The bidirectional relationship between artists and listeners in the music industry
The bidirectional relationship between artists and listeners in the music industry. The music industry is a living organism, constantly evolving and forever changing, not only due to its nature as an industry but also because of the elusive nature of the fourth art. The artist and listener maintain a close relationship, where music serves as […]
19th London Spanish Film Festival
19th London Spanish Film Festival. At Del Canto Chambers we are always finding opportunities to promote Anglo-Spanish relationships and the nineteen years old London Spanish Film Festival is a great example. It offers a curated selection of great movies. The Festival opens a window on Catalan, Galician and Andalusian filmmaking including new feature films, documentaries, […]
Wet Leg, the Isle of Wight festival, Platform one and music on the Isle of Wight (Podcast)
The Mark Wing Podcast Ep.66. Click on the image below to listen to the podcast Michael Coyle sits down and chats with David Pontin. David, with his brother Peter, founded the Platform One College of Music on the Isle of Wight in 1999. Having offered higher education options and programmes to help the new generation […]
Barristers in the International Legal Market
Barristers in the International Legal Market. Barristers of England and Wales provide specialist advocacy and legal advisory services of the highest quality to clients around the world as follows:• They primarily act as advocates in court proceedings (both in the courts of England and Wales and in many other jurisdictions), arbitrations, adjudications and mediations;• They […]
COVID-19 and the franchise landscape
COVID-19 and the franchise landscape. Spain is one of Europe’s leading consumer markets, partly aided by its role as the second most popular tourist destination in the world. Franchisors have found particular niches in facilitating their expansion in the key coastal areas and the capitals. Today, Barcelona and Madrid are global brands in themselves, where […]
The value of music publishing catalogues
It has been a struggle for the music industry to adapt to the online world. By the year 2000 it was already clear sales were going down and the CD was becoming obsolete. People were sharing files illegally and the boom of Napster was a real threat for artists who were already grappling with the […]
The European Parliament can stop sexism in social media
The European Parliament can stop sexism in social media. This most likely happens in the corridors of any European institution, this is why it is important to act: a woman passes by a group of men stationed on the sidewalk. Following this moment, she leaves a trail of whistles and vulgar comments for which, as […]
YouTubers and their Legal Issues
YouTubers and their Legal Issues. YouTube is the buzzword of today, a subsidiary of Google Inc. anyone can easily open an account and upload their audio-visual content. The Partner Programs allow YouTubers to earn revenues via Google AdSense. There are basically a few conditions that a YouTuber must follow: The current guidelines state that any […]
Internet defamation, the web cannot be the Wild West
Many call for a quick and achievable resolution for internet defamation. Unfortunately the Internet defamation is more usual than desired. It is not hard to imagine that at this very moment a person, hopefully, neither you nor I, is being defamed on the internet. Turn on with a single click. The screen of any terminal […]
When fake news ruins real lives: meet the Spaniards destroyed by online rumors
Everyday Spanish people are being hurt by false accusations – like Francisco who was wrongly blamed for a brutal robbery in a viral Facebook post. Unfounded rumors can be punished in Spain with up to two years in prison. When we speak about fake news we should broaden the term. Everyone is at risk. For […]
Keep calm – but, let’s not carry on with Brexit
Every day we wake up in the City of London and Brexit is still there. Like a bad dream that we just can’t escape. A nightmare for those who voted ‘no’ and for those in favour of leaving. Brexit has grown immovable, turned into a real monster, unfathomable and seemingly endless. A curse for UK […]
A Global Analysis of Tax Treaty Disputes
Global Analysis of Tax Treaty Disputes is a book that must be read. Eduardo Baistrocchi, author of this book and Associate Professor of Law in the London School of Economics LSE, reviewed with his collaborators around 1,500 cases, where Eduardo finally included in his book a ‘Global Taxonomy’ of 116 tax identified patterns of tax […]
Presentation of the new Arabic Sports Digital Platform: AS Arabia
Today September 25th, PRISA Group and Dar Al Sharq Group from #Qatar have signed and agreement in Madrid to launch #AS_Arabia, the largest Spanish Sports Digital Platform in Arabic for the Arab world. With this agreement Diario AS takes a major step on its option for the international market. At Del Canto Chambers we are […]
The Changing Face of the Media in Latin America
Del Canto Chambers was invited by the Canning House to their conference ‘The Changing Face of the Media’ in Latin America, where speakers Mr. Graco Perez, International Relations Journalist in Honduras for the newspaper ‘La Prensa’, and Mr. Chumel Torres, comedian, youtuber, TV and Radio Host, explained the situation of press and media in Latin […]
