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Regulation of Hybrid Financial Instruments Proposed by the OECD
Nowadays, more and more companies are involved in cross-boarder transactions. One of the mechanisms to obtain tax advantages from such transactions is the usage of hybrid financial instruments. In last...Read more
Ekaterina Pleskova
Tax Analyst, Netherlands
Contract Drafting and Negotiation in Multiple Languages
Having managed legal and contractual matters in multiple jurisdictions, I have heard over the past years many professionals based in the US and in the UK raising this usual question:...Read more
Pablo Cilotta
International Senior Legal Counsel & Head of Contract Management (EMEA & Latin America), Argentina
Bounds and Pitfalls When Splitting the Choice of Law 
For most in-house lawyers dealing with international contracts is a daily and ordinary task. In the multi-state context where the contract has a connection to more than one jurisdiction the...Read more
Andreas Schønbeck
Attorney-at-law, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Denmark
The Law on Leads: Responsible Engagement with the Lead Generation Sector
In today’s marketplace, businesses must continually look for innovative ways to attract new customers in order to thrive. Technological advances have presented new opportunities for reaching individual consumers, but the...Read more
Kate Wellington
Lead Lawyer - Policy & Communications, Which?, UK
Compliance Blueprint
I have many years working within the field of Engineering within the Ministry of Defence, Automotive, Petrochemical and recently, (for the last 10 years) NHS (“National Health Service”) Estates management,...Read more
Michael Jemmott
Senior Compliance Manager, Skanska Facilities Services, UK
Vigorous Pursuit, Feeble Results: Advocating Feasible Policy Options to Past & Present Anti-Offshoring Legislative Initiatives at State & Federal Levels in the United States
The term offshoring is sometimes used interchangeably with outsourcing, but the former is only a variant of the latter. “Outsourcing often refers to the transfer of a support function traditionally...Read more
Kingsley Osei
Lead Project Counsel, State University of New York, USA
Antitrust Matters in Takeovers!!
The elemental axiomatic truth about jurisprudence and strategic management in takeover settings is that a crucial area that lies at the intersection is a least understood area. Antitrust issues, as...Read more
Selected Consumer Data Privacy Issues in the Drafting and Negotiating of Digital Advertising Contracts
The friction between technology and privacy continues to flare white hot this year. Revelations by Edward Snowden that the US government had and was using its ability to monitor nearly...Read more
Michael Geroe
SVP, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Adknowledge, Inc., USA
A Consideration of The Role of The Company in Contemporary South African Society and The Traditional Concept of Directors Duties
Corporate South Africa has become entrenched in a plethora of tag lines such as “social responsibility”, “corporate social investment” and the “triple bottom line” in an apparent effort to “give...Read more
Darryl Jago
Legal Advisor, Total South Africa (Pty), South Africa
Being Social: The FDA Pronounces on Interactive Promotional Media
In the United States, consumers are increasingly turning to social media to obtain information about pharmaceutical products and devices, to research medical conditions, and obtain information about potential treatments, available...Read more
Marianne Slivkova
Senior Corporate Counsel, Acorda Therapeutics, USA