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International In-house Counsel Journal


The International In-house Counsel Journal is concerned with the exchange of ideas of In-house Counsel representing commercial organisations from all sectors and jurisdictions around the world. Each quarterly issue contains papers based on case study experience of In-house Counsel in the main disciplines of commercial law from different jurisdictions.

Content is overseen by the IICJ Editorial Board that meets 4 times a year to discuss content and determine which papers are accepted for publication. The board is drawn from a range of industry sectors and jurisdiction with considerable international knowledge.

A peer reviewed journal published electronically 12 times a year and in print form 4 times a year, delivering papers written by In-house Counsel covering the major areas of law:

Antitrust/Competition Commercial Litigation Contracts Corporate Governance Data Protection Employment Health and Safety Intellectual Property Management Taxation

From the following key business sectors:

Banking and Finance Energy Healthcare IT Industry Insurance Pharmaceutical Telecommunications

Please visit the IICJ Library to see all the published papers, which includes more business sectors and areas of law

Recent Papers


Madelein Kleyn, CEO Mad K IP Consulting, Mad K IP Consulting (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
A Natural Law Perspective of Corporate Governance

Michael Ambrosio, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, USA
Are Lawyers A Shoo-In for Sustainability?

Jeffery Tan, Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property and Judicial System

Vera Albino, Legal Manager - Trademark and Patent Attorney, INVENTA, S.A., Portugal
Compliance Risk Based Approach: Mission Impossible?

Isabelle Rust, Head of Third Party Compliance Management , Airbus Defence and Space, Germany
Camelia Gardot, Compliance Partner- Head of Connected Intelligence, Airbus, France
Creating Effective and Sustainable Outside Counsel Relationships

Michael Fawlk, Founder & CEO, Exemplify Consulting LLC, Switzerland
Digital Content Consumption at the Time of Web 2.0.

Christine Maury-Panis, EVP, General Counsel and Public Affairs, Viaccess S.A, France
How to Sustain the Unstainable - Coping With a Blizzard of Demands

Richard Reade, General Counsel, Coats Group plc, UK
Immigration - Related Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions: Impact on Work Visas and Permanent Immigration Processes – United States

Julie Lessard, Partner, BCF LLP, Canada
New Data Protection Bill in India

Kiran Chitale, B.Com, LL.B., FCS, Pune, India, India
No Contract is an Island

Christopher Parr, Director, The Legal Director, UK
Russian Counter-Sanctions

Vladislav Gorobinskiy, Head of the Legal Support Department for International Projects, Mediator, New Investment Group LLC, Russia
The Inner Development Goals – A Framework of transformative Skills Needed to Confront Implicit Cognitive Biases in International Arbitration

Edoardo Marcenaro, Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs , Enel Grids srl, Italy
The Interpretation of EU States National Legislation Through the Lens of EU Directives

Dan Degan, Lawyer Romania and Adriatic Region, Viatris, Romania
What Every Lawyer Should Know About Digital Forensics

Jon Berryhill, President & COO, Berryhill Computer Forensics Inc., USA

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