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The recent proposals for a reform of the German patent act:
A true ‘modernisation’ of the patent system?
The ‘modernisation’ of the patent law has dominated the debates around intellectual property in Germany in recent times. The need for changes to the current system has been controversially discussed...Read more
Spyros Makris
IPR Policy Manager, Ericsson GmbH, Germany
Ten Things Civil Law-system Lawyers Should Know About Common Law Contracts (That They Didn’t Teach Me at Law School)
My most sincere apologies to those readers who are qualified in common law jurisdictions as this paper is mainly addressed to an audience of civil law-system lawyers who, as myself,...Read more
Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
Non-Profit Organizations: Protecting Well-Meaning Volunteers From Personal Liability
This foundation pertains to one of the largest, oldest, and most prestigious, international non-profit genealogical organizations in the world, headquartered in the USA (the “Parent Organization”), that has Member organizations...Read more
Charlie Morgan
Principal and General Counsel, HessMorganHouse LLC, USA
Bills of Lading Forum Clauses and International Conventions:
Is there a Fundamental Flaw?
The last century had witnessed a number of efforts to harmonise the rules on carriage by sea through international conventions, which have continued in this century. These conventions are Hague...Read more
Petar Kragic
Legal counsel , Tankerska Plovidba dd, Croatia
You Bought It; Now Don’t Mess It Up! A Guide to Improving the Post-Acquisition Integration Process
This paper reviews certain complexities related to the post-acquisition integration process, focusing on the legal corporate function and other departments dedicated to risk prevention.
Study after study has shown that...Read more
Sarah Schwartz
Senior Legal Counsel, Mergers and Acquisitions, Amadeus, Spain
Putting CISG-Based Sales Terms and Conditions into Practice
When an international company grows through the acquisition of small independently run businesses, ingrained and traditional procedures are not easily standardized. In the case at hand, standardizing sales terms and...Read more
Cathy Lynn Danzer
Compliance Counsel, Danzer Holding AG, Austria
Bridging the Savings and Investing Gap: A New Approach to Terms for Retail Investment Services
In this article we discuss how our work putting a better understanding of consumers at the heart of everything we do and our work readying Barclays for Open Finance, incentivised...Read more
Claire Mooney
Lawyer, Barclays, UK
Sally Wallwork
Lawyer, Barclays, UK
Compliance Risk Management: A Game-changing Strategy in Mergers & Acquisitions
In a context where companies are facing increasingly complex regulatory requirements, more stringent legal enforcement restrictions and NGO activism (including ethical and environmental), the compliance part of the M&A due...Read more
Camelia Gardot
Compliance Partner- Head of Connected Intelligence, Airbus, France
Isabelle Rust
Head of Third Party Compliance Management , Airbus Defence and Space, Germany
Global spread of DPA regimes: What they mean for multinationals
On 31 January 2020, aerospace giant Airbus SE entered into coordinated agreements with the French, UK and US authorities in the largest corruption enforcement action in history. The company was...Read more
Daniel Igra
Investigations Counsel, Nokia Corporation, UK
The Rights of Non-citizens
All people should, by virtue of their essential humanity, enjoy all human rights. Exceptional distinctions, for example between citizens and non-citizens, can be made only if they serve a legitimate...Read more
Laura Rudnyanszky
CLO, Teleperformance Romania, Romania