AS Arabia will be the largest Spanish sports newspaper in the Arab world
The Anglo Spanish legal Firm Del Canto Chambers facilitated yesterday the agreement to launch what will become the largest Spanish sports newspaper in the arab world. As Arabia was born yesterday in Doha (Qatar). The CEO of PRISA, Manuel Mirat, along with the executive director of Dar AlSharq Group, Abdullatif Al Mahmoud; the director of […]
The Observatory of the Spanish-speaking World
The London School of Economics and the Spanish Leading newspaper in the world launch The Observatory Of the Spanish-speaking World Coinciding with the Spanish king’s visit to the UK, The London School of Economics and Political Science and El País -Spanish leading newspaper in the world- launch the Observatory of the Spanish-speaking world. The […]
The City claims itself before Brexit
The City claims itself before Brexit Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, took part in the event #EmbraceLondon, held by the Spanish journal El País, last 19th April. The event was assisted by British and Spanish businessmen and politicians in order to discuss the post-Brexit United Kingdom and to claim for the pragmatism as […]
Pragmatism, mutualism and certainty is what the City of London needs on Brexit negotiations
Pragmatism, mutualism and certainty is what the City of London needs on Brexit negotiations Our managing Partner León Fernando Del Canto, (Del Canto Chambers) embraced the scope of a historical relationship between United Kingdom and Spain, as well as #EmbraceLondon as an open arm Worldwide Business City. The Business Breakfast organized together with EL PAÍS […]
Del Canto Chambers bets for pragmatism on Brexit negotiations
Del Canto Chambers bets for the pragmatism on Brexit negotiations Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has taken part of the event EmbraceLondon, a briefing held by the Spanish journal El País, gathering representatives of the Spanish and British financial sectors in order to discuss the consequences of the EU and British’s negotiations in […]
EU countries agree on taking a step forward on anti-avoidance rules
EU countries agree on taking a step forward on anti-avoidance rules The EU is about to approve a new Directive on anti-avoidance measures against third countries, the next step to implement the whole OECD recommendations for BEPS. International tax avoidance has been the new taxation battlefield for OECD and the EU’s tax authorities since 2015. […]
The Spanish-British axis
The Spanish-British axis It is time to get around the negative reading of ‘Brexit’ and strengthen ties between the two countries Published by León Fernando del Canto in El Pais on October 8th 2016 The Brexit has been a major blow to the dream of building an European Union, which, in truth, we do not […]
Life after the Panama Papers
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The EC keeps fining Apple for breaching state aid regulations
The EC keeps fining Apple for breaching the state aid regulations The EC in its report on Apple’s case accuses the company of enjoying a favorable tax treatment in Ireland without any basis and for breaching the state aid rules. The European Commission has recently published its report on the conducted investigation to the giant […]
SPEAR’S – International Tax Avoidance
15-12-2016 | SPEAR’S Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published an opinion piece in the Spear’s magazine on the consensus necessity among professional international tax advisors and States in the global tax avoidance’s fight.
Gibraltar: the Brexit's territorial problem
Gibraltar: the Brexit’s territorial problem Gibraltar advocates a distinctive agreement for the Rock and other British territories in the negotiations regarding Britain’s exit from the EU. Gibraltar’s Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, advocated in the British TV Channel “BBC” that the upcoming negotiations between London and Brussels to negotiate Britain’s exit from the EU should consider […]
Del Canto Chambers bets for HMRC to get powers of action against fraud in Overseas Territories too
Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published a statement in the economic journal Bloomberg BNA, in which he bets for the British tax authority to get wider powers of action against tax fraud in Overseas Territories too. Del Canto highlights that it is, especially, “at an international level, which is where the majority […]
HNWI: The British tax authorities’ goal
British tax authority is targeting high-net-worth individuals in order to collect more taxes that patch the public deficit hole up. The United Kingdom has an economic problem: in 2015 its public deficit reached up to 4.20 of GDP. To cover that hole is a priority for the State to regain income. This goal was entrusted […]
Bloomberg BNA – UK should Extend Tax Offenses Bill to its Territories
09-11-2016 | BLOOMBERG BNA Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published a statement in the economic journal Bloomberg BNA, in which he bets for the British tax authority to get wider powers of action against tax fraud in Overseas Territories too.
