Eddie Bines

Nov 28, 2023 | mondaq.com | Eddie Bines

Our economy has seen better days. We've all heard the talk of "unprecedented circumstances" and "tough economic headwinds." We are finding that businesses are using these circumstances as an opportunity to review their operations and proactively looking for ways to simplify their businesses. "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" is a famous quote by Leonardo da Vinci that I came across recently. It made me think that I'm not sure that many large corporates abide by this tenet.

Jan 30, 2023 | webwriterspotlight.com | Eddie Bines |Delilah Kealy Roberts |Katie Tejada |Alice Herman

Whilst I’m sure Albert Einstein was referring to complex physics when he made this assertion, his words are true for business generally and more specifically, legal entity structures. Many corporates (not just large multinationals) seem to excel in making things unnecessarily complex by setting up more legal entities than they know what to do with. Of course, it’s not always intended to make matters complicated.