The International Legal Affairs Committee helps ACC members working in international legal and business affairs to develop professionally and serve their clients in a cost and time-effective manner. Resources provided include tips for managing global legal departments and hiring foreign nationals.

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Live Webcast

Drafting & Interpreting Contracts in Latin America

When it gets to negotiating and drafting contracts, in-house counsel's role is of paramount importance. In doing so, the main challenge that in-house counsel face is whether the allegedly crystal-clear, bullet-proof, comprehensive and well drafted contract will allow the company (and the other party), to achieve the business objectives it had in mind when it decided to execute it; moreover, in case things go wrong, whether such contract will be interpreted and enforced as it was initially intended. With the foregoing view, the purpose of this webcast is to provide in-house counsel with insights from three different jurisdictions (Brazil, Colombia and Panama) on the main challenges arising from the interpretation in Latin America of contracts drafted under U.S. Standards, as well as their implementation and enforceability in these three jurisdictions.  

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Infopak

Managing Global Subsidiaries

Sponsored by: Lex Mundi

This InfoPAK examines the common issues that United States companies face when beginning operations abroad or considering establishing foreign subsidiaries. The InfoPAK begins with a discussion of whether to establish a foreign subsidiary and then discusses the various considerations surrounding how to do so, including staffing issues and the use of local third party experts. Finally, the InfoPAK details a variety of compliance concerns associated with foreign subsidiaries, including how to establish a meaningful compliance program, what areas of compliance to focus on, and how to conduct cross-border internal investigations.

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