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Securities World: 3rd Edition

Securities World third edition offers general counsel and solicitors a valuable insight into cross-border securities.

It provides expert commentary from the world’s top securities lawyers on laws, regulations and changes in all of the major jurisdictions. Securities World third edition also offers quick comparisons for companies and lawyers involved in international transactions.

Arbitration World 3rd edition

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Editor: J William Rowley

‘This book provides an excellent overview of what a lawyer from outside a particular jurisdiction would need to know in terms of the principal issues that would apply’
– Klaus Reichert, Barrister, Dublin.
Jurisdictional and institutional overviews enable helpful cross-border comparisons of arbitration regimes, providing general counsel and other clients with a first look at key issues.
The chapters are concise and accessible, following a simple, yet fully comprehensive format. As well as chapters for specific countries, the rules of major institutions are also included in separate sections, with impartial assessment of the pros and cons of each.
Now in its third edition, this reference book continues to provide a valuable and essential addition to the international resource materials available, with individual contributors providing a dispassionately balanced view of their country’s regimes.
Commercial Property

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Editor: Graham Lloyd-Brunt, Berwin Leighton Paisner

Welcome to the first edition of Commercial Property. Edited by the leading real estate practitioners in England and Wales, it is essential reading for property practitioners doing business across the world.
Featuring contributions from some of the most highly-regarded real estate law firms across the world, it provides a comparison of the position in different countries on key issues which arise in real estate transactions. It also includes expert commentary from leading real estate lawyers on the applicable laws and regulations in their jurisdictions.
Our aim has been to include the highest quality content to ensure that Commercial Property will be seen as a key reference work in the field.
Copyright Litigation

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Editor: Thierry Calame, Lenz & Staehelin & Massimo Sterpi, Studio Legale Jacobacci Sterpi Francetti Regoli De Haas & Associati

This publication provides a prompt guidance to anyone suddenly involved in a litigation in a foreign country or, even worse, in a multijurisdictional copyright litigation.
As the reader will find out, laws and procedures are so different worldwide, that endless opportunities of forum shopping exist both to bring a claim against infringement or to counter a third party’s claim.
After the great success of our two previous books on Patent Litigation and Trademark Litigation, we were able to find a record number of top level contributors from all the world’s major jurisdictions.
Thierry Calame, Lenz & Staehelin & Massimo Sterpi, Studio Legale Jacobacci Sterpi Francetti Regoli De Haas & Associati
Employment and Labour Law

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Editor: Dame Janet Gaymer DBE QC (Hons)

In an increasingly complex global environment, companies are faced with a myriad of cross-border human resource problems. From the impact of the economic downturn on business to the rapid growth of jurisdictions such as Brazil, Russia, China and India, companies need premium information to respond to this rapidly evolving landscape.
The third edition of Employment and Labour Law provides a concise and accessible guide for practitioners, and legal departments and human resource professionals.
Edited by employment law expert Dame Janet Gaymer, DBE, QC (Hon),Commissioner for Public Appointments in England and Wales, with contributions from the leading employment lawyers in every relevant jurisdiction, this book is a must-have for any company dealing with employment issues around the world.
Global Business and Human Rights

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Editor: James Featherby, Slaughter and May

This publication is an essential guide for general counsel and law firms to the changing world of human rights and its importance for global business.
The book highlights the growing relationship between human rights and global business and the developing international focus on the issue, particularly as a result of recent United Nations initiatives.
Providing detailed commentary from leading international law firms, this first edition focuses on the legal accountability and due diligence responsibilities of corporates based in many of the world’s most developed jurisdictions for human rights compliance by their overseas operations.
Leniency Regimes 3rd Edition

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Editors: Kevin J.Arquit, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, ans Jacques Buhart, Herbert Smith LLP,

