ARTICLES CORPORATIFS

New legal provisions on share foreclosure

A. Distraint and sale of shares Pursuant to changes set forth in Law no. 152/2015 amending and supplementing specific normative acts on registrations in the Trade Registry, now the creditors of a shareholder have the possibility to put distraint…

The Panama Papers

The Panama Papers are an unprecedented release of 2.6 terabytes of information (11.5 million files) from the database of the world’s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were gradually obtained from an anonymous source…

Changes impacting the activity of the Romanian Trade Registry

A.       Legal changes effective since 2015 The most recent legislative changes to companies registered with the Romanian Trade Registry refer to the improvement and simplification of the dissolution, liquidation and de-registration procedures…

FATCA – a new tool to combat tax evasion

USA Congress enacted the FATCA legislation (which stands for Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) in 2010 to mitigate tax evasion by US taxpayers directly owning unreported offshore accounts in non-US financial institutions or indirectly owning…

New changes as of January 1st, 2016

PFAs and dwelling-located companies have to register as such, and provide documents to have their local taxes established Companies and self-employed persons with home offices have to submit declarations to local tax authorities, by March 31st,…

Limited Liability Company Incorporation in Romania

The Limited Liability Company –”Societate cu Răspundere Limitată” (SRL) – is the most commonly incorporated type of company in Romania. There are no limitations in regard to the nationality and residence of directors and shareholders.…

Business organizational structures in Europe

Depending on the country, a company may be incorporated in as little as 4 days and up to a maximum of 30 days. In order to expand a business to the EU, or move a company from one member country to another one, it is important to know the necessary…

Changes in international tax environment

In the summer of 2013, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released an action plan called "Base Erosion and Tax Shifting (BEPS)", which aimed to reduce the tendency of multinational corporations to shift profits…

ARTICLES LINGUSTIQUES

TRANSLATION – FROM EARLY BEGINNINGS TO NOWADAYS

While talking about translation and interpretation, many people often ask questions regarding its history and beginning. It is perhaps impossible to trace the beginning of interpretation, as spoken language was developed many years before the…

What will the English language look like in 100 years?

Since the British Empire's dispersal of English to different parts of the world, the language has taken on many forms. Today's English is the result of hundreds of years of evolution, so why would we not expect it to keep changing? Here's what…

TIPS & TRICKS ON WORKING WITH EAR-WHISPERING NINJAS

Too much ink has already been used and too many keyboards have been broken to point out, or cry out, if you like, the differences between translation and interpreting… Basically, very plainly explained, it goes down to the fact that translators…

THE JOKE’S ON US

It is widely known that humour, like poetry, is quite difficult to convey in another language, and therefore puts a strain on translators. But what happens when humour is about translators? Although we usually strive to remain unnoticed in our…

TRANSLATION IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY

Tourism is one of the industries most needing translation, due to the diversity of the people, languages and cultures in contact with each other, and also the ever-increasing demands for localization of contents in multiple languages. Essentially,…

WHY WE LOVE ARABIC

December 18 was the United Nations Arabic Language Day, the perfect opportunity to learn more about this language. Arabic Language Day was established in 2010 by UNESCO to promote cultural understanding and to highlight Arabic as one of the…

ON THE LANGUAGE OF RIDDLES

Have you ever wondered why we love riddles so much? Is it the double or veiled meaning they put forth, our penchant for puzzle solving, the intriguing opposition between two or more descriptive elements the referent of which must be identified,…

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES

Language endangerment is a serious concern to which linguists and language planners have turned their attention in the last several decades. For a variety of reasons, speakers of many smaller, less dominant languages stop using their heritage…

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