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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), USA
Set-off in the Context of Receivable Financing
The English law on set-off bears particular importance to modern commercial and financial transactions. Unlike the lender-borrower structure in conventional loans, the implications of set-off are more complicated in the...Read more
Pamelyn Lee
Vice President, Global Corporate & Sales Financing, Huawei Technologies, China
e-Discovery - tips to a successful strategy:
The wealth of electronic information generated today makes pre-litigation planning for corporate lawyers and their legal advisors more important than ever before. The huge volume of data to identify, collect,...Read more
Frances McLeod
Frances McLeod, Managing Director, FRA (Forensic Risk Alliance), USA
Greg Mason
Co-founding Partner, FRA (Forensic Risk Alliance), 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
FIVE KEYS known as 5S - a way of Total Quality Environment
5S is a Japanese concept which seeks to keep the workplace and even the home in an orderly and systematic manner so that at any point everything could be located...Read more
Bala Balakrishnan
In-House Counsel, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, India
Role of In-House Counsel in Transnational Operations
A fundamental role of in-house legal counsel is to assist the operations teams in identifying, assessing and tailoring their procedures to ensure compliance with applicable requirements and to address the...Read more
Philip Kessack
Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel, AECOM Technology Corporation, USA
Compliance: A Restated Definition
It is commonly accepted to state that ethics refers to shared values. It is in essence a values – based approach. . It appeals to one’s sense of ethics,...Read more
Guido De Clerq
Deputy Secretary General, GDF Suez, France
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
Redrawing the Boundaries: Dodd-Frank's Impact on the Regulatory Framework of the Energy Market
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) into law. Title VII of Dodd-Frank establishes a new regulatory framework for over-the-counter...Read more
Andreas Gustafsson
Partner, Stockholm University - Swedish Corporate Governance Institute, Sweden
Aaron Horn
Vice President, Office of General Counsel, Nasdaq Omx, USA
Antitrust Damages Actions in Europe Pitfalls and Opportunities From a Corporation's Point of View
In recent years, the volume of private damages actions has increased substantially in the national courts of EU Member States. In England and Wales, for example, the number of private...Read more
Peter Bergson
General Counsel, Fingerprints, Sweden