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New Framework for Outsourcing – A Challenge for Banks and Service Providers in the Interface Between technological Development and Regulatory Activism
The use of financial technology is increasingly important to banks and financial institutions. Financial institutions face the reality of operating in a fast-moving environment with an increasing technological development while...Read more
Ola Espelund
General Counsel, Marginalen Bank, Sweden
Suitability Requirements for Members of Corporate Bodies Within the Framework of an International Banking Group
Suitability requirements for members of corporate bodies are a key point for a sound corporate governance in banks and banking groups.
The Guidelines issued by EBA and ESMA in 2017...Read more
Resourcing an In-House Legal Department: What’s Enough?
In this paper, I discuss the requirements of an in-house legal department and the role of in-house counsel. Depending on the size of the organisation (all-encompassing term to include private...Read more
Nicolas Vielliard
Senior Counsel , Shawcor , Netherlands
Force Majeure and Pandemic
Since the COVID-19 broke out in December 2019 in central China, the lockdown of the entire country ensued and then the disease has grown exponentially around the world thereafter. Countries...Read more
Haitao Zhang
Director, Legal, Cnpc America, Canada
Future of Work in an Age of Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Technology 
I wrote this article to create greater awareness of the interconnection between work and technology and as a small contribution towards the wider, collective efforts for a human-centric future with...Read more
James Lau
Singapore
Elements of an Integrated Corporate Compliance System
The term compliance generally refers to the set of instructions and procedures that allow an organization to meet the requirements of a «rule», whether of a legislative or regulatory nature....Read more
Luca Franceschini
Head of Integrated Compliance, Eni S.p.A., Italy
Data Demystifying analytics to power the future of your business
Big Data has been around since the 1990s, and in that time many industries, such as healthcare, have used these datasets to enable enhanced decision making and optimize processes. However,...Read more
David Holme
CEO, Exigent Group Limited, USA
New Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) Rules for Share Deals in Germany
In Germany, real estate transfer tax (“RETT”) has to be paid in different percentages, depending on the respective federal state. This applies not only to asset deals but also to...Read more
Michael Schindlbauer
Legal Counsel, Eyemaxx International Holding & Consulting GmbH, Austria
What Makes a Great Compliance Leader?
Great leaders exercise emotional intelligence, and they are very adept at understanding their strengths and weaknesses as well as those around them and can assess a situation pretty accurately and...Read more
Fabiana Lacerca-Allen
Chief Compliance Officer, Cipla, USA
Laura Hamm
Sr. Director, Corporate Compliance, Aimmune Therapeutics, USA
Brenda Crabtree
Director, Compliance Auditing and Monitoring, Aimmune Therapeutics, USA
Lisa Mares
Executive Assistant, Compliance, Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., USA
Limits of Liability Provisions for IT Service Contracts
Some of the most negotiated and critical provisions in information technology (“IT”) service contracts are those relating to the limits and exclusions of liability. As a partner in private practice...Read more
Clive Davies
Senior Counsel and Professional Development Manager Legal & Commercial, UK&I, Fujitsu Services Limited, UK