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This Top Ten provides a checklist and guidance for the management of contracts, from negotiation to ongoing review of the business relationship.

This newsletter is published by the law firm Venable LLP. It is not intended to provide legal advice or opinion. Such advice may only be given when related to specific fact situations that Venable has accepted an engagement as counsel to address.

This panel will provide an overview of the issues practitioners should be aware of and investigate as part of the due diligence process in a mergers and acquisition transaction. Take home practical information on identifying and mitigating the risks associated with the acquisition of real estate. Topics to be covered include how to evaluate leases that may be acquired in connection with a transaction and particular provisions to be aware of; environmental issues and the potential exposure resulting from them; subleases; the effect of lis pendens and other liens — and liabilities –– that can result from real estate, as well as strategies for addressing them.

A form that requires specific officers of a company to acknowledge in writing their adherence to the Financial Code of Ethics. Includes provisions that lay out the ethical responsibilities of the officers.

Members debate the question: How are bonuses structured for GCs and legal departments, and what metrics are currently being used? Responses indicate that there is no real consistency regarding how bonuses are structured.

In this article, the author offers advice on how to avoid distraction and channel positive encouragement in order to endure career lows.

As the LPO industry continues to grow, it has generally followed a business model rather than a traditional law firm model. Learn how corporate endorsements are helping to promote the LPO model.

Learn with this list of agility tips that corporate legal departments can use for both big and small projects.

An article explaining the concept of an "Exempted Company" in Cayman Island corporate law. An "Exempted Company" is one whose objects are to be carried out mainly outside the Islands. Includes an introduction to the concept and information on how to incorporate.

The Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China is formulated on the basis of the Constitution and in the light of the experience and actual conditions of our country in the trial of civil cases.

This article deals with cross-border financial services investigations and gives an overview of the answers across 11 key jurisdictions, and seeks to assist firms in navigating the differing regimes.

Amicus Brief ISO Texas Windstorm 10.11.18

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.