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Jorge Mañá Award Winner, Shivani Sinha, shares her experience working at Paoletti Legal Consultants
“Enriching and valuable.” This is how Shivani Sinha, winner of the Jorge Mañá Award 2024, described her experience working with WLN member firm Paoletti Legal Consultants in Dubai last year. Read on to find out why the Award is so special to our network and supports young lawyers across the world: “I want to take a […]
WLN welcomes new member firm in Romania: Voloaga Law Firm
WLN is delighted to welcome a new member firm to our network: Voloaga Law Firm, Bucharest. As a network, it is excellent to have a member firm again in Romania and an important step in our growth. Voloaga Law Firm was founded in 2014 by Radu Voloagă and specialises in commercial practice. Starting as a […]
Aleksandra Olbratowska is awarded the Jorge Mañá Award 2025!
The WLN Board are delighted to announce the first winner of the Jorge Mañá Award 2025! Congratulations to Aleksandra Olbratowska (Gorazda, Świstuń, Wątroba i Partnerzy adwokaci i radcowie prawni, Krakow). The winner’s grant will support Aleksandra in spending time with fellow WLN member firm bureau Plattner. The WLN Board members all send Aleksandra our warm […]
WLN Technology Law Focus Group Updates
Today the WLN Technology Law Focus Group shared valuable updates from our different jurisdictions in the world of technology law, particularly focusing on the rise in use of artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek. Our chair Diane Frank was joined by Renata Lewicka, Chris Erb, Jackie Wu, Randy Whitmeyer, John Kivus, Jakob Tasser, and Łukasz […]
Austria: Property purchase contract: Real estate transfer tax on inventory sold at the same time?
When drafting purchase contracts, a contract draftsman must always deal with the desire of the contracting parties to draft contracts that are as tax-optimized as possible. In this context, it should be mentioned that in Austria, inventory is generally not covered by real estate transfer tax. Inventory refers to movable objects that are located in […]
Italy: bureau Plattner announces its 2025 Promotions!
WLN member firm for Bolzano and Milano, bureau Plattner, has recently shared exciting news: We are pleased to announce the 2025 promotions! Matteo Figini (team legal, Milano), Rudi Moroder (team tax, Bolzano) and Sabino Piattone (team payroll, Milano) have been promoted to Salary Partners.Roberta Cavalleri (team legal, Milano) and Katrin Gross (team tax, Bolzano) have been promoted […]
WLN Technology Focus Group Updates
What AI tools can be helpful for lawyers and law firms? How do our clients feel about using AI? How accurate are the results produced by ChatGPT? Today the WLN Technology Law Focus Group explored these questions and many more, as well as sharing valuable updates from our different jurisdictions in the world of technology […]
Austria: Telework Act from 1.1.2025
In 2021, the so-called home office package of measures created the legal framework for the provision of work services in the home office. Practice shows that working from home is now widespread in Austrian companies. As part of the evaluation of the 2021 package of measures to work from home, the need to extend it […]
Cyprus: Celebrating Excellence in Client Satisfaction!
It is our pleasure to share the wonderful news published today by our member firm in Nicosia, Papadopoulos, Lycourgos & Co LLC: We are thrilled to announce that our firm has been recognized as a Leading Firm in Client Satisfaction by Legal 500! This prestigious acknowledgment, awarded to only few firms in Cyprus, highlights our […]