27 May 2020
Restrictions on short term stay in residential schemes
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/restrictions-on-short-term-stay-in-residential-schemes

The rapid rise in popularity of owners of residential properties providing short-stay holiday letting (STHL) services through Airbnb and other online portals has created a host of new issues in residential schemes and ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

28 May 2020
Italy: new operational rules for hotels
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/new-operational-rules-for-hotels-in-italy

After two months of full lockdown, Italy is slowly starting the so- called "2nd phase", by re-opening activities under strict operational rules. The debate between central Government, health authority and the regions ...

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.

06 April 2020
The impact of Coronavirus on the lease contracts in the Spanish hotel sector
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/spain/the-impact-of-coronavirus-on-the-lease-contracts-in-the-spanish-hotel-sector

The declaration of the State of Alarm last Friday, March 13, and the approval of extraordinary urgent measures to deal with the economic and social impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), has led to the application of a ...

06 April 2020
Effects of State of Alarm measures on lease agreements for non-residential purposes in Spain
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/spain/effects-of-state-of-alarm-measures-on-lease-agreements-for-non-residential-purposes-in-spain

The declaration of the State of Alarm last Friday, 13 March, and the approval of Royal Decree 463/2020 dated 14 March, which declares the State of Alarm for the management of the health crisis caused by COVID-19, ...

29 May 2020
Australia: Commercial Leasing COVID-19 - Practical considerations for landlords and tenants
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/commercial-leasing-covid19-practical-considerations-for-landlords-and-tenants

On 7 April 2020, the National Cabinet announced the Mandatory Code of Conduct for small and medium sized commercial tenancies impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic (the Code). Since then several States and Territories have ...

23 August 2019
Clean energy package & digitalisation
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/clean-energy-package-and-digitalisation

In this article we will describe what measures the Clean Energy Package holds for the energy digitalisation.