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Fintech, Regtech and Impacts on In-House Legal Departments

“Fintech” is the acronym for financial-technology. Innovation is strongly changing the finance sector and such changes affect also the legal environment. On one hand, lawyers are asked to provide legal...Read more

Andrea Brancatelli
Assistant General Counsel , MoneyGram , Italy
From Compliance to Commitment: The Way We Work at Walmart

Walmart was my first introduction to the retail business. Before moving from Houston, Texas, to Bentonville, Arkansas, I spent the prior twenty years working for other large corporations in different...Read more
Daniel Trujillo
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer Walmart International, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., USA
Doing Business in Brazil From a Tax Perspective
For some years Brazil has been the option of some multinational companies when establishing their first presence in Latin America. As any another country, Brazil has its peculiarities such as...Read more

Paloma Mansano
West Europe/Latin America Legal Head, Bentley Systems, Incorporated, Brazil
PEP Talk: Dealing with a Politically Exposed Person on your Team

The concept of Politically Exposed Person (PEP) figures prominently in the know-your-customer due diligence required of financial institutions in the fight against bribery, corruption, money laundering and terrorism finance. By...Read more

Jürg Gassmann
Principal, Gassmann Consulting, Ireland
Metric Programs for In-house Counsel Work
Numbers don’t tell a story. We tell a story about the numbers.
In-house attorneys are under increasing pressure to produce numbers – metrics - which measure their work. The pressure comes...Read more
Suzanne Miller
Director and Managing Counsel, HP Inc., USA
The Proactive Approach to Intellectual Property
In-house counsel play a crucial role when developing and managing a company’s intellectual property portfolio. For example, through leading in the development and management of an effective and robust intellectual...Read more

Richard Sedory
General Counsel, Wastequip, USA
CAPE DISTRIBUTION LTD v CAPE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC
How a Parent Company May be Held Liable in Torts for the Negligence of its Subsidiaries

Interestingly enough, despite the fact that over the years the English Courts have handed down a considerable number of judgments on the issue of the extent of liabilities that a...Read more

Anna Lefcovitch
Solicitor, Arcadis, UK

Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK
IACCM Contracting Principles


Whether you are a customer or a supplier, Speed to Contract (“S2C”) produces benefits. The faster parties come to “yes,” the sooner critical products or services can drive a customer’s...Read more

Sally Hughes
Chief Executive Officer, IACCM - International Association for Contract and Commercial Management, UK

Lita Bollimpalli
Assistant General Counsel, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, USA

Hal Bretan
Chief Counsel, BT Americas Inc., USA
Legal Implications of Sustainable Value Chains for the Multi-National Company


Evolving international regulations are driving sustainability innovation and improvement in many value chains. Additionally, business-to-business relationships are further creating voluntary self-regulatory influences. This is impacting and complicating supply chain decisions...Read more

Deborah Eldridge
Law Professor, Saint Petersburg College, USA

Wende Huehn-Brown
Professor, Saint Petersburg College, USA
Client Centricity & the In-House Lawyer 
The practice of law has evolved, particularly given the advent of significant technological advances, enhancements, and the evolving nature of the business world. Twenty years ago, first year law students’...Read more

Kari Loeser
Senior Counsel, Jazz Pharmaceuticals , USA