On Tuesday, February 2, the second webinar of KC Legal took place, where the speakers from NL-investmentconsulting and KC Legal – Nikos Lavranos and Friggo Kraaijeveld took part.

During the webinar speakers discussed BITs, its benefits, operation, Yukos case, Vodafone case, tax treaties, international arbitration and its usage against unfair government measures. Nikos Lavranos highlighted the ways to achieve optimal asset protection through BITs and demonstrated how it can benefit business. Throughout the webinar Mr. Lavranos illustrated substantive investment protection standards. The expert also discussed how to access the international arbitration and provided the cases where international arbitration was used against unfair government measures. In addition, the expert gave advice on setting up a company structure for optimal asset protection.

The second speaker, Friggo Kraaijeveld, spoke about international tax treaty dispute resolution and explained its general principles and aims. “What we want to achieve with tax treaty protection is to avoid double taxation” – pointed out the partner of KC Legal. “Setting up an investment protection treaty is some kind of insurance to avoid additional costs” – added Friggo.

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