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Approaches to contracting: does the tail sometimes wag the dog?
This article will highlight the difference between commercial (usually more flexible) and corporate (usually more legal and sometimes more rigid) approaches to making and implementing contracts, and explore some of...Read more
Frank Sanford
Corporate Lawyer, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A, Switzerland
Construction Risk Management: Keys to Sound Contract Administration Best Practices
Murphy's Law: "if something can go wrong - it will"
For those of us who practice Construction Law, we have learned that Murphy actually invented two other secret...Read more
Brian Swartz
EVP, Legal & Commercial, Aecon Group Inc., Canada
Electronic Contracts: Where We've Come From, Where We Are, and Where We Should Be Going
The power and importance of contracts can hardly be overstated. Contracts constitute the legal foundation upon which business is transacted around the globe. A contract can be as informal as...Read more
Ruth Orpwood
General Counsel, Cloudreach, UK
International Contracting: Best Practices in Structure and Legal Review
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
Sally Hughes
Chief Executive Officer, IACCM - International Association for Contract and Commercial Management, UK
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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
Tim Cummins
President and Head of Research & Learning, World Commerce & Contracting, UK
Basic Principles in the Formation and Compilation of Sub-Contract Documentation
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
Glenn Duffy
Legal Director (North West Europe), Alstom Power, UK