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A Note of Encouragement for Young Law Professionals
This note is for fresh graduates and young law professionals who, understandably, may be somewhat despondent and forlorn given that we are now in the third year of adapting and...Read more
James Lau
Singapore
ESG Colourwashing: Combating Modern-day Corporate Hypocrisy
Driven partly by the COVID-19 crisis, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria have gained significant relevance, creating a growing market demand for both ESG-based consumer and investor products. This is...Read more
Timo Matthias Spitzer
Head of Legal Corporate and Investment Banking Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Scandinavia, Banco Santander, SA., Germany
Klemen Kreca
Associate, Schönherr Attorneys at Law, Slovenia
Business rescue may be used to restructure South African state-owned companies
The year 2021 marked ten years since the introduction of a new restructuring and administration regime in South African law, known as "business rescue", by the Companies Act, 2008. Since...Read more
Lerothodi Mohale
Senior Associate, Cdh, South Africa
Sibonile Moyo
Head: Legal Investments (SA) , Development Bank of Southern Africa, South Africa
Copyright Protection of Websites
Russian Civil Code does not explicitly recognize websites as objects of copyright. This does not mean that websites are not protected by copyright, but implies the following questions instead: What...Read more
Natalia Gulyaeva
Office Managing Partner, Hogan Lovells (CIS), Russia
Vadim Nyunyaev
Head of the Intellectual Property Projects (Ph. D. in Law), Marketing Communications Department, Corporate Communications Block, Gazprom Neft, Russia
General Counsels & Lawyers- Influencers and Leaders in Sustainability
In recent years, we have seen extensive changes in the corporate landscape, not just to the commercial, legal and societal aspects but also how these changes have intertwined in increasingly...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Dispute Resolution in International Agreements: Jurisdiction Selection
1. On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted (51.9%:48.1%) to leave the European Union (the “EU”). The UK officially exited the EU on 31 January 2020, pursuant to the (domestically...Read more
John Doherty
Partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper, UK
Marcio Fernandes
Assistant General Counsel Commercial and Regional General Counsel Americas, British American Tobacco, UK
Eva McHale
Associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper, UK
There May Yet be Hope for Lawyers Exploring Relationship and Service Quality for Increased Value and as Competitive Barriers in Legal Departments
In his ominously titled book, “The End of Lawyers?” , Richard Susskind warns of the impending risk of lawyers being replaced by technology.
The legal industry is being fundamentally disrupted...Read more
Audrey Ng
Head of Legal, South East Asia, State Street, Singapore
An Open Systems Approach to Law, Strategy, and Sustainability: The Role of the In-House Counsel in the Anthropocene Era
In an embarrassing rebuke, referred to by some as “the vote heard round the world” (Le Berre, 2021), the board of directors of oil and gas giant ExxonMobil lost a...Read more
Constance E. Bagley
CEO, Founder, and General Counsel, Bagley Strategic Advisors LLC, USA
A Practical Lesson in Maritime Law
How I ended up practicing maritime law – and managing insurance claims in a small town in Norway – is a story of chance, luck and following my instincts.
My...Read more
Kim Jefferies
Senior Claims Executive and Legal Advisor, Gard, Norway
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This article is a detailed analysis of the “anti-profiteering” provisions under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 of the Indian legal regime. Apart from delving into the domestic...Read more
Vanita Bhargava
Senior Partner, Khaitan & Co., India
Dev Bajpai
Wholetime Director & Chief Legal Officer, Hindustan Unilever Limited, India