Self-reporting of cartels to regulatory authorities around the world is an evolving process within competition law. Enterprises owning up to non-competitive practices are likely to receive lesser penalties than those involved in investigations initiated by domestic and regional competition authorities, but the process must be approached with caution and guided by expert legal knowledge.
This jurisdictional overview provides an up-to-date analysis of leniency regimes for business involved in cross-border activities, and is an invaluable tool for general counsel and their private practice advisers.
‘With its comprehensive review of leniency policies in jurisdictions across the globe, the third edition of this tome will be an invaluable resource both to enforcement agencies and to businesses and their advisers’ Paul Malric-Smith – DG Competition of the European Commission
‘Since the last edition was published in 2007, the multiplication of leniency regimes around the globe has continued… While the basic tenets of most programmes are likely to be the similar, there are also important differences…’ Kevin J. Arquit & Jacques Buhart
Multinational Enterprise Liability in Insolvency Proceedings

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Editor: J. William Boone, Alston & Bird LLp

In today’s tough economic climate many businesses struggle to survive and laws governing their dissolution are diverse. This book provides a comparative guide to insolvency proceedings in countries around the world.

With commentary from leading lawyers addressing complex issues such as domestic and international families of companies, cross-border concerns and rescue provisions, this first edition of Multinational Enterprise Liability in Insolvency Proceedings gives law firms and corporate counsel a first look at key issues.
Patent Litigation

Editors: Thierry Calame, Lenz & Staehelin, and Massimo Sterpi, Studio Legale Jacobacci & Associati

‘This book will be on my desk and frequently opened. I will use it as a tool, a reference guide, an instructional text and as a one-volume ‘refresher course’. I am impressed by the collation of such a vast amount of such easily-read data in one place.’
Paul A Colettii, Johnson & Johnson
Patent Litigation provides a unique and comprehensive overview of the complex rules governing the protection of patents around the world. Clear jurisdictional comparisons assist the reader to find answers to a multitude of questions covering all aspects of legal proceedings.
Private Client Tax

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Editors: John Rhodes, Stonehage

This publication is essential reading for advisers of wealthy families around the world. As governments chop and change legislation on tax and wealth planning issues, legal advisers need instant access to the latest information on a country-by-country basis.
The impact on private clients of governments’ ability to collect and disseminate vast amounts of computerised information, and their increasing willingness to co-operate in so doing, cannot be underestimated.
In such a climate, clients increasingly need to know firstly, where they should reside and, secondly, where their family assets should be held and administered.
In this comparative guide, we have collated information from some of the best private client lawyers around the globe. From analysing the legal system in each country to looking at the regimes on immigration, taxation, trusts, philanthropy and forthcoming legislation, such a valuable resource will prove indispensible for practitioners globally.
Private Equity

Editors: Charles Martin, Macfarlanes LLP

Since the heady days of 2007 when the last Private Equity boom was in full swing, prudent involvement in financial markets has required increasing levels of professional expertise. This jurisdictional overview represents the combined knowledge of some of the foremost Private Equity practitioners in all major jurisdictions.
This publication allows professionals in the field to reinforce their global expertise, with each jurisdictional chapter offering comprehensive details of the regulatory principles, legal structures and restrictions and common business solutions for funds, debt finance, equity structures, exits and tax.
Securities World: 3rd Edition

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Editor: Willem J L Calkoen NautaDutilh NV

Securities World third edition offers general counsel and solicitors a valuable insight into cross-border securities.
It provides expert commentary from the world’s top securities lawyers on laws, regulations and changes in all of the major jurisdictions. Securities World third edition also offers quick comparisons for companies and lawyers involved in international transactions.
Shareholders' Rights

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Editors: Alessandro Varrenti, CBA Studio Legale e Tributario, Fernando de las Cuevas, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, Matthew Hurlock, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

This first edition of ‘Shareholders’ Rights’ provides essential reading for international corporate lawyers and general counsel.
As European directives help develop and shape the harmonisation of the law and legal systems, access to the latest information on a country-by-country basis is a must for international practitioners.
This comparative guide collates information from leading international corporate lawyers from each of the 29 jurisdictions covered, providing law firms and general counsel with an insight into the key issues that arise.
Trade Mark Litigation

Editors: Thierry Calame, Massimo Sterpi

Trade Mark Litigation, a companion volume to Patent Litigation by the same editors and many of the same authors, provides a unique and comprehensive overview of the rules governing the protection of trade marks around the world. Straightforward jurisdictional comparisons assist the reader to find answers to a multitude of questions covering all aspects of legal proceedings.