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Collaterals Generally Used and Accepted Under Romanian Law
Romanian banks usually grant loans to individuals as well as to companies that need funding for their business. Such loans need to be secured in order to protect the Bank’s...Read more
Carmen Banateanu
Senior Associate, Radulescu & Musoi SPARL, Romania
Overview of the Anti-Money Laundering and Financing Terrorism Rules Applying in the Luxembourg Insurance Sector
1.1 The fight against money laundering and financing terrorism (hereafter referred to as “AML“) has become a major rule to comply with for an international financial center as Luxembourg. A...Read more
Xavier Nevez
Regional Head, Legal & Compliance, Zurich Eurolife S.A., Luxembourg
Regulation of Compliance Functions in Finnish Banks - Potential Implications to Banks' Legal Departments

In the Finnish banking industry, there are practically two different basic models to organize a compliance function:
• a legal department is also responsible for a compliance function or
• a compliance function...Read more
Jyrki Manninen
Senior Legal Counsel - Merchant Bankin9 Law Finland, Nordea Bank, Finland
Jussi Pelkonen
Partner, Roschier, Finland
Increased Evolution of Regulations Affecting the Pharmaceutical Law Practice
The increase of regulations over the last two to five years for pharmaceutical companies has become a nightmare for sales representatives working for those companies and for internal staff charged...Read more
Jean Frydman
Partner, Fox Rothschild , USA
The Role of the In-house Lawyer in a Russian Bank. Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) Regulatory Environment
This article aims to provide a general observation of the role of in-house lawyers in the Russian banking sphere and banking regulatory environment in Russia. It’s not possible to go...Read more

Stella Gukova
Head of Legal and Compliance, JCS Sumitomo Mitsui Rus Bank, Russian Federation
Consortium Regulation in Brazil
The consortium is a structure which arose from the need for grouping legal entities for the purpose of pursuing activities of common interest, by joining efforts and resources to perform...Read more
Mychèlle Fortunato
Head of Legal, Banco CNH Capital S.A. (FIAT Group), Brazil
The Eligible Operator in the Italian Market
With the approval of the 2006 Community law in Italy (from now on the Directive 2006), the Italian legislator delegated, <em>inter alia</em>, the Italian Government to follow a series of...Read more
Ferdinando Bruno
Head of Italian Restructuring , UniCredit Bank AG, Milan Branch, (UniCredit Group), Italy
Construction Law in Latvia
Just recently Latvia had the fastest growing economy in the European Union and construction was very important to its growth and was rapidly evolving. The growing demand in construction and...Read more

Guna Dirveika
Senior legal consultant, Financial and Capital Market Commission, Latvia
Corporate Governance and (Self-) Regulation- An Investment Fund Perspective
As a result of the global financial turmoil, calls for regulation of financial services enjoy a strong political tailwind. Aside from that, the last years have shown that self-regulation is...Read more

Armin Kammel
Senior Manager, Financial Services Advisory, KPMG Austria GmbH, Austria
Navigating the Turbulent Seas of 21st Century Markets in a 20th Century Boat: How to Keep the Winds of Regulation from Creating a Perfect Storm.
If regulation is the raison d’être of the regulatory counsel, then positive regulatory change is its joie de vivre. In fact, deregulation to a regulatory counsel is somewhat like a...Read more

Harisha Bastiampillai
Senior Attorney, Tata Communications International Pte, USA