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The Wates Principles: Corporate Governance in Large Private Companies


On 10 December 2018, the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the final version of the Wates Principles for Large Private Companies. This is the first shot at drafting a...Read more

Emiliano Berti
Head of Legal and Compliance, Europe, Nokia Corporation, Italy

Ioli Tassopoulou
Head of Legal and Compliance, UK and Ireland, Nokia , UK
Non-Price Discrimination in the Greek Wholesale Electronic Communications Market – The Decision of the Greek NRA and Competition Authority (EETT)

The Greek case of ‘Non-discrimination’ in the Electronic Communications market - (EETT Decision N. 826/04/2017 )
During 2017, the Greek NRA EETT , which represents both the NRA and the Competition...Read more

Xanthi Bitzidou
Senior Lawyer, E.E.T.T, Greece
The Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance 2018: An Ethical Approach to the Nigerian Corporate Governance System?

The utility of good corporate governance practices cannot be overemphasised in any organisation, as sound processes evincing the principles of transparency, fairness and accountability have become imperative for national and...Read more

Similoluwa Somuyiwa
Associate, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Nigeria
The Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance 2018: An Ethical Approach to the Nigerian Corporate Governance System?

The utility of good corporate governance practices cannot be overemphasised in any organisation, as sound processes evincing the principles of transparency, fairness and accountability have become imperative for national and...Read more

Olayimika Phillips
Partner, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Nigeria

Oretayo Olajide
Company Secretary/Director, Legal Services, Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited, Nigeria
Requirements in SEP License Negotiations - Substantiating a FRAND Offer – The Relation Between Confidentiality Issues and Providing Evidence for its Own Fair and Reasonable Position

In its Huawei/ZTE decision of 16 July 2015 (Case C-170/13) concerning injunction requests based on standard essential patents (SEPs) in litigation, the ECJ provided guidance in relation to the appropriate...Read more

Florian Schmidt-Bogatzky
Attorney, Bird & Bird, Germany
Requirements in SEP License Negotiations - Substantiating a FRAND Offer – The Relation Between Confidentiality Issues and Providing Evidence for its Own Fair and Reasonable Position
In its Huawei/ZTE decision of 16 July 2015 (Case C-170/13) concerning injunction requests based on standard essential patents (SEPs) in litigation, the ECJ provided guidance in relation to the appropriate...Read more

Clemens Heusch
Head of European Litigation, Nokia , Germany
Digitalisation & Data Protection – Changing Landscape of Indian Telecom Sector
The telecommunications sector in India is witnessing rapid changes through consolidation and an increase in the number of subscribers with significantly higher data usage across country, in recent times.
The...Read more

Saswata Dhar
Executive Vice President Legal & Country Counsel, Vodafone India, India
The Psychology of Legal Innovation
Lawyers contain all of the latent creativity required to shape their personal and professional worlds. Unlocking that potential is a matter of expectation and exposition. Cost pressure and urgency have...Read more

Bruce Hardy
Legal Counsel - Technology, Innovation & IP, Telstra Corporation, Australia
The Legal Tech-Train is rolling - better get on board!
When discussing the future of the legal services profession today, it is practically impossible not to talk about “Legal-Tech”. Entire conferences, so-called “Hackathons”, are dedicated to it , Legal-Tech start-ups...Read more

Dirk Naumann
Executive Vice President of Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance, and Chief Legal Officer , Orange Business, International
Competition Law, Big Data and Privacy
For years, big data has been the hot buzzword across industries. At the same time, the debate about big data and its implications for competition law has grown louder. The...Read more

Maria Wasastjerna
Senior Legal Counsel Competition Law, Nokia, Finland