In the summer of 2024, just before the Paris Olympics, I had the privilege of teaching a Corporate Law and Anti-Money-Laundering course at the 12th edition of the World Notariat University. This academic training programme, founded by French notary Jean-Paul Decorps, forms part of activities organised by the UINL and aims to increase the understanding of the concepts of comparative law and international law through exchanges of good notarial practices between young notaries. One of the ...

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This book was written by members of the Citizens' Convention of the Federal Alliance of European Federalists (FAEF, www.faef.eu). It contains a constitution of only ten articles for a federal Europe, an extensive explanation of those articles and a number of studies that explore aspects of federalism in greater depth.

It is a response to the identity crisis in which the European Union finds itself. A crisis that leads to the disintegration of the EU, with the risk of falling back to t...

The thesis investigates the relevance and effectiveness of pay transparency in reducing the gender pay gap, focusing on the new European directive addressing it. Despite progress, the EU gender pay gap remained at 12.7% in 2021, driven by factors such as sectoral segregation and the "glass ceiling," while some disparities remain unexplained. To uncover these hidden factors, the directive imposes pay transparency obligations on employers, mandating salary disclosures and facilitating employee ...

Find the UBO!

Anti-money laundering is constantly evolving. As part of mandatory client due diligence, AML-regulated institutions must identify the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO). Legal entities need to know who their UBOs are, and AML-regulated institutions must investigate their client's UBOs and report discrepancies to the Dutch UBO register. This book sets out 100 common structures, serving as examples of who are considered UBOs and on what basis registration in the UBO register should t...