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CEB Communications Leadership Council

A detailed presentation containing graphs, charts, and checklists on developing a global business mindset.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Meetings
Mark Webber

Like it or not, different territories have different laws. There are 28 states in the European Union and across these states there are tranches of relatively harmonised laws in certain areas. The basic underlying laws of contract and case law or codes which aid their interpretation are, however, all different. Nearly every in-house counsel has faced the task of tackling an impending overseas deal when only local state law governed terms are at hand. Staring down the barrel at an unknown legal system, a familiar scene plays out: localise or push ahead with what we've got?

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Vatican City
Ádám Illés, Partner, Director for Hungary

Hints on how to have clear legal sight if you, as an executive officer, might face liability, and how to prepare yourself to avoid or handle the different liability issues an executive officer might face.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Hungary
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

This InfoPAK provides a primer to assist corporate counsel in recognizing issues related to government funded research and practical tips for managing the many related requirements and obligations.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Canada, China, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
Fieldfisher

This Agreement is drafted under English law. It is for use where an individual consultant will be providing services on a time and materials basis, and where all intellectual property rights in deliverables will be assigned to the company engaging the consultant.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United Kingdom
Francisco Salas, Littler

This article brings the top ten tips to consider while engaging outsourcing services in Central America.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Jeff Levinson, Nicole Nguyen and Matthew Gemello

Transaction standards and approaches
for mergers and acquisitions are not harmonized across jurisdictions. The vagaries in legal systems range from how diligence is used to allocate risk among the parties to the effect of post-closing remedies in a purchase agreement. Learn what levers you need to pull as in-house counsel in order to move the deal forward.

Shawn Cheadle, Christopher W. Myers
and Kelly P. Garehime

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.

James A. Thornhill, McGuireWoods LLP

Whenever commercial or industrial property is sold, leased or financed, the checklist of due diligence items includes a Phase I environmental site assessment (Phase I). This article explores what Phase Is are and why we do them.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Canada
Slaughter and May

This primer discusses market trends and recent case law. It also provides an overview of the statutory framework and substantive law underpinning the insolvency regime in England and Wales.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: United Kingdom
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