Each year a number of people with Italian heritage unexpected find that they have inherited a property from a distant Italian relative, sometimes, from someone they barely know and have never met.  The situation can arise if a person names you as a...

As if there were not enough challenges for businesses trying to generate business with the restrictions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the ever-evolving employment laws bring more factors to consider, as well as being expected to address wider...

The deadline for EU citizens’ applications for settled status to enable them to live, work, receive benefits and study legally in the UK, is days away.  The period of grace, extended on the UK’s exit from the European Union, ends on 30 June...

The ever-present scourge of investment fraud currently perpetrated through online platforms presents a growing problem for law enforcement and regulators alike. One significant benefit that Brexit has brought to this situation is that the Financial Conduct...

The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic may not have been an absolute surprise to epidemiologists but for many businesses, it was a completely unexpected, despite the rapid spread of the previous SARS outbreak a few years ago.  The All England Lawn...

Italy introduced a special tax regime introduced by Article 16 of Law Decree no. 147 aimed at high net worth individuals (HNWI) who had not previously lived in Italy but were prepared to commit to living in Italy for a set period of time. Commonly known as...

The enormous emotional and financial pressure that the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lock-downs have placed on married couples has regrettably resulted in a substantial rise in divorce enquiries.  Now, more than ever, in relationship break-up between...

The limited ability to trade due to the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in many businesses sitting on outstanding invoices which their debtors are struggling to pay due to their considerably limited capacity to trade. In the case of cross-border European...

It is difficult to think of the challenges now faced across the world as anything other than unprecedented. Businesses have never had to deal with the level of disruption delivered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working life for a large part of the workforce...

The features common to the majority of financial frauds are demonstrating to the courts that fraud has actually taken place and finding the money extracted from the victims by the fraudsters.  Nearly all perpetrators of investment scams have a history...

Spain remains a highly attractive destination for British citizens and businesses.  The relatively recent exponential rise of Barcelona’s tech sector involving start-ups and scale-ups across a wide range of disciplines is well placed to take...

Since the Brexit axe fell many businesses both in Italy and in the UK that formerly enjoyed a good cross-border trading relationship have had to find an alternative route to their previous markets. For UK businesses wishing to conduct business in Italy,...

The BBC’s recently aired documentary series “In Scam City: Money, Mayhem and Maseratis” which featured an interview with Joanna Bailey, an associate in Giambrone’s banking and financial litigation team, has resulted in a...

EU citizens are now able to gain maximum access to all the records held against their names by the Home Office or any other body following the court of appeal’s decision that the Data Protection Act 2018  argument put up by the Home Office to...

Several recent reports support the fact that investment frauds and scams are rising fast in the current economic climate. Criminals involved have been quick to leverage the lockdown and adapt to new ways of targeting their victims and also to new...

If you are a European citizen living and working in the UK without pre-settled or settled status the most urgent issue you face it remaining in the UK.  The deadline for the expiry of EU residence cards is 30 June 2021.  There is a vanishingly...

Reyes Maroto , the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism in Pedro Sánchez’s government in Spain has announced a wide-ranging strategy to drive Spain’s economic recovery.  The Council of Ministers has approved an ambitious...

Joanna Bailey an associate in Giambrone’s banking and finance team was interviewed by Mobeen Azhar for the BBC’s four-part series called “In Scam City: Money, Mayhem and Maseratis ” which examines how investors are...

As businesses are taking the first few steps to bring back a semblance of normal trading and recovery from the buffeting felt from both the coronavirus pandemic and the consequences of Brexit, it seems that as far as Brexit is concerned it is not all bad...

Businesses in Europe are setting up a new business in the UK as a very effective way of off-setting the problems and tariffs associated with cross-border business post-Brexit. The process to set up a limited liability company or any of the other types of...