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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
Andreas Gustafsson
Partner, Stockholm University - Swedish Corporate Governance Institute, Sweden
Sofia Skroubi
Head of Legal Europe, Regulatory & Commercial, FNZ Group, Sweden
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
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
Pirke Fustinoni
Vice President IP & Tech Legal, Metso Corporation, Finland
Sonja London
Founder, Advisor, Fearless IP, Finland
Mika Timmerbacka
Director of Intellectual Property, UPM-Kymmene, Finland
Heidi Adler
Director, Intellectual Property Rights, ORION Corporation, Finland
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
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
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
Magdalena Kawczynska
Legal Director/CEE&Baltics , Ayvens, Poland
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
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
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
Can a General Counsel’s Achievements Live on Post-Retirement? A Personal Story
The following is a personal story based on my own experience as a General Counsel of a foreign bank (the “Bank”) operating in the United States. I joined the Bank...Read more
Bruce Ortwine
General Counsel (retired), Americas; Adviser, Global Legal and Compliance (Retired), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., USA