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Although knock-for-knock contractual indemnities (otherwise known as ‘mutual hold harmless’ or ‘bury your own dead’ indemnities) are common to oil and gas contracts worldwide, their usefulness in oil and gas...Read more

In recent years, we have seen a growing demand for compliance around the world, in particular in the heavy industry business. Reasons for that is of course the increase in...Read more

One of the most important steps of arbitration is often the process of arbitral award's recognition and enforcement, this process as such sometimes may turn out to be not less...Read more

The successful implementation of complex co-operation contracts often depends on accurate, but straightforward communication to relevant stakeholders. There are several challenges in ensuring that a contract, once signed, is...Read more

A project is delivered, closed out and the money received (or most of it). After a year of silence a letter from the client appears advising of a major failure,...Read more

Local content requirements (LCR) represent an important tool in many countries’ foreign direct investment strategies. They play a particular role in the industrialization of developing countries and also in the...Read more

In the business community, almost 100% of arbitrations are initiated by companies. For them, arbitration is clearly an appropriate way to solve disputes when breaches of contracts or treaties...Read more

Legal Risk Management "LRM" is not a product that was contrived to create a need that doesn't exist. LRM consists of a combination of strategy, management and law. If a...Read more

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

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization based on the principles of liberalism and which its main aim is to regulate the rules of international trade. One of...Read more