The luxury housing operations in the United Kingdom increases twelve points
The British luxury housing market keeps increasing despite Brexit and the recent changes implemented by the government in the Stamp Duty Land Tax. The luxury properties’ selling in the United Kingdom (those worth more than one million pounds) has increased up to 12% in 2016 with regard to the previous year despite implemented changes in […]
Del Canto Chambers values the documentary “The Keys of the Memory”
Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published a film review on the documentary “The Keys to Memory” in the journal Huffington Post. This documentary, by the director Jesús Armesto, filmed with his production company Almutafilm, has been selected in the Seville European Film Festival XIII’s billboard, which is going to be celebrated from […]
Del Canto Chambers and the ‘Brexpats’ situation after Brexit
Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published and article in the Spear’s magazine where he analyses the legal changes that would affect British expatriates in Spain and in other European Union’s countries, once the United Kingdom will complete the Brexit.
The European Commission proposes a corporate tax’s common tax base
The European Parliament debates a proposal to create a common base for corporate tax in the European Union. The European Commission has presented a proposal to the European Parliament to harmonize the corporate tax’s base between the 28 States members. This Consolidated Common Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) would allow businesses to pay taxes where they […]
Del Canto Chambers defends more fiscal transparency in the United Kingdom
Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published a statement in the journal Bloomberg BNA on the UK’s International Development Committee’s parliamentary report in which the British government is asked for more tax transparency in its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies such as the British Virgin Islands or Gibraltar”. “They’re asking the U.K. to […]
Brexit could help to simplify the British tax system
Business leaders urge the government to improve the British taxation system and they see Brexit as a chance to simplify the fiscal model. The British tax system in need of an improvement, according to the Institute of Directors, which defines it as “punishingly complex”, a system that hinders the United Kingdom’s growth and harms taxpayers’ […]
Del Canto Chambers discusses on compulsory voting
Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published an article in the journal Huffington Post in which he analyses the advantages of implementing the compulsory voting.
‘Non-doms’ in the UK to reshape their taxation schemes
Non-domiciled in the United Kingdom are reshaping their properties and taxation schemes in anticipation of government’s taxation changes due to the Brexit. The British tax system and its rules will radically change since April 2017 and it will do more once London calls upon Article 50 of TEU to start the EU’s exit negotiation with […]
El País – Spanish and British’s economic bonds against the Brexit’s generated uncertainty
08-10-2016 | EL PAÍS Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published an article in “El País“, in which he bets again for maintaining the Spanish and British’s economic bonds against the Brexit’s generated uncertainty.
Del Canto Chambers bets for Spanish and British relations
Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published an article in the economic journal “Cinco Dias” where he is defending that relations between Spain and the United Kingdom should be maintained after Brexit. He also requires the Spanish government to establish bilateral negotiations with the UK as soon as possible.
Cinco Días – Relations between Spain and the United Kingdom should be maintained after Brexit
06-10-2016 | CINCO DÍAS Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published an article in the economic journal “Cinco Dias” where he is defending that relations between Spain and the United Kingdom should be maintained after Brexit. He also requires the Spanish government to establish bilateral negotiations with the UK as soon as possible.
The United Kingdom, tax-cleaning Overseas Territories
The United Kingdom’s tax authorities investigate the offshore accounts of non-residents in their Overseas Territories and Dependencies upon US request. Last September the 30th, The British Treasury (HMRC -HER Majesty Revenues & Customs) received information on hundreds of thousands of offshore bank accounts of American citizens and residents from the United States, in compliance with […]
Del Canto Chambers advocates the Brexpats' rights in the EU
Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published an article on the British magazine Money Observer, entitled “British expats facing ‘green card’ procedures in EU“, in which he analyses the British expats’ situation after Brexit with regard to their visa residences in the EU’s countries. The British exit from the EU will imply complex […]
Global Assets Magazine – The right to privacy vs parliamentary immunity or money powers against rule of law
29-09-2016 | GLOBAL ASSETS MAGAZINE Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published an article entitled, “The right to privacy vs parliamentary immunity or money powers against rule of law“, in the Global Assets Magazine on a recent Bahamian High Court’s sentence on right to privacy.
