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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
From Sellafield to the States and back again: The journey of BNFL and the effect on its in-house legal services
This paper will discuss the development and ultimate decline of BNFL, a Government owned public limited company in the nuclear sector, and its in house legal team. It considers the...Read more
Sue Quint
Group Legal Director, Bnfl, UK
Protection of Trade Marks in Jamaica
This paper is intended to provide a brief overview of the legal framework for the protection of trade marks in Jamaica. I have noted a few of the “at a...Read more
Tara Carnegie
Legal Officer, Lascelles, deMercado & Co., Limited, Jamaica
Corporate Governance: Situation in India as compared to other countries with specific reference to Corporate Governance in US
Corporate Governance is one of the most discussed topics amongst Corporates today. The decade of 1990s could be remembered with the buzzword of ‘Corporate Governance’. It is a set of...Read more
Vivek Sadhale
Co-Founder, LegaLogic Consulting, India
Vikas Agarwal
Co-Founder, LegaLogic Consulting, India
From Private Practice to In-house - Making the Transition
Most people think that being in private practice is much more demanding or difficult than being in-house. In many ways this is true, such as routine working hours, complexity of...Read more
Alice Chan
General Counsel, Pacific Century Premium Developments, Hong Kong
Managing an Effective Investment Bank Legal Department
The role of an investment bank legal department head who manages both financing and capital markets transactions is twofold. It is in the first instance a defensive role, focused on...Read more
Hubert de Vauplane
General Counsel, Credit Agricole S.A., France
The future of the legal advisor - impact of technology
The modern law office is an amazing place when compared to the law office of the past.
If we go back only a little way, the modern law office may well...Read more
Ian McDougall
EVP & General Counsel, LexisNexis, USA
'Less law is better' - The Irish company law review
Major new reformed and consolidated Irish company law is imminent. The Companies Consolidation and Reform Bill, which has been in gestation for several years, is due to be published shortly...Read more
Marie Daly
Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Irish Business and Employers Confederation, Ireland