Brand Protection Online

A Practical Guide to Protection from Online Infringement

Brand Protection Online is a go-to guide for any user or adviser in need of strategies to combat IP infringement in the digital world or to get up to speed with the latest developments affecting brand holders online.

Recruiting and Retaining Lawyers

Innovative Strategies to Attract, Develop and Retain Legal Talent

This practical handbook, coordinated by Rebecca Normand-Hochman on behalf of the International Bar Association, explores the opportunities and challenges for adopting effective recruitment, development and retention strategies. Featuring chapters by leading experts in the field, the topics covered include the new employer proposition, equipping partners with the skills and abilities to retain talent, working with legal search consultants, and ways to approach the recruitment and retention of talented people in first-generation law firms.

Oil and Gas Sale and Purchase Agreements

SPAs for International Oil and Gas Acquisitions and Divestitures

Sale and purchase agreements relating to oil and gas assets are highly specialised, reflecting the unique nature and characteristics of the industry itself. This book, written by experienced and well-known practitioners from within the oil and gas industry will provide a practical review of the provisions typically included in such agreements. It aims to benefit lawyers and commercial negotiators working in the industry who handle sale and purchase transactions and who want to better understand the usual terms and conditions involved in those transactions.

Power

A Practical Handbook

Power: A Practical Handbook is aimed at anyone looking for a single source to understand the key issues relevant to the power sector, with an emphasis on the practical application of those issues in the real world.  It offers a guide to understanding  the commercial, economic and legal principles that underpin the sector.

Cross-Border Insolvency

A Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law, Fourth Edition

Written by specialists from each jurisdiction, this new edition provides an in-depth, article-by-article analysis of the local enactment and application of the model law in each of the jurisdictions concerned, alongside consideration of the relationship between the model law and any existing cross-border insolvency jurisprudence. New to the fourth edition are chapters on Chile, Singapore and the Philippines with an expanded South African chapter to include the OHADA countries.

More on Risk and Energy Infrastructure

Value Chains, Stakeholders and Black Swans

First published in 2011, 'Risk and Energy Infrastructure' (Vol I) provided an inter-disciplinary analysis of the project-specific risk factors facing cross-border oil and gas pipelines, together with risk allocation and mitigation methodologies. Our fully updated and comprehensive Vol II looks beyond oil and gas pipelines and considers energy infrastructure more broadly in several important respects:

The Independent Bar

Insights into a Unique Business Model

This practical guide, edited by David Barnes, Chief Executive & Director of Clerking at 39 Essex Chambers, provides readers with in-depth insight and advice into the management of chambers including business strategy, international development, talent management and compliance. The book features chapters from some of the most prominent clerks and CEOs currently working within the world of the Bar, as well as experts in accounting and recruitment.

Anticorruption Laws and Regulations

A Global Guide

This unique volume is a must-have tool for all in-house and international lawyers, legal counsel and consultants involved with local and cross-border corruption matters. Throughout the text, a range of local and international experts provide in-depth analysis of corruption issues and examine: i) the current legal regime in their countries; ii) the preventative measures that must be taken by companies operating in different jurisdictions; iii) how to face investigations, prosecutions and trials; and iv) the impact of cross-border regulations. This edition focuses on practical approaches rather than theoretical disciplines in order to help readers understand the complexities of anticorruption compliance worldwide.

The General Counsel as Chief Executive

02 June 2017

Bjarne P Tellmann, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, Pearson plc

In our latest blog, Bjarne Philip Tellmann, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Pearson plc and author of our new title, Building an Outstanding Legal Team, discusses how general counsel’s role is being transformed.

Is gas to power a viable and attractive commercial proposition for the future?

31 May 2017

Richard Nelson

In our latest blog, Richard Nelson, partner at King & Spalding, discusses the challenges and costs of developing the integrated projects for gas-to-power.