Bloomberg BNA – last measures that HMRC has implemented to fight against VAT fraud
29-09-2016 | BLOOMBERG BNA Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published a statement in the magazine Bloomberg BNA where he comments on the last measures that HMRC has implemented to fight against VAT fraud.
Money Observer – British expats facing 'green card' procedures in EU
29-09-2016 | MONEY OBSERVER Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published an article on the British magazine Money Observer, entitled “British expats facing ‘green card’ procedures in EU“, in which he analyses the British expats’ situation after Brexit with regard to their visa residences in the EU’s countries.
MALNE revives Cervantine fashion style at Madrid Fashion Week
The firm of haute couture MALNE offered a fashion show at Madrid Fashion Week inspired by Cervantes and the Spanish Golden Age fashion style. The firm of haute couture MALNE offered a fashion show on the catwalk of the 64th edition of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, better known as Cibeles, where they showed their […]
León Fernando del Canto focus on the UK's role in tax avoidance
Our Managing Partner, León Fernando del Canto, has published in the prestigious British legal weekly journal Solicitors Journal (founded in 1856) an article on the fight against international tax avoidance and the UK’s role in it. International tax avoidance is a burning issue both media both public opinion. Cases such as WikiLeaks or the most […]
Investment profitability and business opportunities between Europe and the Middle East
Profitability of the leading investment funds in Spain, business opportunities in the Middle East and the European Commission punishing Apple mark the end of the summer holidays. Over the past week at Del Canto Chambers, we have had one foot in Europe and the other in the Middle East; tax issues and business matters have […]
Leon Fernando Del Canto publishes an article in British business newspaper City AM
Our Managing Partner in the office of Del Canto Chambers, Leon Fernando Del Canto, published in the British business newspaper City AM an article on the growth of the M & A sector in the United Kingdom despite the bad omens predicted as a result of Brexit. As an example, Leon Fernando Del Canto highlights […]
Nothing will change after the Panama Papers
Tax havens do not exist. It is not me who says so, but the Secretary General of the OECD, Angel Gurria, who states that Panama “is the last major redoubt that allows hiding funds offshore avoiding the tax authorities”. Does that mean international tax evasion is dead? As the most seasoned readers will be guessing, […]
MALNE, Spanish luxury fashion brand for the European and the Middle East markets is born
Last week MALNE was officially presented to specialized media and industry professionals in Madrid, a new Spanish fashion firm focused on luxury. The talents behind this new premium brand are designers Paloma Alvarez and Juanjo Máñez, with extensive experience in the fashion world. The firm has investors from Qatar and will be presented on March […]
Fair Tax Mark to reward tax justice
¨In this interesting article published by The Guardian and written by Craig Scott, the author discusses the relevance, pros & cos of the Tax Mark launching as a reward for transparency and fairness in corporate taxation practices and policies.¨ “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” For many, […]
Football Financial Future
As reported by FC Business, Football League clubs took a huge step to self sufficiency when they agreed to the implementation of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations last week. Based on the UEFA model, Championship clubs will have until the 2014/15 season to get their house in order or face stiff penalties. Leagues One and […]
Mass Media, Personality Rights and European Conflict of Laws by Thomas Thiede, Colm McGrath: SSRN
As reported by Conflicts of Law, the article critically analyses the current approach of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) alongside the proposed alternatives to a unified European conflict of laws rule dealing with the problem of cross-border infringements of personality rights. Having exposed the weakness of these approaches they set out one suggested path […]
Guernsey Takes a World Lead with New Image Rights Legislation
On 30th September 2011 the drafting of a new law was approved by parliament in Guernsey that would protect image rights and see the introduction of registrable image rights in time for London’s Olympic Games and the 2012-2013 football transfer season. Jason Romer, Managing Partner at Collas Crill, reported that if enacted the proposed legislation […]
Spain grows 8% … In the Football Market
According to Deloitte and as reported by Accountancy Age, despite significant economic headwinds, the European football market grew by 4% to €16.3 billion in 2009/10.
