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Earnouts: Advantages, Disadvantages and How to Structure Them
Mergers and acquisitions professionals often disagree on whether the use of earnouts is advisable for completing business acquisitions. Although earnouts can certainly help the parties complete a deal, experience has...Read more
Roque Romero
Regional General Counsel - Europe, Agility Logistics, Switzerland
From Legal Compliance to Cultural Competitiveness: The Role of the General Counsel in Risk Management
Reports of spectacular malfunctions at well-known international companies keep hitting the headlines. When we use the word ‘malfunctions’ in this context, we do not mean incidents caused by technical failure...Read more

Thomas Emch
Member of the Management Board, General Counsel, Conzzeta Holding AG, Switzerland
Creating a Legal Smart Grid
This article describes the benefits of creating a virtual network, designed to offer part-time lawyers and retirees a way back into the workforce in the most efficient manner, for the...Read more

Iain Jacobs
Managing Director, The Contract Centre, Switzerland
International Insurance Programs - Legal Frictions and Solutions
Risk transfer from multinational corporations to global insurance underwriters, together with associated servicing needs, are sometimes in discord with long standing regulatory insurance rules and tax requirements. Yet the Globalisation...Read more
Martin Strnad
Head Legal Global Corporate, Zurich Insurance Company, Switzerland
Regulatory Challenges in the introduction of the GSM services onboard aircraft
The development and popularity of mobile communications along with an expansion of internet and wireless technologies has transformed the way people communicate. Mobile telephony has become an integral part of...Read more
Yulia Koulikova
General Counsel, OnAir, Switzerland
Approaches to contracting: does the tail sometimes wag the dog?
This article will highlight the difference between commercial (usually more flexible) and corporate (usually more legal and sometimes more rigid) approaches to making and implementing contracts, and explore some of...Read more
Frank Sanford
Corporate Lawyer, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A, Switzerland
Corporations and Their Governance Between History and Practice
To talk about corporate governance means to talk about companies which are artificial persons created by law that often have a life beyond that of their members. The best definition...Read more

Stefano Catelani
Corporate Counsel, DuPont Co., Switzerland