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The terms used in this article are defined in the ISA, in the legal act implementing international sanctions, the Financial Action Task Force’s (hereinafter: FATF) recommendations made in 2012 and the 2013 methodology dictionary, or in EU guidelines and other guidance materials.
Compliance with the principles of good corporate governance shall start with the board and its responsibility to foster the long-term success of the company and secure its sustained competitiveness.
In this post, we will review how entrepreneurs and business owners can use foreign companies for tax optimization.
EU encourages businesses to frame decisions in terms of financial, environmental, social, and human effects ensuring resilience and long-term value creation. But such disclosures used by European funds must not be misleading.
To start a business relationship the Fund Manager must request personal information from the Partner. In this article, we mention Estonian regulations that provide the requirements for IT systems of Partner identification and authentication.
FATCA has become the catalyst for a global effort to combat tax evasion, leading to multi-lateral reporting and diligence regimes. With this guidance we try to help demystify FATCA, and what it means for European investment funds.
These days we see how sanctions are applied to many persons in bulk. In this article, we review how to ensure you don’t deal with a partner who is under financial sanctions.
Alternative Investment Fund in Estonia for investing in crypto projects and crypto-assets. How does it differ from investment funds in other countries?
Fund managers today are looking for the best jurisdiction to build their investment structure, and Estonia is one of the most attractive among them. But here is the main requirement if you have decided to register an Alternative Investment Fund in Estonia.
If you plan to perform an ICO/IDO in Estonia, you may have to register your tokens with EFSA and obtain a crypto license in Estonia in case your tokens are considered as securities. You have two options on how to determine that.
Amendments to Estonian Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act entered into force on March 15, 2022. New rules for Estonian Crypto Companies.
This article contains a best practice guide to sanctions screening and sanctions lists
Comparison of Payment Service Providers (PSPs) by Services according to Bank of Lithuania's Eurosystem. The information is useful for businesses who want to obtain a license in order to work in financial system within the EU.
Registering a company and obtaining a single virtual currency service provider’s license in Estonia. We provide this service as a standard package which is more beneficial for our clients, since they don’t need to pay separately for the registration of the company.
Following the adoption of the recent crowdfunding regulation by the European Parliament, we will take a look at the new EU requirements for crowdfunding service providers and will check the Estonian framework in that subject.
The Definition of Token The term token refers to a specific virtual currency token or the way cryptocurrencies are denominated. These tokens represent fungible and tradable assets or utilities that reside on their own blockchains. Tokens are often used for crowd sales to raise funds, but can also be used
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Is Crowdfunding Legal in Europe? In this article we try to understand what the crowdfunding is, know the types of crowdfunding, check the newest European crowdfunding regulation and Supervision, take a look at Estonian framework.
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In this article we will take a look at what a Security Token Offering is and how it works.
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In this article, we will explore the potential of building blockchain crowdfunding platforms and tokenising real estate.
Crypto
AlphaLAW team will provide you with the exceptional advisory service in order to get a Crypto-License in Estonia. This article contains a list of requirements for the crypto license obtaining.
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Depending on the nature of your project, choosing the best EU country for crypto business can be a difficult task. Although European laws create a uniform regulatory scenario for all EU members, there are still many significant differences between countries.
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This article has presented some of the key legal instruments applicable to crypto-assets and related activities under European financial law and highlighted the challenges in enforcing existing rules for fluid, constantly evolving and potentially short-lived financial applications based on DLTs.
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A separate but related area of regulation that could apply to blockchain-based crypto-assets and companies working in that business as banking and payment services.
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The article describes the EU Legal Framework on Crowdfunding as an activity subject to specific rules which are currently being reformed by the European Commission
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This article explains the way entities that provide crypto-asset storage and transaction services are subject to requirements for accounting, custody, and recordation of ownership and related rights.
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This article contains the information on the Prospectus Directive and Regulation in the EU, which are important regulatory instruments designed to ensure investor protecting.
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The present article explores some of the EU legal instruments that become relevant when crypto-assets qualify as financial instruments, exposing related enforcement issues in the context to blockchain-based financial applications.
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Key to the definition of the appropriate legal treatment of blockchain-based tokens is identifying the legal categories to which tokens can be assigned based on their specific functions. In this article we will review three main categories: Payment tokens, Investment tokens, Usage tokens.
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This article contains Definition, Use Cases and Legal Issues of "crypto assets" capturing the wide variety of virtual currencies, virtual assets, and digital tokens that can be supported by the blockchain.
Crypto
Blockchain technology, with its basic propositions of transparency and cryptographically secured systems for enforcing rights, has generated hype in many fields, from commerce to copyright protection.
Funds
Private placement rules for investments falls under one of the exemptions specified in Article 12(2) of the Estonian Securities Market Act