With COVID-19 leading to many people working remotely, organisations need to think about how documents and contracts can be signed and concluded. While some projects will slow or stall, many routine contracts will be up for renewal in the next few months, and other transactions will be due to complete. The logistics of signing in …
Mark Smith, founder and CEO of Purdy Smith, discusses some of the brand management issues in-house lawyers should keep an eye on in the upcoming decade, with a focus on the headline-grabbing areas of advertising and consumer law.
Alexander Oddy, Greig Anderson, Paul Lewis and Tom Hutchinson of Herbert Smith Freehills review the major insurance issues facing in-house lawyers in the current market.
Dr Eduardo Mayora A and Juan Pablo Gramajo of Mayora & Mayora discuss Guatemala’s legal system and the opportunities available there for foreign investors.
Baker McKenzie reorganisations partner Clare Montgomery discusses the challenges and issues businesses face operating in the third-largest economy in Latin America
Luis Antonio Semeghini de Souza, Bruno Sartori, Fabricio Cardim and Juliana Dal Moro Amarante of Souza, Mello e Torres discuss the changing business and investment landscape of Brazil.
Ricardo Alemán Z, partner at Carrasco Firma de Abogados in Bolivia looks at the prospects for investors in one of South America’s most vibrant economies.
Gareth Hall, Anne-Marie Ottaway and Barry Vitou of Greenberg Traurig discuss ways that businesses can respond to the renewed threat of fraud in the light of the coronavirus crisis.
In the fourth of their series of articles on corporate reorganisations, Robin Johnson, Christian Mense and Nicola Evans give on overview on the most recent motives and trends for corporate reorganisations.
Two years on from the implementation of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, DAC Beachcroft’s data protection specialists consider the challenges their clients face in this now-established data protection climate.
Sponsored by Marsh. The ongoing #MeToo saga within in the legal profession was only a few chapters old last year when our annual risk and professional indemnity report with broker Marsh went to press. Fast forward a year and law firm risk managers and general counsel are faced with a harsher environment to navigate on …
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Revised Swiss Data Protection Act (revised FADP) embrace a risk-based approach to data protection. Organisations that control the processing of personal data (controllers) are encouraged to implement protective measures corresponding to the level of risk of their data processing activities.