A&O guns for tech revenue stream with derivatives platform launch
Allen & Overy (A&O) has developed a new online platform in the wake of impending derivatives regulations.
Clifford Chance appoints its first chief risk officer
Clifford Chance head of international compliance Bahare Heywood is the magic circle firm’s first chief risk & compliance officer as the firm looks towards the looming deadline of GDPR.
SFO to use AI on all cases after landmark Rolls-Royce investigation
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is making AI document review available on all casework from this month, a move that will enable the processing of half a million documents a day and eventually replace the work of independent barristers.
Tech startup SuperAwesome finds first general counsel
SuperAwesome has named App Annie associate general counsel Peter McIntyre to the tech start-up’s top legal job in London.
SDT fines Howard Kennedy for “inaction” over breaches of accounts rules
Howard Kennedy has been ordered to pay almost £82,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after the firm was found to have breached a number of accounts rules.
Who’s up to leading the SFO? It’s not for the faint-hearted
David Green QC will not step down next year as the last to fill what some describe as the most feared watchdog job in the UK. But who is fit for the task?
Star legal writers: Regulatory/competition
The complexities of sleeping on the job and the perils of loose talk are among the subjects tackled by this week’s experts.
Risk management report: Smooth operators
The panel of experts discusses using data to horizon scan, identifying key legal issues through management information and how their firms are helping clients reduce costs related to legal risks.
Romania: seeking more foreign investment
Romania’s government is making some progress on corruption but a cut to the VAT rate and a new investor-friendly Fiscal Code should help reverse a dip in foreign investment.
Star legal writers: regulatory and competition
This week’s top briefings writers from TheLawyer.com cover the regulatory and competition sectors, including how philanthropic fundraising through crowdfunding can clash with insurance claims, new UK public procurement rules, and Ukraine sanctions law.
Crossing the divide: cross-border work and the Finance Team of the Year award
Cross-border work and political tensions are dominating this year’s entries for Finance Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards. A complex sanctions and regulation landscape in Europe underpins many of the finance and banking work throughout the past year, with transactions impacted by international disputes and stringent regulatory requirements. This year, some of the […]
From in-house counsel to business partner: what you need to know
A study published recently by PwC looking at the global state of information security shows that many organisations lack both clear leadership and strategies for tackling the security threats they face. Indeed, not only do many fail to know how many security breaches they suffer, but the annual survey of business executives reveals they feel […]
Demystifying e-discovery: the art of the possible
Given the growth in the amount of data businesses create and store, it’s a good point in time to determine how companies and law firms are working with eDiscovery and computer forensics. in association with The Lawyer Research Service and Grant Thornton teamed up to survey over 300 private practice lawyers and in-house counsel in […]
Risk: Tales of the frontier
A new breed of lawyer is smoothing the path for companies entering emerging or unstable jurisdictions Risk is the commercial buzzword of our times. Health risk, reputational risk, data risk; the word means different things to different sectors, but even those with the healthiest appetite for risk will be looking for ways to mitigate it […]
Personal data protection in Russia 2018
What are the principal laws on data protection? The Constitution of the Russian Federation establishes the right to privacy, including privacy of correspondence and telephone and other communications, for every individual (Art. 23) and prohibits the collection, storage, use and dissemination of the information on an individual’s private life without his/her consent…
Checking the Russian counterparty before the transaction
In Russia, on the participant of legal relations is entrusted serious risks associated with the manifestation of due diligence and prudence, which are often a condition for the subsequent protection of rights before state bodies and courts, including in disputing transactions. When is the collection of actual information on the counterparty necessary?
9.5 million roubles to be paid for an infringement of Heineken’s trademark
On 1 March 2018, the Commission of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation Office (FAS Commission) for St Petersburg issued an order in respect to Afanasy Private Brewery LLC to stop violation of Article 14.6.1 of Federal Law No. 135-FZ, dated 26 July 2006 ‘On Competition Protection’, in particular, the illegal use of […]
Canada: Trademark trolls and all-class applications
By R. Nelson Godfrey In the intellectual property context, the term “troll” is commonly used to refer to a (generally non practising) person or entity who registers an exclusive right and then demands payment and threatens litigation against persons who infringe upon the registered intellectual property right. Trademark trolls (also referred to as “trademark squatters” or […]
Protecting your cannabis brand: The 5 W’s
By Natalie S. Rizkalla Kamel and Shannon Uhera Canada’s legalization of recreational use cannabis is now months away. The proposed Cannabis Act will create a comprehensive national framework for the production, distribution, sale, import, export and possession of cannabis in Canada…
Luxembourg: Modernisation of the limited partnership regime
The limited partnership legislation in Luxembourg has been modernised by the Luxembourg law dated 10 July 2013 (the Law) in ways that assist the establishment of vehicles suitable for structuring liquid or illiquid funds and unregulated and regulated funds. The Law also transposed Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (the AIFMD) into Luxembourg domestic law. […]
Luxembourg alternative investment fund regimes – comparative tables
This brochure presents the different regimes for the different Luxembourg fund structures: UCI Part II, SIF, SICAR, RAIF, SCS and SCSp…
Supply chain visibility in central government contracts
With effect from 1 May 2018, central government departments, their executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies must comply with new requirements regarding supply chain visibility in procuring contracts…
New geo-blocking regulations – what are the implications?
By Aideen Burke The new geo-blocking regulation in EU, introduced last month, does not currently apply to audiovisual content at least for the first two years, but this could be a ticking time bomb…