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Newsletter November 2021

Dear Friends and Clients, Are you enjoying the lockdown? In Austria, “protective measures” are already imposed again, such as business lockdowns, home schooling, curfews, home office and travel restrictions. Germany and other countries will likely follow soon in the wake of the next Covid wave. Those who do nothing and simply find it burdensome will

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Newsletter September-October 2021

Dear Friends and Clients, Ras al Khaimah is once again the pioneer in innovative corporate constructs. Since RAK united the two free zones, there are always incentives for investors. This time, the Department of economic development is explicitly offering that RAKICC companies (offshore companies) can be shareholders in a mainland company and these mainland companies

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Team Introduction – Meet our Managing Partner Jakob Kisser

After introducing our newest team members, Strohal Legal Group is happy to present the rest of our team! This week, we are introducing Jakob Kisser. Jakob joined SLG in 2019 and became managing partner in 2021. He is a business-focused lawyer and advises commercial and private clients on M&A projects, corporate law matters, and all

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Team Introduction – Meet our PRO Umar Javed

After introducing our newest team members, Strohal Legal Group is happy to present the rest of our team! This week, we are introducing our Public Relationship Officer Umar Javed. Umar has been working for SLG for over a decade now. He is highly familiar with the procedures of the local authorities in Dubai and Ras

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Team Introduction – Meet our founding and senior partner Dr. Theodor Strohal

After introducing our newest team members Strohal Legal Group is happy to present the rest of our team! We start the week with our founding and senior partner Dr. Theodor Strohal. In 1979 Dr. Strohal laid the foundation stone of the group in its current form. Initially established as a sole-practitioner firm, SLG swiftly expanded

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SLG NEWSLETTER: AUGUST 2021

Dear Friends and Clients, In the last newsletter we still felt sorry for our German friends that their double taxation agreement with the UAE was terminated as at the end of the year. Now we may also pity our Austrian friends and clients, as the island of the blessed has plunged deep into the sea

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Strohal Legal Group is growing. Welcome Paul Nimmerfall.

Strohal Legal Group is growing. We are excited that Dr. Paul Nimmerfall has joined our firm this summer as a Senior Legal Counsel. Paul Nimmerfall previously worked for many years at an international law firm in Vienna, Austria. After his PhD in law, Paul started to study at the Technical University of Vienna (TU). He

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Significant changes to the Double Taxation Agreement between Austria and UAE

Austrian residents will have to pay Austrian tax on UAE income 1. Background The Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Blümel and his UAE counterpart signed a protocol (the “Protocol“) amending several key provisions of the double taxation agreement between Austria and the UAE (the “DTA“). Mr. Blümel stated that “changes to the treaty will prevent income

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SLG Newsletter: June – July 2021

Dear Friends and Clients, After delays and some waiting time, the first guideline has been published in Dubai on how to apply for the advantages of the new direct investment rules. Also the first companies have already been established in the UAE mainland with 100% foreign participation. Among them a hotel, kindergartens, primary schools, jewelry

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SLG Newsletter: May 2021

Dear Friends and Clients, Treaty shopping is a thorn in the side of many European tax authorities. However, as we have already explained in several webinars, a fortunately-set-up legal structure that spans several countries can lead to considerable tax savings. For example, the double taxation treaty between the UAE and Germany is widely inapplicable due

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