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Negotiating English Language Contracts Subject to Foreign Laws and Regulations
What do we do when we are a service provider and the client insists on its own contract written under a law other than English? Whilst the commercial instinct may...Read more
Carole Cotter
Legal Adviser, Currently with BlackRock, UK
The Competition Act of Malaysia
The Competition Act of Malaysia was passed in July 2010. The said Competition Act 2010 (the “Act”) came into force on 1 January 2012. The objective of the Act is...Read more
Nazlan Ghazali
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Maybank, Malaysia
General Counsel: Challenge to Stay Focused in a World of Organizational Distractions, Limitations and Restrictions
The General Counsel of any organization plays a vital role in the success—or failure—of the organization, and his or her responsibilities legitimately span the full spectrum of that organization’s activities...Read more
Bruce Ortwine
General Counsel (retired), Americas; Adviser, Global Legal and Compliance (Retired), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., USA
Managing Legal Risks Associated with Private Banking in Asia
The private banking industry in Asia is growing very quickly with numerous banks making significant investments (both organic and inorganic) in the region. This development is in line with the...Read more
Jonathan Boswell
Head of Legal, Barclays Asia - Wealth, Commercial Contracts and Litigation, Barclays Bank, Singapore
Balancing the Baby and the Bathwater, a Risk-Based Approach to Subsidiary Corporate Governance
How should corporate governance apply to subsidiaries of large international organisations? How do directors at the subsidiary level discharge their duties? How often should they meet and what level...Read more
James Kruger
Head of Legal, Macquarie Securities Group, Hong Kong
Data Protection Issues on Global Loan Portfolio Sales
The current economic and financial situation is providing for interesting investment opportunities in consumer loan portfolios owned by banking entities in many countries. While these portfolios may comprise either performing...Read more
Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
How to Set-up a Compliance Function and Make it a Strategic Partner to an Organisation
Over the past few years, we have witnessed a great deal of corporate scandals from financial and non-financial institutions which were caused in part by failures of corporate culture, ethics...Read more
Robert Payawal
Legal and Compliance Manager, Abu Dhabi Finance, UAE
Harmonisation for Consumer Finance Organisations in the Context of the Data Protection and Passporting Directives - A Critical Review
This article looks at the conflict between commercial and legal aspects of EU policy making. In particular in the consumer finance sector whether two fundamental planks – Data Protection and...Read more
Solomon Osagie
Chief Legal Counsel, TSYS International, UK
A Bird's Eye View of the Regulatory Framework of Payment Systems in Albania
It is evident that payment and settlement systems play an important role for the stability and efficiency of the financial sector and the economy of a country as a whole....Read more
The Legal Framework of Credit Information Systems: A Comparative Approach of the Albanian Context Within the EU Perspective
In this paper I shall endeavour to analyse the current legal framework applied to the Albanian credit information system, as well as the practical information and raison d’être behind such...Read more