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MISS ELEGANCE FOR GIBRALTAR’S SECOND PRINCESS
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aving just returned home from the Miss Supranational Pageant 2015 in Krynica – Zdrój, Poland, Miss Gibraltar’s Second Princess Natalia Nuñez was specially awarded Miss Elegance at the pageant. 82 contestants from around the world battled to be crowned Miss Supranational. The contest has run from 2009 and claims to be ‘one of the leading global beauty contests’ having become an official member of the Grand Slam of Beauty Pageants in 2010. Overall, Natalia ranked 27, but was awarded for her elegance, intelligence and well-mannered behaviour throughout her time at the Pageant. Global Beauties, the
leading online magazine for International beauty pageants described Natalia as ‘one of the most elegant candidates around, Gibraltar is also very intelligent, polite and has done well in all of her presentations’. On her return, Natalia praised the support she received from Gibraltar, saying ‘I want to take this opportunity to thank my amazing community (more like family) for all your support from the beginning. I see the pressure that some of the girls were under and I truly am blessed to have such a supportive country behind me.’ Miss Paraguay, Stephania Stegman, was crowned Miss Supranational 2015 by Miss Supranational 2014, Asha Bhat (Miss India). The show was televised on GBC.
RAMPARTS OFFERS NEW FIDUCIARY SERVICE FOR COMPANIES
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aving gained a reputation as a new, young and dynamic law firm, Ramparts European Law is quickly expanding their business in Gibraltar. Starting off as a firm specialised mainly in the areas of Corporate law, E-Gaming, E-commerce and E-payments, providing Cross-Border regulatory advice and working with a network of international specialists, the firm has recently expanded its offering by adding a new, private client and family office service, expanding into Fintech and more recently obtaining a license to provide fiduciary services. Emma Azopardi Lejeune who heads the Private Client and Family Office Department and co-heads the Fiduciary said ‘The decision to apply for a company administration licence came about primarily as a request from our clients to offer this service in-house. We soon realised that a fiduciary offering would be a great value-add and would allow us to go that extra mile in order to service their needs.’ The fiduciary model adopted by the firm will differ slightly from the conventional fiduciary. Companies will be offered as
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a commodity for a set price that will encompass the general upkeep of the company per annum including the cost of mandatory annual filings. The fiduciary will be run by the firm’s lawyers who will deal with transactions and minuting of matters relating to each company in the normal course of business. One or two administrators will be responsible for the general upkeep per annum. Sian Hoskin who co-heads the Fiduciary said ‘We pride ourselves in being completely transparent and upfront about the services we offer. We do not want to include hidden charges, nor do we want to incur unnecessary fees for an offering that we feel is a means of providing a more efficient service.’ This new offering fits in very well with the firm’s corporate and private client service allowing the firm to provide the holistic approach that clients require in order to carry out their businesses or structure their affairs. Similarly, providing secretarial services to our clients allows us to extend the ‘outsourced in-house service’ we commonly provide to E-Gaming and E-payments companies by adding company secretarial to our list of services.
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GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2016