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Contracts as a Learning Cycle
Not all contracts are the same. In fact, a strategic goal among business people is to develop what are called relational contracts. Relational contracts reside at the opposite end...Read more
David Orozco
Bank of America Professor of Business Administration, Florida State University, USA
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
General Counsel’s Role in Mitigating Organisational Burnout
We continue to witness high levels of stress and burnout among in-house counsel and managers. General counsel (also called ‘lead in-house counsel’) can play a pivotal role in mitigating burnout...Read more
Constance E. Bagley
CEO, Founder, and General Counsel, Bagley Strategic Advisors LLC, USA
Pernille Steen Pedersen
Assistant Professor, Cbs, Denmark
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
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
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
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
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
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