Expert Guides - Women in Business Law

Introduction of a Trust Law In Switzerland

Although Switzerland has a significant trust administration, it has not enacted its own trust law yet

20/08/2019 Natalie Peter, Blum&Grob Attorneys at Law, Switzerland

Domain names: a valuable business asset but also a risk factor

Nathalie Dreyfus, French and European trademark attorney, renowned Expert consultant before the Court of Appeal of Paris, as well as before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and the National Arbitration Forum (NAF), emphasizes that domain names are an important asset for companies as well as...

20/08/2019 Nathalie Dreyfus, Dreyfus & associés, France

A woman’s role in the IP industry

Leadership at an early stage of life is hard to describe

20/08/2019 Cecilia Falconi Pérez, Falconi Puig Abogados, Ecuador

The already notorious article 17 of the EU Copyright Directive

The “Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market” was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on May 17

20/08/2019 Christine de Keersmaeker, KOAN, Belgium Agnès Maqua, KOAN, Belgium

Before Making a Business Decision, Remember To Consider the Tax Consequences

Since the “new tax act” (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act or TCJA) was signed into law in December 2017, tax has received a newly heightened importance

20/08/2019 Larissa Neumann, Fenwick & West, US Julia Ushakova-Stein, Fenwick & West, US Ora Grinberg, Fenwick & West, US

Important issues for HNWIs in a dynamic global environment

The flow of private capital across borders, together with the ease of living and working in different countries, creates opportunities for High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs)

20/08/2019 Tracy Ho, EY, Hong Kong Fiona Hinrichsen, EY, Australia

An international instrument on the International Recognition of Judicial Sale of Ships

Judicial sales are realities which occur when ship owners fail to pay their creditors

20/08/2019 Ann Fenech, Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Malta

The global privacy law puzzle: A user’s guide

Companies need to collect information on their audience, prospects, clients, and workforce because it allows them to make better products, better manage their offering, and have more efficient operations

20/08/2019 Francoise Gilbert, DataMinding, Inc., US

Artificial intelligence and data privacy

Almost all use of artificial intelligence (AI) requires the collection and use of large amounts of data, in many cases personal data, to learn and make intelligent decisions

20/08/2019 Kari Gimmingsrud, Haavind, Norway

Cultural misappropriation; where Mexico stands

Mexico is in fashion. It is not only the food, the pre-Columbian sites, the Colonial towns, the beach resorts, the music, it goes further

20/08/2019 Laura Collada, Dumont, Mexico

Understanding biological resources for access and benefit sharing (ABS) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Patent applications based on biological resources occurring in India are required to cross certain additional thresholds in comparison to patent applications not based on Indian biological resources, in order to proceed to grant

20/08/2019 Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, India Deepti Malhotra, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, India

Minimum Wages

Minimum wage is one of the main issues relating to employment law

20/08/2019 Emanuela Nespoli, Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo e Soci, Italy

Recent trends in credit funds

The world of private fund formation is commonly divided into two buckets; private equity and hedge funds

20/08/2019 Stephanie R Breslow, Schulte Roth & Zabel, US

Are GDPR fines insurable in Ireland?

The introduction of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) (GDPR) has raised data protection to a board-level issue, leading to an increase in the take up of cyber insurance policies and some significant administrative fines being levied by European regulators

20/08/2019 April McClements, Matheson, Ireland Chris Bollard, Matheson, Ireland Aisling Kavanagh, Matheson, Ireland

Q&A with Yoanna Stefanova

I believe women have as many opportunities as men to succeed in the legal profession”, says Yoanna Stefanova, a corporate M&A partner with NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg

20/08/2019 Yoanna Stefanova, NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Summary Disposition in International Arbitration – Likelihood of Success*

A uniform pronouncement of the burden of proof necessary for a party to succeed in summary disposition of a case is conspicuously absent from international arbitration today

20/08/2019 Sarah B Biser, Fox Rothschild, US Craig Tractenberg, Fox Rothschild, US Jeffrey Pollock, Fox Rothschild, US

Human rights and investment arbitration

The awareness of the importance and relevance of human rights for businesses is generally on the rise

20/08/2019 Patricia Nacimiento, Herbert Smith Freehills, Germany

Automation in the aviation industry and liability related aspects

As generally known, automation is the utilization of different control systems and technologies that reduces the need for human interference over the processes to complete tasks and activities

20/08/2019 Laura Pierallini, Studio Pierallini, Italy

Pharma patent litigation in Russia: latest trends

In Russia 2018 and 2019 have been interesting years for patent litigation

19/08/2019 Natalia Gulyaeva, Hogan Lovells, Russia

Euromoney LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019 – winners announced

The best women lawyers from across the continent gathered at The Savoy in London last night to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group’s ninth annual Europe Women in Business Law Awards.

14/06/2019

Euromoney LMG Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2019 – winners announced

The best women lawyers in the Americas gathered at the JW Marriott Essex House hotel in New York last night to celebrate the achievements of women across firms, practice areas and jurisdictions.

07/06/2019

Euromoney LMG Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2019: shortlist announced

All the nominated lawyers, teams and firms can now be revealed. Get in touch now to book your table at the June 6 ceremony

08/05/2019

Euromoney LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019 – shortlist announced

The shortlist for the ninth annual Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe Women in Business Law Awards has been announced. For the 2019 nominees, please see below.

05/05/2019

Is "NEUSCHWANSTEIN" an IGO?

The name of this castle of Ludwig II of Bavaria was filed as European trademark by the Free State of Bavaria in many classes of goods and services

22/11/2018 Aurélia Marie, Cabinet Beau de Loménie, France

Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2018: winners announced

The best female lawyers from across the region, gathered at the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong on November 8 to celebrate the advancement of women in the legal profession in the seventh annual Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards

08/11/2018

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