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Legal 500

Online versions of Legalease's directories to the legal profession: Legal 500, Asia Pacific Legal 500 and the US Legal 500 and the Europe, Middle East and Africa Legal 500. The site lists legal practitioners and firms from all over the world, searchable by country and region. Overviews of the legal market in each country are given along with legal news and law firm news. There are articles on different specialisations within commercial law written by legal practitioners.

Helplinelaw

Helplinelaw is a gateway site to Indian legal information provided by a 'virtual' law firm with associates in India and other countries. Full text Indian laws are made freely available on the site arranged alphabetically and by legal subject covering banking, environmental, criminal, immigration, employment, consumer and property law. There is also a directory of Indian lawyers and selected information for other jurisdictions.

Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates

Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates is a Maltese law firm specialising in tax, financial, trust and intellectual property law. Its website includes a legal resources library, with guidance on aspects of Maltese law including immigration, shipping, taxation and intellectual property. There is also a collection of in-house articles dealing with subjects such as tax arbitration, corporate finance, e-commerce, intellectual property law and offshore investment.

Michael Kyprianou and Associates

Website of Cypriot law firm Michael Kyprianou and Associates. The site has information about the services offered by the firm, details of members and high profile cases. Areas of practice covered by the firm include commercial and financial law, intellectual property, litigation and arbitration, property, taxation and shipping law. The site provides background information to the law in Cyprus concerning intellectual property, buying property and investment, immigration and taxation issues. There is also background to the Cyprus legal system and company law.

Service France

Service France forms part of the website of Sykes Anderson a law firm specialising in French tax and property law. The site includes details of services the firm offers and freely available information on French tax, property and pensions. Content is provided in the form of articles and case studies with topics covered including the main French taxes, tax planning and and tax-free or tax efficient investments. There is advice on French property and conveyancing, French probate, health care and social security.

Andreas Neocleous & Co

Andreas Neocleous & Co. is an international law firm based in Cyprus. It specialises in admiralty and shipping law, banking and finance and corporate and commercial law. Its website provides a large collection of in-house articles and newsletters on Cypriot business, shipping, property, competition, taxation and intellectual property law. The website is available in English, Greek, Russian and Ukrainian, but almost all of the articles and other in-house publications are in English.

IP Watchdog

IP Watchdog is a website providing information on intellectual property, internet and antitrust law. The site is produced by Gene Quinn, a patent attorney and professor of law, and focuses on United States law. There are sections dealing with different aspects of patent, copyright and trademark law, inventions and confidentiality agreements. There is a section aimed at businesses and one providing advice on Patent Bar exams. The inventions section provides guidance on the patent and invention process and intellectual property issues.

OceanLaw

OceanLaw is a company providing information and consultancy services in international, European and domestic fisheries law, international environmental law and law of the sea research. The site has been created by barrister Christopher Hedley and contains details of current and completed research projects with resulting reports made freely available to download.

Pacific Legal Network

Pacific Legal Network (PLN) is a group of law firms based in Australia and throughout the Pacific region who have expertise in the Pacific Islands jurisdictions. The website has information about the legal services provided by PLN and two newsletters are made freely available on the site. BankNote covers anti-money laundering issues and PLN News provides news and comment on developments in the law of the Pacific region. There are also legal updates given providing information on new legislation in the region.

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