Follow the Iberian desk on LinkedIn & read the full article here Deuda Española Standard & Poor's ha decidido confirmar la nota de la deuda soberana española en un aprobado medio (BBB) con perspectiva estable, y dijo que si Cataluña dejar de ser parte del Reino de España, creemos que los indicadores crediticios del soberano, incluyendo el nivel medio del PIB per cápita, las cuentas externas, y la posición de las finanzas públicas, se debilitarían. #spanishlaw #spanishlawyertu

The Law on E-Commerce Numbered 6563 (the Law) has been published on Official Gazette dated 5/11/2014. It will enter in force on 1/05/2015. Main purpose of the Law is to provide compliance with EU Directive Numbered 2000/31/ EG with regard to the EU Compliance Programme. #euantitrustrules #eucompetitionlaw #eucorporatelaw #eustates #eucompetitionlawyerteam #euturkeycustomsunion

The European Commission (“EC”) gave clearance to the acquisition of the Italian based Indesit Company S.P.A. by the USA based Whirlpool Corporation. Both companies are important competitors in the market for Major Domestic Appliances (MDA’s), such as refrigerators, freezers and dishwashers. The EC stated that within the European Union there are many alternatives in the market for MDA suppliers, such as Míele and Elextrolux. In addition, the fast- growing Turkish competitor Ar

State aid questions: Exemption from property tax for a state-owned company The Court of Justice of the EU (“ECJ”) ruled on state aid questions referred to the ECJ by a Spanish court in the course of the preliminary ruling procedure. The questions relate to the construction and assessment in light of Article 107(1) of the Treaty on Functioning of the EU (“TFEU”) of a property tax exemption of a plot of land belonging to the state and making it available to a wholly state-owned

KILIC & Partners’ International legal counsels – Dr. Hanna Stakheyeva, LLM, and Gulnur Kaplan, LLM - took part in the first WTO Regional Trade Policy Course Round Table on Trade Remedies organized by Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law in cooperation with the WTO and the Turkish Ministry of Economy. The event welcomed trade policy makers, regulatory agencies and practitioners that have relation to international trade and trade remedies, including Hiromi Yano (Counsellor,