Briefing on investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in international agreements
The straight line may result in the shortest distance, but it is not always the best path. Your company wants to sell its products in Nicaragua, but learns it is less expensive and burdensome to import its products through Guatemala. How about setting up an insurance underwriter in the European Union? Most people think London would be the best location, but setting up the underwriter in Malta, with less cost and regulation, can get your company started and running more quickly. A panel of experts will discuss different approaches on how to enter international markets by using international treaties and agreements.
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?
This primer provides a detailed analysis of M&A activity by deal value, volume and type together with analysis of the political environment and deep rooted financial crisis. It considers recent legal developments in corporate, competition, tax and, pension and employment in the context of M&A throughout Europe.
Edward Snowden’s revelations about the PRISM program, the clandestine mass electronic surveillance data mining operation, and the extent of many major US consumer companies’ compliance with National Security Agency requests to access customer personal data has spawned outrage and debate over government and business intrusion into personal privacy. It has also given rise to new opportunities — and challenges — for European companies and their general counsel, as consumers seek services from providers located outside the United States, which presumably keep their personal information out of the reach of the US government.
Annexes to the impact assessment.
Answers to these FAQs have been prepared by the Data Protection Unit of the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security with a view to assisting EU/EEA entities, and more particularly SMEs, in understanding the EU legal framework applicable to transfers of personal data processed in the EU (and the EEA) to “third countries” (i.e. countries that are not members of the EU or the EEA).
This primer provides an overview of cooperation with other jurisdictions in the application of the EU competition rules together with an understanding of the jurisdictional limitations, affirmative defences and exemptions. It discusses in detail the framework principles for the Commission’s leniency policy set out in the Commission Notice on Immunity from Fines and Reduction of Fines in Cartel Cases (the Leniency Notice).
A review of legal privilege for in-house counsel in various jurisdictions around the world.
A reference guide for Private Equity and Venture Capital professional, adviser and lawyers. It sets out the current status of jurisdictions, implementation of new regulation and key considerations to take into account when deciding to invest in different European jurisdictions.