Vol.18, No. 73, Autumn 2025
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Vol.18, No. 73, Autumn 2025
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Contents
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The rationality of legislators and business realities in M&A processes – the changing role of in-house lawyers – from advisors to strategic partners.jpg&w=256&q=75)
The current regulatory environment in the European Union, but also in Poland, poses challenges for businesses that go beyond the traditional legal framework. Dynamic legislative changes, often introduced without public...Read more
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Magdalena Kawczynska
Legal Director/CEE&Baltics, Ayvens, Poland
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Fixed-Fee Arbitration for SMEs: Predictability, Access and Commercial Confidence

Arbitration has long promised a flexible, neutral, and expert route to resolve cross-border disputes. Yet for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the in-house lawyers who support them, it has...Read more
Ian Whitehurst
Barrister, Exchange Chambers, UK
Derek P. Auchie
Professor, University of Aberdeen's School of Law, UK
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The Evolving Role of the Legal Function: A Strategic Comparison Between the Middle East and Common Law Models
Across today’s corporate world, the legal function has moved from the background to the centre of business life. It is no longer a department that reacts once decisions are made,...Read more

Hadi N. El Kadi
Group Chief Legal Officer, Al Habtoor Group, UAE
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Regulation Best Interest 5 Years Later 
The adoption of Regulation Best Interest (“Reg BI”) marked one of the most consequential shifts in US securities regulation since the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It replaced the long-standing...Read more

Steven Trigili
Chief Compliance & Risk Officer, Garden State Securities, Inc., USA
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Herding Cats – Engaging External Counsel
In this article I explore the challenges and opportunities faced by in-house lawyers in effectively engaging and working with their private practice counterparts. Managing professionals working together in a law...Read more

Clive Davies
Legal Business Consultant, Clive Davies Consulting, UK
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Visa-based labor migration in modern Russia: Maintaining an open labor market under external restrictions
Labor migration has long been a normal and necessary part of any country's economy. For many countries, it means not only an influx of labor, but also access to knowledge,...Read more
Anastasia Maslova
Lawyer, LEVINE Bridge LLC, Russia
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The enforcement process against financial services firms by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and the Swedish Finansinspektionen with a focus on independence, transparency and the calculation basis of financial penalties

The aim of this paper is to address the separate processes followed by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and the Swedish Finansinspektionen (Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) on enforcement actions...Read more

Sofia Skroubi
Head of Legal Europe, Regulatory & Commercial, FNZ Group, Sweden

Andreas Gustafsson
Partner, Stockholm University - Swedish Corporate Governance Institute, Sweden
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Mr Micawber and Jarndyce v Jarndyce revisited - the Technology and Construction Court enforces a “smash and grab”adjudication counterclaim in the UK
To catch a thief in a “smash and grab” counterclaim and Mr Micwaber
As a seasonal gift, contractors in the UK are now entitled to use a “smash and grab” counterclaim...Read more

Anthony Philpott
Barrister, Barrister (Direct Public Access and Authorised Litigator) UK - AP Legal Direct, UK
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In-House Lawyers are Evolving From Legal Brain to Corporate Conscience
For decades, the General Counsel (GC) occupied the periphery of corporate life: a risk-averse technician of contracts and compliance. Those days are gone. In an age of regulatory scrutiny, geopolitical...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer, Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Page 9949
In-House Lawyers are Evolving From Legal Brain to Corporate Conscience
For decades, the General Counsel (GC) occupied the periphery of corporate life: a risk-averse technician of contracts and compliance. Those days are gone. In an age of regulatory scrutiny, geopolitical...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer, Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
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AI and IP Strategy – The On-Going Transformation of Innovation and Value Creation



This article is based on the panel discussion “IP Strategy and AI – Industry Perspective,” which Sonja London moderated at the Helsinki IP Summit 2025.
The discussion brought together IP...Read more

Sonja London
Founder, Advisor, Fearless IP, Finland

Pirke Fustinoni
Vice President IP & Tech Legal, Metso Corporation, Finland

Mika Timmerbacka
Director of Intellectual Property, UPM-Kymmene, Finland

Heidi Adler
Director, Intellectual Property Rights, ORION Corporation, Finland
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Arbitrator and Performance Standards in Multiparty Arbitrations
Much of the action and decisions in multiparty construction arbitrations are rooted in the arbitral tribunal’s performance. The arbitral tribunal’s performance standards are contextualised of the arbitrator’s case management skills...Read more

Dimitrios Athanasakis
Vice President - Corporate Counsel, Hill International N.V., Netherlands
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Energy Security and New Geopolitical Equilibria Legal Implications for Businesses The Role of the General Counsel Between Law, Corporate Diplomacy, and Geopolitical Risk Management
In recent years, energy security has emerged as one of the central issues on the global geopolitical agenda. The war in Ukraine, tensions in the Middle East, the Red Sea...Read more

Alfonso Levote
General Counsel & Investor Relations, Rosetti Marino S.p.A., Italy
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Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Mind An Insight from the Inside on how AI Is Reshaping Legal Psychology, Professional Judgment, and Leadership Across the Legal Profession 
Across today’s corporate and professional landscape, legal advice is expected to be delivered faster, with greater clarity, and under increasing commercial and reputational pressure. Decision-making cycles have shortened, tolerance for...Read more

Hadi N. El Kadi
Group Chief Legal Officer, Al Habtoor Group, UAE
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The In-House Counsel as a Trusted Governance Advisor
Senior in-house counsel has a challenging role in working with other management, reporting to the board of directors, and having a duty to the company. There are governance matters where...Read more

Richard Leblanc
President, Boardexpert com Inc, USA
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In-House Counsel as an Independent and Trusted Governance Advisor
In-house counsel may have a challenging role in working with other management, reporting to the board of directors, and having a duty to the company. There are governance matters where...Read more

Richard Leblanc
President, Boardexpert com Inc, USA
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Implementing Effective Compliance Programs in Jurisdictions Where the Rule of Law is Weak

Multinational organizations increasingly operate in jurisdictions where the rule of law is weak, inconsistently enforced, or subject to political and economic influence. For pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, these environments present...Read more

Fabiana Lacerca-Allen
Chief Compliance Officer, Cipla, USA
Valentina Lacerca-Allen
Title Marketing/ Communication Specialist, Ethiprax LLC., USA
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Digital Euro Coming into our Lives and Pockets?
This paper aims to summarize the digital euro project that was launched by European Central Bank (“ECB”), in order to try and explain – hopefully in simple terms – the...Read more

Andrea Brancatelli
Assistant General Counsel - Europe, MoneyGram, Ireland
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Corporate Compliance in a Fragmented Regulatory Landscape
As multinational companies expand into diverse and rapidly evolving markets, legal and compliance teams face increasing pressure to navigate fragmented regulatory frameworks while upholding consistent global standards. This paper draws...Read more

Moutaz Abdullat
General Counsel, Fererro, UAE
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PromptCraft’s Gray Zone: Owning Agentic AI Workflows Without Owning Ideas.jpg&w=256&q=75)
As organizations operationalize AI, competitive advantage increasingly resides in “promptcraft”: curated prompts, agentic workflows, system instructions, and the evaluation infrastructure that reliably elicits high-value outputs and actions from models and...Read more
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John deVadoss
Co-Founder, NeuralFabric Corp. (acquired by Cisco Systems), USA