07 January 2020
Bird & Bird strengthens its Real Estate practice with the appointment of Peter Nicholson as partner in London
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/bird-and-bird-strengthens-its-real-estate-practice-with-the-appointment-of-peter-nicholson

International law firm Bird & Bird today strengthens its Real Estate practice with the appointment of Peter Nicholson as partner in London.

30 January 2020
Italy revokes fiscal measure in favour of retail leases
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/italy-revokes-fiscal-measure-in-favour-of-retail-leases

With the approval of the financing provision for 2020, Italy has revoked a fiscal measure introduced in 2019 in favour of retail leases. The measure (called "cedolare secca") was introduced last year, with art. 1, comma ...

23 March 2021
Global Performance and its Impact on the European Hotel Sector
www.twobirds.com/en/events/global/2021/global-performance-and-its-impact-on-the-european-hotel-sector

We are pleased to invite you to our webinar, which will highlight global performance trends (including those emanating from the USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions) and how these are likely to impact the ...

30 September 2019
New rules on short term leases in Italy
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/new-rules-on-short-term-leases-in-italy

The Italian Parliament has converted Law Decree n. 34 (the 'Growth Decree') into Law n. 58 with amendments, with effect from 30th June 2019. This introduced a range of provisions for short term rental properties. The ...

27 May 2020
New proposed law in Italy on short term leases
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/new-proposed-law-in-italy-on-short-term-leases

In the last four months, the Italian government has tried to propose a regulation on short term leases of residential properties in order to introduce more rigid rules on people leasing in more than one location.

01 February 2021
2021: the year sustainability moves to the top of the agenda for stakeholders in the hotel industry?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/2021-the-year-sustainability-moves-to-the-top-of-the-agenda-for-stakeholders-in-the-hotel-industry

Key stakeholders in the hotel & leisure industry are showing an ever-increasing interest in sustainability in relation to the running of their business. In this article we look at the concept of sustainability for the ...

23 July 2019
European Medicines Agency settles dispute with Canary Wharf Group over Brexit frustration challenge
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/european-medicines-agency-settles-dispute-with-canary-wharf-group-over-brexit-frustration-challenge

Earlier this year the High Court agreed with the Canary Wharf Group that Brexit did not constitute an event which would frustrate its 25 year lease with the EMA.

12 March 2020
The Budget that gets it done?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/the-budget-that-gets-it-done

With the economic backdrop dominated by COVID-19, rather than Brexit, and a Chancellor only weeks into the job, Rishi Sunak had a challenging Budget to deliver. After the announcement of a £30bn package of emergency ...

26 May 2020
Cross-border: COVID-19 and the Hospitality Sector - The big questions facing UK hoteliers and lessons we can learn from China
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/covid-19-and-the-hospitality-sector-the-big-questions-facing-uk-hoteliers-and-lessons-we-can-learn

In 1976, China was hit by a devastating earthquake in the north-easterly region of Tangshan and lost its leader of thirty years, Mao Zedong. 1976 was the last time the Chinese economy recorded a contraction and, for the ...