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A Succession of Parties; When Does a State Succession Terminate a Contract?
Changes in governments and the overthrow of States are increasingly commonplace. Drafters of long term contracts with Sovereign States, be they loan agreements or natural resources or infrastructure investment agreements,...Read more
Reg Fowler
Senior Legal Counsel, Shell International BV, Netherlands
Smart Risk Assessment for Compliance Risk
Successful management of compliance risk lies at the heart of the compliance mission statement. Practical efforts to develop and expand upon existing methodologies are ongoing, with the goal of identifying...Read more
Maik Ebersoll
Head of Legal Operations, Linde AG, Germany
Florian Stork
Associate Senior Counsel – Compliance EMEA, The Linde Group, Germany
Getting to the Heart of The Business: How Legal is Moving up The Value Chain: Driving Efficiency and Effectiveness in a Global Legal Team
In the post financial crisis world of greater regulatory scrutiny and a stronger focus on corporate governance and compliance, the enforced modus operandi for many legal and regulatory teams is...Read more
Ruth Daniels
General Counsel, CPA Global Management Services Limited, UK
The AstraZeneca Competition Case: Patent Strategies Constituting Abuse of Dominance
On 6 December 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union affirmed that AstraZeneca abused its dominant position by engaging in certain intellectual property strategies aimed at protecting its...Read more
Bart Goddyn
Senior Legal Counsel, TiGenix , Belgium
The Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis ('GFC') Continue to Present an Interesting Challenge for Company Secretaries to Navigate.
The impacts of the Global Financial Crisis (“GFC”) continue to present an interesting challenge for company secretaries to navigate.
In the wake of the GFC, an ever-changing and uncertain corporate governance...Read more
Tim Hartin
Group Company Secretary, Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia
Rachel Saffron
Company Secretary, Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia
Suzanna Dabski
Company Secretary, Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia
Eight Customers You Don't Want and How Four of Them Can be Reformed: Qualifying the Sale from an In-House Counsel's Perspective
With quarterly targets, annual goals, sales incentives, and aggressive sales management, how could you suggest that your client assess the viability of a transaction or even reject the pending sale...Read more
Todd Krieger
Director of International Transactions and Senior Counsel, InterSystems Corporation, USA
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Leveraging Technology to Address Common Legal Department Tasks
When implemented correctly, technology and technological developments can be leveraged to increase legal department efficiency and productivity, and can reduce legal department spend. Our article will describe how CEVA Logistics...Read more
John Price
Global Litigation & Compliance Counsel, CEVA Logistics, USA
Rebecca Schutt
Compliance & Records Manager (Global), CEVA Logistics, USA
Overview of Managing Legal Complexity by Multi-National Companies (MNCs) While Doing Business in India
The Indian economy with a GDP size of $2.13 trillion is the 8th largest in the world and is currently growing at between 5-6% (down from 8-9% less than 5...Read more
Vijay Krishnamurthy
CFO, Company Secretary & Legal Head, Smartplay Technologies (India) Pvt., India
What Extraterritorial Application of Competition Law Means for MNCs
Several competition law regimes around the world, including the EU and the USA, have adopted rules allowing their respective authorities to apply domestic competition law to activities occurring outside of...Read more
Michael Ristaniemi
Legal Counsel, Metsäliitto Cooperative, Finland
Enterprise Risk Management and the Role (and Life) of the In-House Counsel
Over the past decade, the financial services industry has adopted the language of enterprise risk management, e.g., ERM. Although it can seem otherwise, the mass production of checklists, heatmaps, and...Read more
Pete Maloney
Legal and Compliance Executive, Formerly QBE, USA