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Legal - Procurement Collaboration: From Tactical to Strategic
From clerks using papyrus to record the amount of labour and materials needed for the construction of a pyramid through to Roman scribes creating contracts, allowing the empire to trade...Read more
Vincent Gautheron
Head of Legal Services Sourcing, The Royal Bank Of Scotland, UK
Savina Stoykova
Procurement Manager – Legal Services Sourcing, The Royal Bank Of Scotland, UK
Can I Destroy This? Managing Corporate Records in an Ever Expanding Recorded World
When one thinks of in-house corporate lawyers, they likely think of contract drafting and review, compliance matters, advising business lines and employees on legal issues, or advising executives on legal...Read more
Daniel Flynn
Corporate Legal Counsel, Heartland Financial USA, Inc., USA
Interpreting Business Rescue Provisions of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008: Secured Pre-Commencement Finance Versus Post-Commencement Finance
The South African Companies Act provides for a business rescue process. A current interpretational issue relates to the ranking of claims of creditors who provided secured Pre-commencement Finance in relation...Read more
Stef Du Plessis
In-house Legal Adviser, Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, South Africa
Mobile Payments in the EU: Overview, Legal Framework and Infrastructure and Challenges
The mobile payment revolution has started in our society and is already changing our ordinary lives by merging one of the oldest economic tools –money— with one of the most...Read more
Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
The Role of Legal Regulation in Banking Supervision.
What system works best in a post financial crisis setting?
The issues of regulation of banking supervision are usually the same in many financial systems. In most cases we have similar authorities and matching regulations to ensure that financial institutions...Read more
Digital Currency - may be a 'bit player' now, but in the longer term a 'game changer' for tax
The Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, has announced that the tax system is one of the key levers the government has to promote economic activity and...Read more
Dr Steven Stern
Adjunct Professor, College of Law & Justice, Victoria University, Australia
Is There Bite in the Amended Malaysian Housing Development Laws?
The Malaysian government has recently introduced major changes to the Housing Development Act 1966 (“HDA”) which is the mother of all housing development regulations in Malaysia. The HDA essentially governs...Read more
Angeline Yee Yi Wei
Vice President, Maybank, Malaysia
Understanding the Prohibition of Circumvention Under the EU Regulation on Interchange Fees for Credit and Debit Card Payment Transactions
1. The European Regulation on interchange fees’ cap to card based transactions, and its entry into force on 9 December 2015
2. Understanding the prohibition of circumventing the interchange fees’ cap
3. The Durbin...Read more
Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
PRIIPs Regulation and its Implementation: Consequences and Challenges
From 31 December 2016, manufacturers and distributors of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) will have to comply with the Regulation on Key Information Documents for Packaged Retail and...Read more
Emilia Petrocelli
Senior Compliance Officer, Mediobanca SpA, Italy
Cybersecurity: Overview of United States Guidelines
As the number of high profile data security breach headlines continue to mount around the world, so do the concerns for in-house counsel of how to prevent your company from...Read more
Rachel Stern
Senior Vice President, Strategic Resources, General Counsel , FactSet Research Systems Inc., USA
Dolores Longo
Corporate Attorney and Senior Business Analyst, FactSet Research Systems Inc., USA