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Letting Lawyers be Lawyers: Principles of Legal Value Optimization
Many legal futurologists proclaim the coming of a dystopian world for lawyers. In this world, the rise of automation requires the fall of lawyers. We are more optimistic, and see...Read more
Paul Daly
Co-Founder and Legal Academic, Navigate.legal and University of Cambridge, UK
Earthquake Underneath the Canal De Craponne
France, the 16th century. On June 22, 1567, the Honorable Adam de Craponne committed to dig a canal in order to water the vineyards, orchards, pastures and other properties belonging...Read more
Benoit Holvoote
Legal Counsel & Risk Manager, Ingredia, France
Privilege in the International Corporate Context
As corporations become increasing international in the 21st century, in-house counsel located in one country are frequently asked to provide legal advice to employees, executives, and divisions located in different...Read more
Sriranga Veeraraghavan
VP, Legal, Xperi Corporation, USA
The lawyer’s Paradox: The Link Between Personality and Psychopathology in Lawyers
When it comes to mental health, lawyers appear to be their own worst enemies. Research over the past several decades has identified that certain traits and characteristics correlate with success...Read more
Danielle Brezina
Legal Counsel, Law Branch, Alberta Energy Regulator, Canada
Learning to Collaborate and Share Cyber Threat Intelligence in the Fight Against Social Engineering Fraud Facilitated by Human Error
This article is intended for in-house counsel to help create greater awareness of social engineering fraud, the need for collaboration and sharing cybersecurity threat intelligence and to help cascade commonsensical...Read more
James Lau
Singapore
Exclusion of Liability for 'Consequential Loss'
One of the first things that most lawyers learn when they enter the real world of commercial transactions is that liability for “consequential losses” is to be excluded under all...Read more
Christopher Parr
Director, The Legal Director, UK
The Single Best Lesson You Can Teach in Ethics Training: Secrets Hate Being Kept.jpg&w=256&q=75)
When you train your people on your company’s code of ethics, what is the single-most useful lesson you can impart? What is the one thing you want everybody to take...Read more
Mark Ohringer
Global General Counsel, Jones Lang LaSalle, USA
Innovation and Litigation
I have been very fortunate in my career to work with innovative and interesting people, including clients and contacts from different industry sectors around the world and many colleagues and...Read more
Mary Shields
Head of Legal Europe, Sensata Technologies Inc, UK
Allegations of Apparent Bias or Suspicion of Bias Must Be Substantiated by Sustainable Evidence: Speculative Evidence Will Not Do 
Allegations of bias against arbitrators or arbitral tribunals are not uncommon in the world of commercial arbitration. The High Court has been required to deal with a number of allegations...Read more
Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK
How to Structure a €1bn Pan-European Office Portfolio Sales Transaction for Four German Open-Ended Real-Estate Funds – The Union Investment ‘Aqua Portfolio’ Transaction
In 2015, French investor Amundi Immobilier bought the €1bn Aqua Portfolio from Union Investment Real Estate GmbH, Hamburg (“Union Investment”) in what was shaping up to be one of the...Read more
Darius Soglowek
Legal Counsel Real Estate (Syndikusanwalt), Union Investment, Germany
Marc Lauterfeld
General Counsel Real Estate, Union Investment, Germany
Roman Reher
Legal Counsel, Head of Real Estate Transactions, Union Investment, Germany