that only a few dozen cases have been filed and only one has resulted in a final judgment of liability against a defendant.
#classactions #litigationfunding #litigation #eu
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Several Big Law firms have recently added investment fund tax partners, who can pivot their focus during market downturns to wherever demand is strongest. My article for https://t.co/BKBS07nSpa International
#taxes #investmentfunds #funds #tax #europe
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Thousands of angry farmers on their tractors are wreaking havoc on the roads of #France, among other things threatening to prevent any trucks from entering Paris until their demands are met.
#french #diesel #tax #environment #protests #strikes #paris
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Proposed legislation in the Netherlands, which has strong support in Parliament, would change the constitution to force the king and the rest of the family to pay taxes.

#netherlands #tax #king #taxtherich

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Human rights “experts” for the @UnitedNationss_
warned the @OECD its #taxreform implementing the 15% #globalminimumtax could harm developing countries' rights to collect tax from multinational corporations. #pillartwo #humanrightsviolations #TaxTwitter
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Just ~ 3 dozen countries and jurisdictions--not including the US and China--were ready to apply the 15% global minimum tax to big multinational companies starting Jan. 1.
@OECD
#pillar2 #globalminimumtax #beps #corporatetax #multinationalcompanies
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Cyclist threatened with legal action for posting YouTube video of close pass by driver in company-branded van
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A Brussels appeals court threw out a data protection challenge to transfers of Belgian Americans’ banking data to the US Internal Revenue Service under FATCA. It may see the case again. #fatca #IRS #belgium #brussels #appeals #court #dataprotectionlaw #EU
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Streaming music giant @Spotify called a planned French tax on the industry starting in 2024 "a real blow to innovation, and to the growth prospects of recorded music in France."

#france #France #tax #streamingmedia #music #innvoation #growth

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Five European Union member states have officially notified the European Commission that they intend to delay application of 2 key components of the Pillar 2 global minimum tax in the big
@OECD
tax reform. #globalminimumtax #pillar2 #beps #corporatetax
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Only ~ 3 dozen jurisdictions have committed to implement the global minimum tax so far, but uptake will likely "snowball" as the top-up tax spurs other countries to join the club, top @OECD officials said.
#globalminimumtax #pillar2 #beps #corporatetax

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