Keeping It Civil

Part 1 of this special edition of Keeping It Civil, the Hassans’ Tax Advisory team, led by Hassans Partner and International Tax Bites host, ⁠Grahame Jackson⁠ with Partner ⁠Chloe Oppenheimer Fa⁠ and Senior Associate ⁠Jesse Monteverde⁠ , discuss the recently agreed UK / EU Treaty which will allow:   fluidity of movement at the border between Gibraltar and Spain, allowing easy access to Spain and th...

In this episode the Tax Advisory Team in the shape of Partners Grahame Jackson (also Chair of the Gibraltar Association of Tax Advisers ) and Chloe Oppenheimer Fa discuss the headline provisions of the Gibraltar Budget 2024.

In the last episode of the Hassans Environment Prize Trilogy, host and project team lead Tania Rahmany catches up with Headteacher at Bayside Comprehensive School, Gaynor Lester. A three pronged project, the School are involving a number of their education departments to create: a secret garden made from recycled materials, fog nets to capture levanter moisture - collaborating with design assistan...

The second podcast in the Hassans' Environment Prize trilogy, hosted by Senior Associate and project lead, Tania Rahmany, is with Gibraltar College’s Assistant to Business and Social Sciences Sarah-Jane Roberts and Curriculum Co-ordinator, Vanessa Saccone Recagno.   Their project aim was to provide their Level 1 students with a PBL (project-based learning) field trip to La Granja Escuela in Lo...

Senior Associate and Hassans' Environment Prize project lead, Tania Rahmany, welcomes Dr Awantha Dissanayake and Masters’ Student Viviane Wiedecke from the School of Marine and Environmental Science at the University of Gibraltar in the first of a trilogy of podcasts catching up on the progress each winning project has made. This project focuses on coral restoration within Gibraltar waters and...

Keeping It Civil Podcast host Selwyn Figueras talks to Hassans' Gaming Partner Andrew Montegriffo , Senior Associate, Louise Federico and Trainee Solicitor Anna Buhler to discuss the latest developments in gaming industry in Gibraltar and further afield, following their recent attendance at ICE in London. The new legislation soon to be implemented for Gibraltar is also discussed, the provenanc...

Ian Felice, Hassans’ Partner and Sports Law specialist, is host to the phenomenal Lewes FC CEO, Maggie Murphy. Maggie tells us how the UK football club has become known as Equality FC - the first (and currently only) professional or semi-professional club in the world to start treating its women footballers the same as its men – the same playing budgets, same pitch, same training facilities - and...

International Tax Bites podcasters, Grahame Jackson, Tax Partner at Hassans and Harriet Brown of Old Square Tax Chambers join Selwyn Figueras, Hassans’ Partner and podcast host of Keeping It Civil, to discuss the launch of the duos recent mini-series, “Designing the Perfect Tax System”. The 10-part series, topped and tailed with an introduction and a round up, welcomes the great and good of the in...

Guest host, Hassans’ Tax Partner Grahame Jackson, talks to Harriet Brown of Old Square Tax Chambers, London on what Gibraltar entities should do on receiving a request for information from the UK’s HMRC. Following the introduction of the UK DTA, requests under Section 6A of the Income Tax Act 2010 into Gibraltar are increasingly common. The duo discuss what individual and companies should do, and...

Following recent news of upcoming regulatory changes in UK and the EU, Hassans' Grahame Jackson talks to the Managing Director of Sovereign Wealth, Eamon Bermingham, on how ESG will evolve to be at the centre of investing. The pair discuss greenwashing, the shift to a triple bottom line focus (people, planet, profit) and how sustainability will be the key to structuring ESG investment portfoli...

Jo Abergel , Gibraltar CIPD Branch Committee Member, and Charlene Figueras , qualified social and youth worker, with 20 years of experience working with youth and now part of the senior management team at Gibraltar’s Youth Service, talk to Selwyn Figueras regarding their work on the launch of a new website www.careers.gi, a collaboration between the CIPD – funded as part of the One Million Chances...

