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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”)...

...not according to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority whom, having expressed concerns shortly after the original announcement in...

Chambers and Partners, who deliver comprehensive jurisdictional comparative guides, as well as ranking law firms globally based on client...

We live in an age where innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We now have people being creative on a variety of global...

Gibraltar has been fortunate to be added to a lengthy list of countries to benefit from the annual Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF)...

Hassans is proud to welcome four new trainee lawyers to its 2021-23 training programme. Joseanne Bear Jerome Compson graduated in...

Hassans is delighted to have advised TNG Global Foundation on its emblematic agreements with HM Government of Gibraltar (HMGoG) in...

We are delighted to hear that the TNG Global Foundation was successful in its bids for(1) Bayside/St Anne's site and (2) the Eastside...

Yvonne Chu and I recently contributed to Thomson Reuters’ Regulatory Intelligence Desktop providing an anti-money laundering (“AML”)...

During the Crypto Gib conference held in Gibraltar over the last two days, one of the sessions saw On Yavin, of Cointelligence, speak...

Reading books about the taxation structures of the world is something that strange people like tax partners often do, with little reason...

The shape and detail of the Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 proposals which form part of what some have described as the "biggest revolution in...