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This guide provides an overview of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure obligations within the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

During M&A transactions, the needs and concerns of the acquired company’s management team are often overlooked, causing discontent and slowing down the process. This article explains how the engagement of attorneys during the sale can keep things moving, and provides examples that the seller, buyer, and key executives should consider in order to keep everyone happy during the process.

IP and Innovation - presentation held in Melbourne 23 May 2017.

This article details the recommendations proposed by the task force and how they represent significant modifications to the Model Rules on issues that will have a substantial effect on corporate lawyers

A panel of experienced in-house lawyers and industry professionals will address the viability of the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine relating to corporate communications, specifically regarding internal and external public relations professionals and other third parties. With more and more sensitive information at the disposal of internal and outside parties, diligence is paramount. The audience will walk away from this session with a thorough understanding of what falls under attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine and how to best maintain those protections, as well as a checklist of considerations for future reference.

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.

This article discusses the MiFID II regime for access by financial institutions located outside the EU to EU customers and markets.

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.

When Is Counsel's Review of Materials "in Anticipation of Litigation?"

Opposing counsel can sometimes forget to "scrub" an electronic document clean before sending it for others to view. However, stop and read this article before considering mining the metadata. Ethics rules protect even the forgetful.

This is a sample catering agreement between a hotel and organization.

This panel of securities litigation and regulatory enforcement counsel will review recent insider trading trends in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. The panel will review how the courts and securities regulators have dealt with insider trading cases and provide practical tips on how in-house counsel can protect their corporation if proceedings begin against an employee for insider trading.

These are sample intellectual property and government contracts training materials.

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This article summarizes the 2013 reform of the German Competition Law and assesses the potential impact on competition practice in Germany.

How can the developer help to ensure that the development will indeed remain “prestigious” and “premier”, even after all the strata lots in the development are sold and the developer steps out of the picture?

Between 1 January 2010 to 30 April 2013, approximately 19 Mainboard RTOs were announced on the SGX-ST, out of which only six were successfully completed as at 30 April 2013. While there is no similar publicly available data in relation to IPOs, the foregoing does illustrate that the RTO route is no assurance of a successful listing.

A sample of an exclusive Sales Representative Agreement between a company and a Kuwaiti sales agent entity, for the promotion of the company's product and the solicitation of orders.

This course material helps define legal operations, as well as its application, history, roles and many different forms.

During a crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic, the principles of good communication remain the same: values matter and communicate with your stakeholders.

As close neighbours, many might assume American and Canadian employment laws are the same – but they are not. Companies carrying on business in (or considering expanding into) Canada could gain a significant advantage by learning about the Canadian employment law environment. By understanding compliant hiring practices, employment legislation, contractual implications, leave entitlements, termination entitlements, post-employment restrictions, and other laws that impact your Canadian workforce, you can make informed decisions and achieve synergy with your domestic workforce.

Examples of Licensing Audit Provisions. Includes provisions regarding retaining records, auditing rights, and verification of compliance.

The question is no longer if your network has been breached, but the number of times you have been unknowingly breached and the extent of the damage already done. As a result of this evolution it is imperative that an organization be able to establish in real-time if a threat is part of a disruptive-attack or a cyber-crime.

Learn key potential implications of the significant decisions released by the US Supreme Court in the closing days of its 2023 term.

A European in-house counsel compares life and work as an in-house counsel in the U.S.

Bob Feldman takes a look at ConFold Pacific, Inc v. Polaris Industries, Inc. and the subject matter of non-disclosure agreements.

This article discusses how varied experiences can be a benefit, but, if not explained coherently in an interview, they may become a resume liability. You have to be able to tell a good story about how your experiences have shaped you to be a thoughtful, thorough, and ethical business advisor.

This article contains horoscopes for the people in legal departments.

There is a good reason to consider a lawyer as CEO, but it has nothing to do with litigation or regulation. Boards may be looking beyond an MBA because the real world presents them with a challenge that classic business training has yet to fully comprehend: emotional uncertainty.