How to restructure your creative business in France

restructure your creative business in France

Almost any medium-sized and large creative business has overseas operations, in order to maximise distribution opportunities and take advantage of economies of scale. This is especially true for fashion & luxury businesses, which need strategically-located brick & mortar retail outlets to thrive. However, such overseas boutiques may need to be restructured, from time to time,…

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How to protect your creative business after Brexit?

How to protect your creative business after Brexit?

On 30 March 2019, the UK will crash out of the EU without a withdrawal deal in place, and without a request for an extension of the 2 years’ notification period of its decision to withdraw. No second referendum will be organised by the current UK government. Therefore, what’s in the cards, for the creative…

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Registration of beneficial ownership: time to take action

registration of beneficial ownership

What are business owners obligations, in terms of registering beneficial ownership of their companies? How do these obligations differ, in France and the United Kingdom, even though such obligations stem from the same European legislation, i.e. the European Directive 2015/849 dated 20 May 2015 on money laundering? 

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Brexit legal implications: the road less travelled

Brexit legal implications

What are Brexit legal implications that creative industries need to know about? On 23 June 2016, during an epic day of flooding in London and South East England, which did not deter a record 72.2 percent of voters to turn out, the United Kingdom (‟UK”) decided to terminate its 43-year membership with the European Union…

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