Vol. 1, No. 1, Autumn 2007

Copyright questions are daily bread and butter routine for many in-house counsels. Regardless of whether the field of business of a company is related to copyright and media or not,...Read more

The purpose of this article is to identify lessons learnt from successfully defending the private and public law proceedings initiated by Smart Mobile Limited in respect of the decision of...Read more

The FMC Technologies legal team is relentless in trying to find new and better ways to deliver legal services to our customers ie the FMC Technologies business units. Key tenets...Read more

Whether your organisation is a bid target of a trade buyer or of a private equity fund, the demands on the legal, compliance, administrative and company secretarial functions are considerable...Read more

An analysis of the thinking behind the recommendations relating to copyright law set out in the Report (published 6 December 2006) of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property. Was the...Read more

This article focuses on the following issues in structuring and negotiating a global supply/outsourcing transaction: potential structures for a global supply deal; commercial considerations in establishing a global supply deal;...Read more

The purpose of this article is to provide a quick overview of the changes brought by the new French law of 26th July 2005 reforming French insolvency proceedings and which...Read more

Currently, there are no international rules specific to central banks on what is to be understood by "legal risk" and how it should be managed. In the context of the...Read more

Recently, there have been intense discussions in the Czech media on the allegedly insufficient powers of the Czech Antimonopoly Office in the area of electronic communications. According to such information,...Read more

Although there is nothing new about 'governance' the phrase has got more prominent over the last 15 years. Corporate scandal after corporate scandal has led to an unprecedented focus on...Read more

When Aviva decided to enter the Russian market, our goal was to establish a top 5 market position over a 5 year period. At that time, we had no local...Read more

Egypt was one of the first countries in the Middle East to pay attention to the evolving issue of Technology Transfer ('TT'), and it was the subject of several debates...Read more

Brand portfolios continue to grow across the globe at a swift rate. With this expansion, it is now readily accepted in the marketplace that a company's brand is one of...Read more

All aspects of the pharmaceutical market are heavily regulated due to the major public health implications related to the use of pharmaceutical products. Pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceutical products is...Read more

1997 to 2007 is the era when Tony Blair was prime minister of the United Kingdom, the Internet exploded into a personal and business medium beyond all recognition and outsourcing...Read more

The article focuses on the principles of corporate governance and how rating services affect the companies and the investors regarding the subject. Corporate governance is the concept of applying transparency,...Read more

Corporate Governance: one size fits all? - Corporate governance has become one of the issues of greatest interest for those who work within a listed company. Recent years have seen...Read more

The 'gas industry' has been in existence now for almost 200 years. In common with many of the major industries of today, it started with the establishment of a small...Read more

Legal Process Outsourcing is a unique blend of legal knowledge and technical expertise. The legal industry across the globe is gradually turning towards outsourcing in order to control their ever...Read more

Globalisation requires that we take a different view of the role and significance of a legal department of a globally acting enterprise. This thesis is represented here. The authors...Read more

Once major projects such as bridge construction, skyscraper development, air and sea port infrastructure projects, shipbuilding, offshore installation chemical plant or power station construction and installation were often undertaken by...Read more

Globalisation creates mixed emotions for the in-house counsel. While voyages of discovery – real or metaphorical – can be exciting, international business brings with it greater complexity and risk. This...Read more