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Is the Offshore Still Offshore? The Impact of Corporate Governance Practice and IPO in the Shipping Market
Offshore is often synonym of lack of transparency and avoidance of responsibilities and tax liabilities. Any definition of offshore will focus on the friendly tax and easy legal system of...Read more
Pierre Pinto
Legal Counsel, Transocean Maritime Agencies, Monaco
Must Shops and Offices Now Go Green? - The New Energy Performance Regulations
The rather snappily entitled Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 ('Regulations') will effectively come into force on 6 April 2008.
The Regulations give effect to...Read more
Guy Walton
Property Lawyer, John Lewis Partnership, UK
Competition Law and the European Financial Services Sector: An Overview of Recent Developments
The European Commission has recently been channelling more resources to the enforcement of competition in the financial sector in an effort to combat the financial industry's continuing fragmentation. Contrary to...Read more
Phoebus Athanassiou
Principal Legal Counsel, European Central Bank, Germany
Restructuring In-House Counsel's Utilization of Law Firms: Reducing Legal Spend without Increasing Risk
Traditional assumptions underpinning the outsourcing of all aspects of cases to law firms by in-house counsel should be revisited in view of recent seismic changes in the legal environment. Law...Read more
Mark A. Cohen
Chief Executive Officer, Legal Mosaic, UK
Mark Besser
Chief Technology Officer/Partner , Qualitas Knowledge Management, USA
Reach of U.S. Hands Across the Waters May Impact
It's been "a hard day's night" for in-house counsel in the U.S. as the "revolution" from corporate confidante to corporate gatekeeper continued through 2007 into 2008. During this transition claims...Read more
Susan Friedman
Area Vice President & Group Coverage Counsel, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., USA
Reflections on cross border integration of organizations in a highly regulated environment and in particular legal department's role
When European exchanges merge cross borders, the role of in-house lawyers is important, not only during the actual merger, but also post merger in relation to the integration and harmonization...Read more
Magnus Billing
General Counsel, OMX Group, Sweden
Plant Variety Protection
Egypt has had ongoing Intellectual Property (.IP.) reforms since January 1st 2000 resulting from its accession to the World Trade Organization (.WTO.) in 1994 and the obligation to implement the...Read more
Karim El Helaly
National and senior legal consultant, Pwc, Egypt
How To Run Your In-House Legal Department Like a Profit Center
I have always had a love of business, even when I knew I wanted to be a lawyer. Reality set in at my first in-house position, during the height of...Read more
Susan Diehl
Partner, Trinitas Advisors, USA
The New Croatian Competition Act (2003) as an Instrument for Achieving Greater Economic Development through the Liberalization of the Market Access
The Competition Act in the Republic of Croatia has been in force since 1995. It was reviewed in 1997 and 1998. In 2003 there was another review of the Competition...Read more
Mirna Pavletic-Zupic
Member, Croatian Competition Council, Croatian Competition Agency, Croatia
Basic Patent Law in Brazil, and Recent Developments
The largest country in South America by both geography and population, Brazil was discovered by Portuguese explorers in 1500. It remained a colony of Portugal until 1822, when Brazil declared...Read more
Russell Boltwood
Lawyer, Innovative Interfaces, Inc., USA