Our third interview as part of Hassans’ Women Leaders in Gibraltar series, our host, Selwyn Figueras and co-host Meera Aswani , talk to Gibraltar-raised Katherine Grant , CEO of Image Graphics and Micro-Business Systems and the only female Director of the Chamber of Commerce in Gibraltar. Katherine draws on her experience of working in Hewlett Packard in the UK and Geneva – and how she made it to...

In the carbon market, CO2 Capital specialises in scaling-up verified carbon credit projects via forest restoration and agroforestry. They use blockchain and drone technology to create compelling carbon credits and value chain portfolios that include forest protection, improved forest management, forest restoration, blue carbon, and community trees/forests. With a goal to increase the European tree...

Dr Karl Alvarez , Medical Director at Occupational Health Services and charity fundraiser, joined Selwyn Figueras and Catherine Knock in the Hassans media studio to share his reasoning and motivation in aiming to be the first person EVER to complete all five Beyond the ultimate Ultras within one year. He is taking on this enormous challenge to raise awareness about mental health and children with...

Good friend of Gibraltar, Lieutenant General Edward Davis CB CBE joined us earlier this week to discuss the work of the Gibraltar chapter of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) as Chair of the hub. General Davis has a distinguished record of public service most recently having served as a Senior Royal Marines Officer before being appointed as Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabet...

In this edition, Selwyn Figueras is joined by Lord Swire, Deputy Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC), and former Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Minster of State for Northern Ireland and Minister of State for Europe and the Americas. Lord Swire was sworn as a member of the Privy Council in 2011 and subsequently knighted. The podcast was re...

In the third episode of our Women Leaders series, we were delighted to welcome entrepreneur Gillaine Dellipiani into the Hassans’ studio. With over 25 years of experience of project consultancy and management experience, and founder of consultancy GD Associates, Gillaine has delivered successful Gibraltar real estate projects such as The Hub, Sylvian Suites and is currently bringing the North Gorg...

The development of the reclamation on the Eastside of Gibraltar is of unprecedented scale and complexity in the local context. Anticipated to add circa £3bn of economic value in a variety of mixed use projects over the next 15 years, the deal for the purchase of the land was finalised between TNG Global Realty and the Government of Gibraltar a couple of weeks back. In this episode, Selwyn Figueras...

In this special edition, Hassans' trainees, Anna Buhler , Isabella Lombard and Sam Marrache , join Head of Marketing & BD, Catherine Knock , to talk about their experiences of the Hassans' Summer Programme which will run on a fortnightly placement basis over the course of July and August. The trio share their best and most daunting (but also most rewarding) parts of the programme, the...

In this episode Hassans’ Fintech Partner Anthony Provasoli talks to Selwyn Figueras on the crypto market in the wake of a tumultuous period in the banking sector. He discusses whether it is the failures in the banking market that has benefitted the crypto market, how regulation and Gibraltar's DLT principles approach, introduced in 2018 has given our jurisdiction an advantage, TradFi v DeFi, AML,...

In this episode Selwyn Figueras is joined by co-host Chloe Oppenheimer Fa as we continue our mini series showcasing the depth and breadth of the achievement of women in Gibraltar in business, politics, media and beyond. The duo are joined by entrepreneur Denise Matthews. Denise started her first company at 22 and after a number of years abroad and starting her family, returned to Gibraltar in 2016...

Grahame Jackso n, Tax Partner and co-host of the successful International Tax Bites podcast series, talks to Selwyn Figueras about the importance of using the right language when communicating with your clients; the emergence of AI in the legal industry, the development of a code of conduct in Gibraltar, which presents unique challenges en route to being enforced as of 1.5.23, and the potential im...

Hassans' Partner Richard Buttigieg and Head of HR Richard Mor meet with Selwyn Figueras to discuss the forthcoming Summer Student Programme. With the application window open until 24.04.23, the trio discuss what the programme entails and how to apply.

Welcome to the first episode of our brand new podcast which looks at legal, regulatory and current affairs perspectives from our team at Hassans and guests. We recorded our debut episode during the week of #IWD2023 to have a discussion about not just International Women's Day, or what it means in 2023, but to hear about my guests personal experiences and what action can be taken on every day of th...