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In-House Legal and Finance Departments: Guardians of the Company?

November 2021
ManagementEnergy

Abstract

No other departments work more closely together than the Legal and Finance Departments in supporting all functions of the company and protecting it against risks. In this paper, we analyse the Legal and Finance Departments’ functions, applicable standards and the main areas for which they jointly have the biggest impact, in order to establish whether they can indeed be considered the guardians of the company.

Authors

Jeremy Stebbing
Financial Controller, ShawCor, Netherlands

Jeremy Stebbing holds an LL.B. and is a Financial Controller at Shawcor, where he oversees all finance related matters in the Eastern Hemisphere region.

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Nicolas Vielliard
Senior Counsel , Shawcor , Netherlands

Nicolas Vielliard is qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales and in Ireland, and is currently senior counsel at Shawcor. Nicolas is also the Association of Corporate Counsel’s (ACC) Country Representative for the Netherlands.

Companies

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ShawCor

Shawcor is a leading energy and infrastructure technology company specializing in product, services and solutions utilized in oil and gas, water and wastewater, fuel, transportation and industrial applications. The very core of our business is to relentlessly pursue solutions based on advanced material science, engineering and inspection technologies that assist in protecting the environment, extending asset life and reducing the requirement for other resources. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Shawcor operates in over 20 countries and employs approximately 5,000 people. Shawcor has designed, built, protected and managed critical assets for customers worldwide for over 50 years.

Shawcor  logo

Shawcor

Shawcor is a leading energy and infrastructure technology company specializing in product, services and solutions utilized in oil and gas, water and wastewater, fuel, transportation and industrial applications. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Shawcor operates in over 20 countries and employs approximately 5,000 people. Shawcor has designed, built, protected and managed critical assets for customers worldwide for over 50 years.

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