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Trademarks in Mergers and Acquisitions
In many cases, when a company or business is acquired or where there is a merger of companies, the trade mark portfolio of the target company is ignored as unimportant....Read more
Su-Lin Ang
Head of Legal, Intellectual Property, Group Legal Department, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
Managing an Effective Investment Bank Legal Department
The role of an investment bank legal department head who manages both financing and capital markets transactions is twofold. It is in the first instance a defensive role, focused on...Read more
Hubert de Vauplane
General Counsel, Credit Agricole S.A., France
Evolving Financial Consumer Protection Standards in Columbia: Issues for Legal Counsels
In Colombia, banking has never been just another line of business activity. It has historically been classed as a public service, which has given rise to numerous forms of intervention...Read more
Antonio Núñez
Lawyer, Nuñez Rincon Abogados Consultores, Colombia
Regulatory Practice in U.S. Banking Organizations: Recent Trends and Current Developments
Various developments over the past two decades have dramatically changed the work of regulatory lawyers in large and complex U.S. banking organizations. These...Read more
John Wright
Assistant General Counsel, Regulation and Compliance Section, Wells Fargo, USA
In-house Legal Counsel in a Bank: Tasks and Chances
With this article we intend to show the role of in-house legal counsel in an Italian bank, with a particular focus on the specific problems it has to face in...Read more
Luca Bonzanini
General Counsel, UBI Banca S.c.p.a., Italy
Competition Law and the European Financial Services Sector: An Overview of Recent Developments
The European Commission has recently been channelling more resources to the enforcement of competition in the financial sector in an effort to combat the financial industry's continuing fragmentation. Contrary to...Read more
Phoebus Athanassiou
Principal Legal Counsel, European Central Bank, Germany
Reflections on cross border integration of organizations in a highly regulated environment and in particular legal department's role
When European exchanges merge cross borders, the role of in-house lawyers is important, not only during the actual merger, but also post merger in relation to the integration and harmonization...Read more
Magnus Billing
General Counsel, OMX Group, Sweden
Exporting Best Legal Practices to a Japanese Head Office
In the United States, the role of corporate general counsel has grown over the last several years. Highly publicized corporate scandals, some highlighting either actual or perceived deficiencies in the...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
Shareholder Engagement and Performance
The question of whether there is a link between shareholder engagement and performance is significant for a fund manager such as Hermes, which undertakes engagement work on behalf of a...Read more
Hans-Christoph Hirt
Associate Director-European Corporate Governance, Hermes Pensions Management, UK
Internal Dealing Preventive Measures: How to Face it In the Day-to-Day Companies Activity?
The work intends to give a brief insight to the most common difficulties public listed companies and in-house counsel face in trying to implement the insiders' list prevention measure in...Read more
Francesco Ferrini
Lawyer, IURA Plus, Italy