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Making Your Business One of the Most Ethical Companies
in the World
On March 15, 2011, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. in Japan, was recognized by the Ethisphere Institute (www.ethisphere.com) as one of the “2011 World’s...Read more
Greg Coplans
Executive Vice President, Emeritus, Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, USA
Corporate Governance Principles in Denmark - Ticking a Box or Driving Shareholder Value?
Any Danish company which has its securities admitted to trading on a regulated market has been exposed to regulation on Corporate Governance throughout the last decade. The Danish Committee on...Read more
Mike Butcher
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Veolia Environment UK Limited, UK
Democratic Legitimacy in the Context of Lisbon Treaty
Increasing democratic legitimacy in the whole European Union is a ‘‘healthy thing’’, so as to avoid current crises in the future, which in one way or another are related to...Read more
Ujkani Emrush MA
Lecturer, University for Business and Technology, Faculty of Law, Kosovo
The Development of Norwegian Standard Form Contracts in the North Sea and their Utilisation in other related Business Sectors
This article presents some main features of the Norwegian Standard Form Contracts used in the offshore petroleum sector for services, and their feasibility for utilisation in related type of services,...Read more
Jonas Heli
Legal counsel, Aker Solutions, Norway
The New Age in Telecom and IT: A Privacy and Data Protection Perspective
The current developments in telecommunications and information technology enable the unprecedented generation, collection, storage and transmission or transfer of significant amounts of data, including personal data.
The new applications developed by...Read more
Anca Plovie
Senior Legal Counsel, Alcatel-Lucent Bell NV, Belgium
Negotiating and Drafting an Agreement from a Swedish Law Perspective in Comparison with Agreements Drafted in Common Law Jurisdictions
As in-house counsels working in an international environment, we face the daily challenge of drafting agreements in English that may be ruled under the law of a foreign jurisdiction. Combining...Read more
Silvina Peñaloza Isacson
Head of Legal Northern Europe, BSH Home Appliances, Sweden
Contractual Frameworks: Case Study Between the Oil Companies and the FPSO Operators
The market for floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs) has grown fast over the past decades. Although not untouched by the financial crisis, the FPSO sector recuperated relatively quickly,...Read more
Gry Bratvold
Legal Counsel, Kyllingstad Kleveland Advokatfirma DA, Norway
Consortium and Special Purpose Vehicle Evolution Within French Partnership Contract Legal Framework
As in many European countries, French public authorities can contract out certain public functions through public-private partnerships. However, each public authority’s decision to contract out its public functions needs...Read more
Jean-Baptiste Morel
Major Projects Legal Counsel, Colas, France
Arbitration Under art. 81 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
The purpose of this article is to analyze whether the EU judicial system is able to ensure the correct application of art. 81 of the Treaty of Functioning of the...Read more
Giulio Palermo
LLM in International Commercial Arbitration, Stockholm University, Italy
Introducing, Implementing and Improving Compliance; Challenges in Cross Boarder Environment and Market Entry Situations
During previous years, the M&A transaction field has been less active. Nevertheless the market is starting to merge again and transactions are appearing on the desks of in-house counsels. In...Read more
Diana Maher
Senior Legal Counsel, Kone Corporation, Finland