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Legal and Compliance Teams Making it to the Start Line
The first part of this article is coming together as I sit on an 11 hour flight to Buenos Aires, the first stop on my way to Antarctica to run...Read more

Reshma McGowan
Vice President, Barclays, USA
Assessing and Protecting Yourself from the Corruption Risks When Acquiring an Industrial Business

In recent years, we have seen a growing demand for compliance around the world, in particular in the heavy industry business. Reasons for that is of course the increase in...Read more

Nicolas Tollet
Senior Compliance Officer, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, France
Gregoire Finance
Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, France
Knock-for-Knock Indemnities and their Application in Oil and Gas Contracts in Argentina
Although knock-for-knock contractual indemnities (otherwise known as ‘mutual hold harmless’ or ‘bury your own dead’ indemnities) are common to oil and gas contracts worldwide, their usefulness in oil and gas...Read more

Juan Pablo Santopinto
Attorney, Global Legal Operations Group , Flowserve, Argentina
Evolving Role of General Counsel as the Torchbearer of Ethical Practices: An Indian Experience
Today’s General Counsel is truly a global counsel who may deal with laws, documentation, governance along with issues ranging from corruption and fraudulent practices amongst stakeholders to concerns about corporate...Read more

Rajeev Uberoi
Group General Counsel & Group Head - Legal & Compliance, Infrastructure Development Finance Company, India
Connecting Lawyers for the Legal Workplace of Tomorrow
After two years into a three-year transformation program, Atos’ legal department, supported by its management team has created an integrated legal department which works effectively, each lawyer becoming an innovative...Read more
Alexandre Menais
EVP Group General Counsel, Atos International, France
Mediation as a Dispute Resolution Mechanism in High Tech Industry Collaborations: A Look at Pharma and Biotech

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the pharmaceuticals and biotech industries should be looked at - as much as a means for saving on legal cost and managing litigation risk -...Read more

Jukka Muhonen
Director, Global Business Dev.& Alliance Management, Orion Corporation, Finland
Thinking and Assessing - Charge and Assignment Under English Law
I have been working as a lawyer for several years in Europe, in countries governed by different legal systems. I have learned to love English law because of its practical...Read more

Alessia Frisina
Chief Legal and Compliance Counsel, De Lage Landen Leasing Limited, UK
Information Privacy and the Law within these United States
To begin with, the right to privacy is not explicitly stated anywhere in the Bill of Rights. The idea of a right to privacy was first addressed within a legal...Read more

Joseph Bambara
Attorney at Law, WithersworldWide/UCNY, USA
Summoning the Muse
Imagine that you are in-house counsel negotiating a large and complex international IT transaction. The parties are interested in doing business together and but cannot agree on one of the...Read more

Todd Krieger
Director of International Transactions and Senior Counsel, InterSystems Corporation, USA
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Content in Africa: The Coming Storm?
The mobile phone (and the smart phone, in particular) is increasingly displacing other mediums as a way to channel content. Given the growth and importance of the telecommunications industry in...Read more

Akbar Hussain
Sr. Legal Manager - Africa, Airtel Africa, Kenya