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Deconstructing Delay Claims
The unavoidable fact is that construction delay claims in any jurisdiction are complex. Complexity leads to unpredictability, both in terms of how parties should conduct themselves during a construction project...Read more
Yonni Fushman
EVP and CLO, Aecon Group Inc., Canada
Exploring Policy Alternatives to Excluding State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) From Millennium Challenge Corporation Funded Contracts in Africa
Under the Millennium Challenge Act (MCA) the United States government (U.S.) provides eligible countries , with bilateral assistance to fund poverty alleviation programs and developmental projects through the Millennium...Read more
Kingsley Osei
Lead Project Counsel, State University of New York, USA
Laws Private Sector Business Attorneys Should be Aware of When Negotiating With a Government Entity in the United States
The San Diego Association of Governments, known as SANDAG, is a regional government agency in San Diego County, California. The agency serves as a public forum for policy decisions about...Read more
Julie Wiley
Special Counsel, Sandag, USA
Trading in Influence - The Criminal Law Convention on Corruption Art. 12
In January 1999, the Council of Europe proposed the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (the CLCC Convention). The vast majority of the member states signed the convention, but several states...Read more
Gry Bratvold
Legal Counsel, Kyllingstad Kleveland Advokatfirma DA, Norway
Negotiating English Language Contracts Subject to Foreign Laws and Regulations
What do we do when we are a service provider and the client insists on its own contract written under a law other than English? Whilst the commercial instinct may...Read more
Carole Cotter
Legal Adviser, Currently with BlackRock, UK
Lawyers as Negotiators: Hitting the Wrong Targets?
The annual IACCM study of the most frequently negotiated terms in business-to-business contracts once again reveals a strong focus on the provisions that deal with risk allocation and the consequences...Read more
Sally Hughes
Chief Executive Officer, IACCM - International Association for Contract and Commercial Management, UK
The Development of Norwegian Standard Form Contracts in the North Sea and their Utilisation in other related Business Sectors
This article presents some main features of the Norwegian Standard Form Contracts used in the offshore petroleum sector for services, and their feasibility for utilisation in related type of services,...Read more
Jonas Heli
Legal counsel, Aker Solutions, Norway
Negotiating and Drafting an Agreement from a Swedish Law Perspective in Comparison with Agreements Drafted in Common Law Jurisdictions
As in-house counsels working in an international environment, we face the daily challenge of drafting agreements in English that may be ruled under the law of a foreign jurisdiction. Combining...Read more
Silvina Peñaloza Isacson
Head of Legal Northern Europe, BSH Home Appliances, Sweden
Contractual Frameworks: Case Study Between the Oil Companies and the FPSO Operators
The market for floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs) has grown fast over the past decades. Although not untouched by the financial crisis, the FPSO sector recuperated relatively quickly,...Read more
Gry Bratvold
Legal Counsel, Kyllingstad Kleveland Advokatfirma DA, Norway
From Bank Package to Exit Package
When the international financial crisis hit Denmark in the autumn of 2008, a majority of the political parties in the Danish Parliament passed the Bank Package , involving a general...Read more
Jimmy Scavenius Lang
Lawyer, Finansiel Stabilitet A/S, Denmark