Looking to achieve growth capital? Consider private equity investments. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these tips will help you prepare for and manage these transactions and relationships.
A brief overview of forum selection clauses in Europe, including statutory limits, international limits, and their use in international transactions.
Learn about the implications of the sanctions against Russia, regarding contract performance international arbitration.
The greatest disparities in the legal profession are found in the upper levels of legal executives, such as general counsel or managing partners. This article explores how life circumstances, skills, behavior, and the availability of mentoring contribute to these differences, and the potential for technology to break down barriers.
This multi-jurisdictional guide covers common issues in securitisation laws and regulations – including receivables contracts, receivables purchase agreements, asset sales, security issues, insolvency laws, special rules, regulatory issues, and taxation.
For items containing electronic parts there has been a rise in counterfeits. Recent regulations promulgated by the Department of Defense (DOD) address how to avoid procurement of counterfeits. Read this article if your company is a manufacturer or distributor of electronic parts.
In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding renewable energy across a range of jurisdictions.
When there's a new in-house counsel added to your team, or you might be the new one, you can follow these top ten suggestions to increase the probability of success in such a transition.
Once you understand the principles, you will nd these a lot easier and more fun to build than you might think, and they can be really valuable — to your company and to your own reputation within it.
Public reporting company status is traditionally prestigious, increases access to capital, improves liquidity and enables more favorable financing terms and opportunities. Yet public reporting company status exposes companies to the glare of public scrutiny and burdensome compliance obligations, often before they are ready to shoulder those responsibilities and sometimes without raising much capital or increasing liquidity and financing opportunities appreciably. In the meantime, the private equity markets increasingly dwarf the public markets and provide the overwhelming amount of capital markets investment. This article addresses the question of when should companies go public, and when should they stay private.
Brief overview of software copyright enforcement in the European Union and EU jurisdictions.
This article offers practical tips on how to "flip the coin," suggesting that in-house counsel help outside counsel become genuinely more client-focused and thus better able to deliver value, not just time and effort.
This article discusses the importance and specifics of international SOX compliance.
This resource covers important information to consider before investing in Indonesia.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the Intellectual Property and Small Law Department eGroups, addresses issues arising from contract clauses granting Buyer a license to use products he/she bought.
These are top ten recommendations for universities when engaging a search firm to recruit athletic directors and high level coaches in the United States.
This Top Ten addresses aspects of Colombian data protection law that your company should take into account when establishing a business in Colombia, since most of the companies will handle Personal Data (at least employees data) and therefore will have to comply with the Data Protection Law and its regulations.
In-house counsel are accustomed to the ritual of negotiating NDAs to prevent unauthorized use and disclosure of their company's confidential and proprietary information, but they often overlook the perils of overnegotiating NDAs. This article highlights these perils and offers practical tips for drafting and negotiating NDAs for U.S. and international companies in order to quickly conclude an NDA that conscientiously protects confidential and proprietary information, without the unnecessary extras.
This publication focuses on pivotal legal and regulatory developments in and affecting Hong Kong and the region over the past year, and highlight what to watch out for in the coming lunar Year of the Rabbit.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the Health Law and Employment & Labor eGroups, addresses the process of terminating an employee and the legal department's role in that process. The issues discussed include: 1) Company Checklist for Terminating an Employee, 2)When/How Legal Department Is Involved in Terminations, and 3) Legal Department Checklist.
This Quick Overview focuses on the way Colombian regulators have included the principle of accountability in the late regulation on data protection and the way such principle should be applied.
This Quick Overview provides an overview of the most recent developments in Colombian legislation regarding the emergence of financial services through virtual platforms under the technique known as fintech, especially the regulation on crowdfunding.
This Hands On will offer some tips on how to thread your way through the maze to focus on the most critical areas of risk management.
As the commercial real estate market begins to recover, the current tenant-friendly environment may begin to shift. However, there is still time to maximize your economic position under the current market dynamics by understanding several basic key issues. Recognize how your company can fortify an advantageous position today, rather than wallow in regret tomorrow.
Over the past 20 years, the number of patent litigation cases filed has increased sharply. At the same time, sky- high monetary demands and extraordinarily large awards for patent infringement have become more common. Fortunately for defendants, recent court decisions, changes in the federal rules, and proposed and enacted legislation provide new tools to combat such claims.
This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to enforcement of foreign judgments laws and regulations around the world.
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