Getting the Deal Through is delighted to<br />publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a<br />volume in our series of annual reports,<br />which provide international analysis in<br />key areas of law and policy for corporate<br />counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and<br />business people.
In this article key questions are answered by leading practitioners regarding business dominance.
Understand the global legal and regulatory landscape of data privacy, specifically how it relates to the transfer of data across borders; discuss the role of the in-house attorney as a privacy professional; learn the valuable role the information security officer plays in developing and maintaining data privacy, and the importance of creating a cooperative relationship; understand which components of the data protection umbrella are the domain of the info security team (tech) and which are the domain of the data privacy team (legal); and Learn to assess the risks of your current data privacy protocols.
Learn about key restructuring and insolvency laws in this multi-jurisdictional guide.
As governments continue to crack down on employers for immigration violations, maintaining compliance should be a top priority when it comes to global mobility. For instance, counsel must be diligent of work visas, bribery issues and foreign tax laws, to name just a few. To avoid having those short-term assignments become long-term headaches, take a look at this article.
Taking a company public serves as one of the most exhilarating journeys that a corporate lawyer can embark on. Are you ready to step into the limelight?
This session will address alternative resolutions and provisions from a seller and buyer’s prospective in negotiating a contract of sale for an office building or other commercial real estate. Issues may include payment of closing costs, title, representations and survival provisions, remedies for default, adjustments and closing deliveries. They may also include estoppel certificates, due diligence, casualty provisions, mortgage assumption provisions and interim leasing issues and buyer’s approval rights during the contract period. The material will be presented in a simulated cross-fire challenge, and panelists will be assigned to advocate for either the buyer or seller.
This article deals with doing business in the Asia Pacific Region.
Today’s legal profession is generationally diverse, with members of the baby-boom, Generation X and Millennial generation all present in the workforce. Companies, law firms and their clients can benefit from the various perspectives and experiences multigenerational teams bring to legal projects. But for legal managers, getting the most from a generationally diverse workforce can sometimes be a challenge because of the different expectations each demographic group may have about work.
ACC Docket July/August 2007: Ins & Outs: RFPs and Tenders, Should We, Really? Before you request an RFP, here are some tips to determine whether there might be a better alternative.
Cubans say the changes to their country’s socialist economic model will happen sin prisa, pero sin pausa – without hurry, but without pausing. That may be a good – or perhaps necessary – political strategy.
How can employers further their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives without inviting increased government scrutiny and potential litigation? This checklist for in-house counsel provides historical context, critical factors and next steps to take.
In Case You Missed It, the Law Department Management Network's January 2021 Legal Quick Hit was titled "M&A Dealmaking 2021: The Role of In-House Counsel." You can view this quick checklist, developed by Seyfarth Shaw LLP, to get a brief snapshot into the program.
This article developed by Womble Bond Dickinson starts the 11-month countdown to develop business compliance strategies for three new omnibus privacy laws coming in 2023: January 1: the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (which amends the existing CCPA) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act; July1: the Colorado Privacy Act.
An analysis of a current minimum-maximum case, Assembly Component Systems, Inc. v. Platinum Equity, L.L.C.
This article contains suggestions for setting the stage for successful collaboration.
A brief overview of the development of Islamic Finance over the past decade and changes to come.
In September 2008, in response to the disproportionate growth in legal costs relative to other business expenses, ACC launched the Value Challenge (AVC). Five years later, this article assesses the impact of the Value Challenge and invites internal and external counsel to take advantage of the AVC resource library and workshops.
Learn the key features of the proposal adopted on February 23, 2022 by European Commission (“Commission”) for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in the Netherlands.
Linking your corporate offices into a single intranet, while efficient, may expose your company to civil or criminal liability in other countries. Here's how to protect your company from these risks.
Cyberattacks have become more commonplace, but still pose one of the greatest risks to any organization’s survival. Therefore, general counsel should establish a plan to protect privilege long before a breach occurs.
Cyndi Wheeler, patent counsel for Apple, Inc., discusses the complexities and evolution of the patent process in today’s highly competitive market.
Faced with competing priorities and too little time, standard contract provisions are often glossed over. But these boilerplate provisions can have significant risks if you’re not careful—here’s what to avoid.
This is a pre-award survey and due diligence questionnaire for subcontractors and subrecipients.
Chinese M&A has become an increasingly important part of the global deal-making narrative. While appetites among Chinese acquirers for foreign assets were tepid as late as the mid-2000s, they have grown voraciously thanks to factors including weakened currencies in developed markets, attractive asset valuations overseas and China’s vast stable of cash-rich buyers positioned for overseas consolidation.
Welcome to the first of regular Squire Sanders Global M&A Briefings, produced in association with Mergermarket. In this series, Squire Sanders associates look at specific sectors and regions around the world, to bring you the latest on M&A trends, deal drivers and the outlook for the market. With up-to-the-minute transactional data and topical comment from their M&A experts on the ground, the Global M&A Briefings provide an essential insight to high-level deal making.
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