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Interpreting Business Rescue Provisions of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008: Secured Pre-Commencement Finance Versus Post-Commencement Finance
The South African Companies Act provides for a business rescue process. A current interpretational issue relates to the ranking of claims of creditors who provided secured Pre-commencement Finance in relation...Read more
Stef du Plessis
Specialist In-house Legal Counsel, Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, South Africa
Certain Legal Problems and Risks in Frame Agreements
Perhaps the most important and frequent agreement in trade is a purchase/sales agreement of tangible goods. A frame purchase/sales agreement, in turn, is an agreement between two or more companies...Read more
Henri Hätönen
Senior Legal Counsel, Uponor Corporation, Finland
The Path of Duty Down Under
The focus of this paper is on the priority duties owed by Australian life companies and their directors to policyholders and addresses how those duties operate where the policyholder...Read more
Catherine James
Acting General Counsel and Executive General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Challenger Limited, Australia
A Glance at Some of the Challenges of the GC Role in Pharma
In the heavily regulated environment in which pharmaceutical companies operate, success is defined by ensuring corporate compliance with disparate laws and regulations without fettering the creativity and innovation on which...Read more
Galit Gonen
Senior Vice President & General Counsel for Teva Europe, Teva Pharmaceuticals, UK
Navigating Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions
The purpose of this article is to arm in-house counsel with the tools, facts and case studies necessary to guide and assist business leaders, as both a legal and business...Read more
Kelly Li
Deputy General Counsel, Waitex Group of Companies, USA
Intellectual Property Rights: New Approach Supporting Farmers’ Rights
Genetic diversity is and has been crucial for human survival and wellbeing. Plant genetic resources are of inestimable value to humankind. Since the beginning of agriculture, farmers, through careful selection...Read more
Juanita Chaves Posada
Farmers' Rights Capacity Development Manager, Global Forum on Agricultural Research- GFAR, Italy
Drilling Contracts: Post Macondo Considerations
This paper will discuss new issues in drilling contracts following the litigation regarding the BP Macondo well blowout incident. Considering the tens of billions of dollars in damages that were...Read more
Lisa Bagley Brown
Managing Counsel (Retired), Lisa B. Brown, Esquire, USA
The EPCM Delivery Model: A Contractor’s Perspective
Construction has always been a risky and disputes-prone business, but today’s commercially volatile market has kicked up a whole range of additional risks, creating ever more cases where time and...Read more
Ritankar Sahu
Corporate Counsel - Asia, Maxpower , Singapore
Ethics Complex
In order to effectively provide goods or services it is obviously beneficial to establish – and then maintain – an impeccable reputation for quality and integrity. Creating a working environment...Read more
Robert Miller
General Counsel/Ethics Officer, Eastern Illinois University, USA
Brand Protection; Considerations of a UK SME With Global Ambitions
The Carbon Trust is a world leading authority on climate change. Our mission is to accelerate the move to a sustainable, low carbon economy and we do that by advising...Read more
Stephanie Hanson
Senior Legal Counsel, The Carbon Trust, UK