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Managing an Effective Investment Bank Legal Department
The role of an investment bank legal department head who manages both financing and capital markets transactions is twofold. It is in the first instance a defensive role, focused on...Read more
Hubert de Vauplane
General Counsel, Credit Agricole S.A., France
In-house Legal Counsel in a Bank: Tasks and Chances
With this article we intend to show the role of in-house legal counsel in an Italian bank, with a particular focus on the specific problems it has to face in...Read more
Luca Bonzanini
General Counsel, UBI Banca S.c.p.a., Italy
Implications of Counterfeiting and Piracy for European Competitiveness, Innovation, Economic Growth and Job Losses
Over the years, counterfeiting has become the greatest threat to established trademarks, and therefore brands, across all industry sectors. In the late ‘80s, it was viewed together, with its big...Read more

Richard Heath
Managing Director, Richard Heath (Ip) Associates, UK
Managing External Legal Resources
In today's world, obtaining the best legal support from both internal and external resources is a constant challenge. During the past ten years it has become the norm for this...Read more

Richard Tapp
Former: Company Secretary and Director of Legal Services, Carillion, UK
Pitfalls of Email Marketing
This article touches on several subjects related to the use of commercial email in today's business environment. First, it addresses the current state of advertising and marketing via email. Second,...Read more
John Lawless
Corporate Counsel, Omega World Travel, USA
Restructuring In-House Counsel's Utilization of Law Firms: Reducing Legal Spend without Increasing Risk

Traditional assumptions underpinning the outsourcing of all aspects of cases to law firms by in-house counsel should be revisited in view of recent seismic changes in the legal environment. Law...Read more

Mark A. Cohen
Chief Executive Officer, Legal Mosaic, UK
Mark Besser
Chief Technology Officer/Partner , Qualitas Knowledge Management, USA
How To Run Your In-House Legal Department Like a Profit Center
I have always had a love of business, even when I knew I wanted to be a lawyer. Reality set in at my first in-house position, during the height of...Read more
Susan Diehl
Partner, Trinitas Advisors, USA
Fees and Value in Legal Services

A lot has been written recently on the subject of law firm fees as in-house counsel come under greater pressure than ever to reduce costs and demonstrate value to their...Read more
Deepak Malhotra
Vice President and General Counsel, InBev, UK

Kathryn Britten
Managing Director, AlixPartners , UK
Group Re-organisations
Imagine a situation where your Group, over a two to three year period, has expanded rapidly through a mixture of acquisitions and organic growth; where, as each acquisition is completed,...Read more
Jeremy Evans
Director, JECCS Commercial Consultancy Services Limited, UK
Exporting Best Legal Practices to a Japanese Head Office
In the United States, the role of corporate general counsel has grown over the last several years. Highly publicized corporate scandals, some highlighting either actual or perceived deficiencies in the...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