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Practice and Procedure in a Representative State Court System
This article examines civil practice and procedure at the pre-trial level under the “best practices” rules of the courts of the State of New Jersey. Although each of the fifty...Read more
Joseph Aronds
Vice President and Chief Litigation and Trial Counsel, Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., USA
Companies Act 2016 and its impact to Businesses in Malaysia
Existingly, one can establish a business in Malaysia either by way of a sole proprietorship business, partnership business, Limited liability partnership business or as a company. Partnerships are governed by...Read more
Nabil Nazrin
Legal Counsel, Malayan Banking Berhad, Malaysia
The Challenge of Integration of Regulation: Sub-sets of Financial Services
This article will look at the growth of regulation in the financial services industry in the EU. It will show how from fragmentation, there has been a move towards integration...Read more
Solomon Osagie
Chief Legal Counsel, TSYS International, UK
Fintech, Regtech and Impacts on In-House Legal Departments
“Fintech” is the acronym for financial-technology. Innovation is strongly changing the finance sector and such changes affect also the legal environment. On one hand, lawyers are asked to provide legal...Read more
Andrea Brancatelli
Assistant General Counsel , MoneyGram , Italy
About 'changed circumstances', 'imprévision' and 'commercial impractibility' in the light of the new art. 1195 of
the French civil code
The French civil code established in 1804 (also known as Code Napoleon) promoted the autonomy of the parties and minimal intervention of the judge in the performance of contractual obligations....Read more
Camelia Seghedi
In-house Counsel International Contracts and Public Tenders , JCDecaux , France
The European Single Market Post-Brexit: Managing The Barriers
The legal framework on which European based investment businesses operate is based predominantly on European Union (EU) legislation. For example:
• Property Casualty insurance - the applicable regulatory regime is primarily based...Read more
Maeve Verdon
Associate General Counsel, AIG Asset Management (Europe) Limited, Ireland
Interpreting Business Rescue Provisions of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008: Secured Pre-Commencement Finance Versus Post-Commencement Finance
The South African Companies Act provides for a business rescue process. A current interpretational issue relates to the ranking of claims of creditors who provided secured Pre-commencement Finance in relation...Read more
Stef Du Plessis
In-house Legal Adviser, Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, South Africa
Blockchain: From 'Why' to 'What' and Regulating 'How'
Blockchain has been the technological darling of the financial press in the last year. Once a niche technology familiar only to bitcoin enthusiasts and journalists, blockchain has captured the interest...Read more
Andreas Gustafsson
Senior Advisor, Nasdaq, Sweden
Jimmy Kvarnström
Head of Nordic/Baltic Legal, Nasdaq, Sweden
Scott Farrell
Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Australia
Mobile Payments in the EU: Overview, Legal Framework and Infrastructure and Challenges
The mobile payment revolution has started in our society and is already changing our ordinary lives by merging one of the oldest economic tools –money— with one of the most...Read more
Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
The Role of Legal Regulation in Banking Supervision.
What system works best in a post financial crisis setting?
The issues of regulation of banking supervision are usually the same in many financial systems. In most cases we have similar authorities and matching regulations to ensure that financial institutions...Read more