Monthly News
Equity crowdfunding: economic growth and potential investments
- Thursday 15 May 2014
- Business Development, Diritto Commerciale e Contratti, Diritto dei Mercati Finanziari, Diritto Societario, Private equity, Start up, Venture capital
- Italia
The start up reality It is an open secret that Italian production is mainly based on small business. It is now known that these companies experienced many difficulties in obtaining financing from banks, at the onset of the crisis; the phenomenon of the credit crunch, and the unwillingness of ...
The spectre of usury hovering on bank contracts
- Thursday 13 March 2014
- Contenzioso arbitrale e giudiziario, Contratti, Diritto Commerciale e Contratti, Diritto dei Mercati Finanziari
- Italia
In recent years, discussions about usury in bank contracts have been more and more frequent; however, it is still not clear when an interest rate can be really qualified an usurious one and which are the remedies granted by the Italian legal system in order to solve this situation. This issue...
Bitcoin: a brief overview on the current standing
- Friday 14 February 2014
- Business Development, Contratti, Diritto dei Mercati Finanziari, Tax & Accounting
The bitcoin reality Bitcoin is an electronic currency created in 2009 by an unidentified person, known under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, developing an idea presented to the web by the same author at the end of 2008. Bitcoin can be defined as a virtual crypto-currency. Cryptic, because...