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In-house v. Outside Counsel: Best of both worlds
Gone are the days when in-house counsels send out all relevant cases to just one outside counsel, with whom it had a good and solid relationship built over years and...Read more
Lisette Leuftink
Corporate Legal Counsel, Transavia Airlines C.V., Netherlands
Making M&A a Core Competency
For many companies, transactions involving acquisitions and dispositions of businesses (commonly referred to as mergers and acquisitions or M&A transactions) are extraordinary events that occur infrequently and require no in-house...Read more
Jeff Adelman
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, J2 Global, USA
On Stranger Tides of Regulation: In-House 'Lawyering' in the European and US Online Gambling World
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Martin Lycka
Legal Counsel , The Betfair Group , UK
The Transactional Side of the International Arbitration and the Role of Corporate Counsel
In the business community, almost 100% of arbitrations are initiated by companies. For them, arbitration is clearly an appropriate way to solve disputes when breaches of contracts or treaties...Read more
Jorge Perez-Vera
Senior Legal Counsel, Total Marketing Services, France
Compliance Challenges for In-House Counsel - Should ethical standards for conducting business be different from country to country?
Should ethical standards for conducting business be different from country to country? Since human behaviour in general must conform to ethics, a first answer seems to be "no". However, there...Read more
Karina Pelaez
Legal Assistant Manager & Chief Compliance Officer, Toyota Compañia Financiera de Argentina S.A., Argentina
Laws Private Sector Business Attorneys Should be Aware of When Negotiating With a Government Entity in the United States
The San Diego Association of Governments, known as SANDAG, is a regional government agency in San Diego County, California. The agency serves as a public forum for policy decisions about...Read more
Julie Wiley
Special Counsel, Sandag, USA
Understanding Commercial Dispute Finance in the United States
Litigation is always a costly proposition. Although fraught with risk, it often represents a party’s only hope for redressing wrongs. The decision to bring suit is a momentous one, with...Read more
Max Volsky
Legal and Financial Counsel, Lexstone Capital, USA
One Lawyer, Many Clients: Legal Representation of Parties with Conflicting Interests
This paper outlines a problem which the author has encountered in the course of her work as in-house legal adviser to the Irish Competition Authority.
The role of the Competition Authority
The...Read more
Noreen Mackey
Legal Adviser, Ireland's Competition Authority, Ireland
SOLIDIFYING THE CLOUD: How Cloud Services are Maturing and Becoming Mainstream
Some say that what is so incredible about the cloud computing phenomenon is the speed at which it has taken hold. What may be interesting to learn is that cloud...Read more
Joanna Cassey
Senior Corporate Counsel, Hewlett Packard Limited, UK
FUELING ORGANIC GROWTH: Business Expansion and Talent Acquisition
Business growth into new markets may occur through organic growth or acquisition. When acquiring a business enterprise, a company, through due diligence, will determine whether key relationships have been properly...Read more
Jo Anne Schwendinger
AGC Information Management, Deere & Company, USA