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Hassans is today celebrating 20 years of being ranked in the top tier of Chambers and Partners, one of the world’s leading legal...

Following the introduction of the internet and social media, opportunities to exploit the ownership of digital content have expanded...

NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are digital units on a blockchain that can represent ownership of an underlying asset, such as digital art....

In the first instance, the potential expansion of Intellectual Property (“IP”) usage brought about by the Metaverse is significant, and...

2021 proved to be a record year in terms of both value and volume of completed M&A transactions (USD 5.9 trillion to be precise). Despite...

The findings by French authorities that a company’s use of Google Analytics constitutes a breach of GDPR will send shivers down the spine...

Last week, during a Hassans DLT webinar hosted by the Legal 500 I was asked, along with Anthony Provasoli and Aaron Payas, about...

Bloomberg reported this week that the Irish Central Bank is “highly unlikely” to allow retail investment funds to hold crypto assets....

4 years ago with the looming threat of Brexit I set out my vision for a post Brexit Gibraltar-La Linea (in Southern Spain) financial hub....

February 8, 2022 Hassans International Law Firm Limited has become the latest Strategic Partner to join the Commonwealth Enterprise &...

In an age where immediate interactions are possible, is delay acceptable?  As with most situations, the nuance of fact and circumstance...

Gibraltar's crypto ecosystem is extremely strong and one of the most developed in the world. Gibraltar already houses crypto exchanges,...

History is not just a view of the past. It can also be a window to the present and the future. Anyone interested in Bitcoin or crypto...

As crypto funds dramatically surpass the performance of fiat investments, here are five mission critical elements that you need to...

There are some moments in your life as a lawyer when a lightbulb goes on above your head and you think "Hold On?". This paper that I...

From the inception of the digital age, the technology industry has been driven to enhance mankind’s ability to transfer and absorb...

Congratulations to our client BoXX United (https://boxxunited.com/) for successfully applying for registration as a Virtual Asset Service...

In attempting to understand what drives tax morale (the technical term for how happy people are to pay their taxes) we may be inclined to...

Twitter has become the latest big name company to make a major move into the NFT space.  NFTs (or Non-Fungible Tokens) are unique...

Over the last few years, a number of developments in Gibraltar from disparate fields have converged to create the ultimate eco-system for...

Properly structured and well managed crypto funds remain a strong investment opportunity. According to data from HFR, crypto funds had...

I am delighted to have recently been authorised and licensed by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission as an Insolvency Practitioner...

To kickstart 2022, we continue our Coffee Break Catch Ups, this time taking some time to talk to financial services associate, Hannah...

Gibraltar is a small jurisdiction, and small jurisdictions can often get caught up on the tide of international legal changes without any...

A year ago today, the UK, Spain and Gibraltar governments signed the so-called 'New Year’s Eve Agreement'.  Hassans' Partners Peter...

Today the EU announced a major step in their never ending war on those "abusing" the systems which were designed to assist in the free...

To round off 2021, and in what is the inaugural edition of our coffee break catch ups with lawyers around the firm, corporate Associate...

So here it is...Merry Christmas! So sang Slade in their legendary Christmas hit...and now with 5 days to go the Grinches at the OECD have...

A very positive development and one which speaks volumes for the prospects of reaching a deal in the New Year.

Following a joint effort from Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar (“HMGoG”), the Gibraltar Funds and Investments Association (“GFIA”)...