SPAIN IN ASIA: A STRATEGIC NECESSITY. IN MEMORY OF JOSEP PIQUÉ
To Josep Piqué, in testimony of remembrance and gratitude for his generous contribution to the activities of the Spain-ASEAN Business Association (Asempea). A few months ago, the Debate publishing house had the happy idea of compiling in a volume some of the...
Read moreINVESTING IN SPANISH REAL ESTATE: A STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY FOR 2025
1. General Outlook As Europe’s fourth largest economy, Spain continues to atract global investors seeking diversification and promising returns in spanish real estate. From its appealing lifestyle to favourable tax structures and evolving market...
Read moreMALAYSIA: IDENTIFICATION OF BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF COMPANIES
The scope and content of the amendment to the malaysian companies act 2016 The Malaysian Companies Act 2016 (Act A777) has recently been amended by a new regulation (Act A1701). This regulation modifies certain articles of the former, particularly those...
Read moreFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN MADRID: SAFE & ATTRACTIVE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
Madrid is one of the seventeen Spanish autonomous communities, but it is also the seat of the state capital. If the latter is in itself an incentive for foreign direct investment in Madrid (FDI), an extremely favorable legal framework is even more so, since...
Read moreExploring the Southeast Asian Markets: Is Spain Interested?
A few years ago, Indonesia’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2014, Marty Natalegawa, wrote a book titled “Does ASEAN Matter?”. In this book, he reflected on the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in...
Read moreAVCO CORPORATE: REFLECTIONS OF AN ANNIVERSARY IN MALAYSIA
This June marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of AVCO CORPORATE, a subsidiary of AVCO LEGAL, in Malaysia: first as a Representative Office, to explore the market, develop contacts, and draft a strategy; and then, after achieving this goal, as a...
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