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Why is there a need for additional EC-guidance on Art 41 of the 8th Directive
Participants in capital markets expect more from company boards and audit committees
than ever before. Shareholders expect (and deserve) transparent and reliable information
on all significant organisational aspects, not limited to financial...Read more
Roland de Meulder
Roland de Meulder, Special advisor to ECIIA Board of Directors (European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing ), FIAT SpA, Italy
Criminal Cartels and Liability of Corporate Managers
Recent cases in the UK and the US have highlighted the risks for company directors and managers taking part in cartels which are subject to criminal penalties under UK and...Read more
Beatrice Roxburgh
Senior Tutor, The University of Law, UK
Numbing the Expert Pinch: Avoiding Expert Disqualification in Construction Litigation
This is the era of the expert. Modern construction litigation is a morass of Critical Path Method schedules and other intricate details that all but cry out for expert testimony....Read more
Steve Butler
In-house Counsel, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc, USA
'thank you for your co-operation': A practical perspective on managing dawn raids and regulatory investigations
You can imagine the scenario: It’s Monday morning, 8:20am. The receptionists are just getting settled, and the few employees in the office are gathered around the coffee machine. All of...Read more
Frank Govaerts
General Counsel, Coca Cola, Belgium
The Real ID Act and the Public Administration of Global Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Policies
As a former prosecutor, I understood that each crime I prosecuted had certain “elements,” which must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt in order to secure a conviction. The “elements”...Read more
Bart Bevers
Attorney, Law Offices of Bart Bevers, USA
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
Taking Over a Private Retail Company in Argentina
The first thing to ask. What is the rationale for an acquisition?
Mergers and acquisitions are considered by bidders to achieve strategic goals like the expansion of assets, sales and...Read more
Eduardo Mariscotti
VP Human Resources Walmart US, Walmart, USA
Public tenders and public contracts in Italy. The issues that large groups have to face when bidding/contracting with Italian awarding bodies
Italian law on public procurement has recently undergone substantial modifications with the enactment of legislative decree 163 of 12 April 2006, as subsequently, in a typical Italian style, amended, lastly...Read more
Giovanni Monterverde
Vice President Legal and Compliance MEA, Alstom Transport, France
Binding Corporate Rules, the Accenture experience
As a result of the increased awareness of the need to have effective compliance programs in place, the concept of data privacy has recently become very much a hot...Read more
Anne Wilkes
Independent data protection consultant, ACW Privacy Consulting, UK
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