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Self-employed workers in the Ley Bases of Argentina: who is included, who is not and which presumptions apply

The Ley Bases created the figure of the self-employed worker with collaborators and Law 27,802 confirmed it: when such work falls outside the Employment Contract Law and which presumptions of employment apply.

What documents must be prepared to register a foreign company in Argentina?

The Two-Step Process for establishing a subsidiary in Argentina

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Mandatory capital reduction and dissolution for loss of capital in Argentina: emergency suspension

Recession, high inflation, currency devaluation and application of the accounting adjustment for inflation, among other causes, may provoke that many companies must expose on their balance sheets relations that make them be incurred in the causes of mandatory capital reduction (Section 206 of the General Companies Law N 19,550, the Ley General de Sociedades or LGS, as amended) or dissolution for loss of capital (Section 94, subsection 5, of the LGS).

Mario Eduardo Castro Sammartino
· 1 min

New Foreign Exchange Regulations in Argentina

The Argentine Executive Power, by means of the Urgency and Necessity Decree No. 609/2009, established new foreign exchange regulations in Argentina controlling certain aspects of the inflows, outflows, purchase of foreign currency and other transactions as of 1 September 2019. These regulations have been complemented and extended by additional regulations issued by the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (Banco Central de la República Argentina, or BCRA after its Spanish acronym).

Mario Eduardo Castro Sammartino
· 1 min

Tax benefits of the knowledge economy in Argentina

In this third part of the series of articles that we will publish on the subject of the promotion of the knowledge economy carried out by the new Law No. 27.506, we will deal with the significant tax benefits of the knowledge economy in Argentina.

Mario Eduardo Castro Sammartino
· 1 min

Beneficiaries of the promotion of the knowledge economy in Argentina

In this second installment of the series of articles that we will publish on the subject of the promotion of the knowledge economy carried out by the new Law No. 27.506, we will focus on the beneficiaries of the promotion of the knowledge economy.

Mario Eduardo Castro Sammartino
· 1 min

Promotion of the Knowledge-Based economy in Argentina: a new regime and incentives for this thriving field of the industry. Part one

By Law No. 27,506, published in the Official Gazette on June 10, 2019, the national government established the Promotion of the Knowledge-Based Economy Regime with the goal of promoting economic activities that apply the use of knowledge and the digitalization of information, supported by breakthroughs in science and technology, to obtaining goods, providing services and/or improving processes

Mario Eduardo Castro Sammartino
· 1 min

Update on the registration of foreign companies in Argentina

To incorporate a brand new subsidiary in Argentina or take interest in an already existing company, foreign companies must first register themselves with the Public Registry, filing certain documents

Mario Eduardo Castro Sammartino
· 1 min

Update on the corporate regime of Argentina: single-partner companies, simplified corporations, foreign companies, and some key issues to evaluate when legally organizing a business structure

In this opportunity, we will sum up the basics to be evaluated to set up a business structure, focusing on the corporation (“Sociedad Anonima”, or SA), the limited liability company (“Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada”, or SRL), and the simplified corporation (“Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada”, or SAS)

Mario Eduardo Castro Sammartino
· 1 min

Cryptocurrencies in contracts: legal possibility in Argentina

Cryptocurrencies in contracts is a phenomenon of relatively recent emergence and growing use that, at this point, cannot be ignored by national laws. The so-called cryptocurrencies or virtual currencies (bitcoins being the best known) are denominations of the same reality: the creation of goods, in a digital and decentralized manner, which "intend" to become units of value or measure for the exchange of goods and services.

Mario Eduardo Castro Sammartino
· 1 min

New Trademark Registration Procedure in Argentina

Trademark Registration Procedure in Argentina is governed by Law No. 22.362, as amended, and the administrative resolutions issued by the Trademark Federal Agency (Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial or INPI). Following, you will find a brief registration of the upcoming timeline that will be in force as of 17 September 2018

Mario Eduardo Castro Sammartino
· 1 min