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Launching a Joint Venture - Reflections and Lessons Learned from a General Counsel Perspective
This article considers the legal complexities related to the launching of a joint venture (JV), especially from the perspective of the legal corporate function. The authors’ goal is to assist...Read more
Henri Tcheng
Head of BearingPoint firmwide Investments and M&A, BearingPoint France SAS, France
David Russell
Principal, Bearingpoint Ireland, Ireland
Andreas Schöpperle
Director, BearingPoint France SAS, France
Maintaining Momentum and Managing Risk: Ensuring Business Continuity with your Dispute Resolution Toolbox
In the contemporary business world, disputes are a common and sometimes inevitable reality, ranging from minor distractions to major obstacles. Each dispute has the potential to disrupt the smooth operation...Read more
Ulrich Kopetzki
Director, Arbitration and ADR, Europe, International Chamber of Commerce, Austria
Abbey Hawthorne
Deputy Director, Arbitration & ADR, North America, International Chamber of Commerce, USA
Tejus Chauhan
Director, Arbitration and ADR, South Asia and Pacific,, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, Singapore
Vera HE
Deputy Director, Arbitration and ADR, North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, China
Lawyers Doing Good in the Community
Lawyers are not always cast in positive light. Often unfairly.
One of William Shakespeare's most famous literacy lines is the sentence from Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2,...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
The Role of an Ethics Committee in Guiding In-House Counsel Through the Legal Minefield
Once it is suggested that a lawyer or an organisation that they work for is unethical, there is little that can be done to stop the inevitable tide of censure...Read more
Michael Stamp
Senior Force Legal Adviser, Devon & Cornwall Constabulary, UK
Legal Developments in Employment Agreements Containing Non-Compete Clauses and Alternate Protections
As an employment law attorney, I represented employees who were both threatened and sued for alleged violations of non-compete clauses in employment agreements. As a business owner for the past...Read more
Andrew Marquardt
Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel, Advantage Tech Inc, USA
The Interplay between Antitrust Law and
Intellectual Property Law in South Africa:
A Critical Analysis of the OECD Recommendation on Intellectual Property Rights and Competition 
The interplay between competition law and intellectual property remains the subject of much debate. Intellectual property creates monopolistic rights to protect and reward innovation and incentivise creators; whilst competition law...Read more
Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
Michael Currie
Partner, Primerio, South Africa
Stephany Torres
Senior Associate, Primerio, South Africa
Joshua Eveleigh
Associate (designate), Primerio, South Africa
Generative Artificial Intelligence: Legal Profession Disrupted?
The introduction and widespread availability of ChatGPT gave rise to fears that lawyers will soon become obsolete. A representative news article is that by Jenna Greene, Will ChatGPT make lawyers...Read more
James Lau
Singapore
A Gold Standard for Clean Room Development to Protect From Intellectual Property Infections
In many situations, a company encounters intellectual property that it cannot allow to spread to a product in development. One example is a joint development project between two companies where...Read more
Bob Zeidman
President, Zeidman Consulting, USA
Lawyers, Workplace, Mental Health & Psychological Safety
In 2022, the European Union agency for occupational safety and health (EU-OSHA) conducted its ‘Flash Eurobarometer – OSH Pulse survey’, interviewing over 27,000 employed workers on the phone across all...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Impact of Sanctions on Russian Companies and Ways to Minimize Their Consequences.
This article is aimed at discussing the problems that Russian companies face in the context of sanctions imposed on the country and ways to solve them. To accurately identify problems...Read more
Elena Ogawa
PF Finance, LEVINE Bridge Company, Russia
Anastasia Maslova
Lawyer, Levine Bridge LLC, Russia