Offshore Structuring: What do I need to know?
In recent years there have been many regulatory and legislative changes related to the rules pertaining to setting up your business offshore. Although there are many reasons, other than tax efficiency, which exist for establishing a presence offshore, such as owning or holding investment or rental properties
When is it right to consider Cross Border (USA) and Offshore structuring?
Offshore structuring has a bad rap. In recent years, exposés, investigative journalists and various documentaries and movies sensationalized how billionaires and big corporations stashed money abroad in hidden bank accounts to avoid taxes, which has drawn the ire of the public and the scrutiny of regulators.
Grinhaus law firm becomes first Canadian Law Firm in the Metaverse with virtual office in Decentraland
Grinhaus Law Firm, a boutique business, estates and tax law firm, as well as a leading firm in Blockchain advisory located in Toronto, Canada, has become the first Canadian law firm, and one of only a handful world-wide, to establish itself in the Metaverse
What is “Decentralized Finance” and What are the Risks?
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) refers to any financial activity, from applying for a loan to trading stocks, which is built using decentralized ledger technology. This is the same technology upon which Bitcoin and other…
What Are Crypto/Digital Assets And How Can They Be Taxed?
Thinking about buying or selling digital, or “cryptographic” assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies? Does your business already deal in digital assets? Regardless of whether you’re an investor or…
Blockchain Year in Review: The Late, but not great, 2018
As the sun sets on 2018, I hear echoes of what optimists have been saying about cryptocurrencies over the past several years, that they are to blockchain what email is to the internet: the first use…
Cryptocurrency regulation in Canada: Hurry up and…wait.
In Canada, as in other jurisdictions, the approach regulators are taking to the cryptocurrency environment has been highly criticized for being slow to adapt. As with any new and emerging technology there…
Crypto Law Update: Securities and AML Regulators Make a Statement!
Creating a successful cryptocurrency start-up is hard, time consuming work. Starting a business requires a business plan and market analysis to ensure that there is demand, organization, and cash flow. One thing…
Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and ICOs: What to expect in the Second Half of 2018
We are now approaching the halfway mark of 2018 and, other than the developments that I predicted in my January article, not that much else has changed. The crypto markets continue to be vulnerable to a variety…