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How Technological Advances Can Help Corporate Law
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Dieter Gericke and Benjamin Leisinger discuss how being aware of technological advances helps them provide corporate financial advice.
From Russia, With Law
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The bite of U.S. sanctions aside, Cleary Gottlieb partner Yulia Solomakhina sees great promise for commerce and the law as Russia increasingly embraces markets and technology.
A Global Approach to Settlement
Bradley A. Klein, Gretchen M. Wolf, Peter Y. Cheun, and Mayra C. Suárez
The Department of Justice, in pursuit of companies whose transgressions cross borders, increasingly credits other countries’ fines to avoid “piling on.”
Guidelines for Acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets
Posse Herrera Ruiz
A Colombian firm gives merger and acquisition insights to assess risks in the purchase of potentially tainted assets.
The Company They Keep
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Thomas Richter discusses the idea of corporate criminal liability.
How This Firm Is Shaping the Economic Future of Ukraine
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Denis Lysenko discusses how AEQUO has helped build a new business environment.
How Corporate Law in France Is Navigating the Trade Wars
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Bertrand Cardi and Cyril Bonan discuss M&A, protectionism, and the trade wars' impact in France.
Merging Business and Responsibility: Gilbert + Tobin
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Attorneys Costas Condoleon and Sam Nickless from the Australian firm Gilbert + Tobin discuss the firm's 2020 award, how Australia’s Corporate Law practice is preparing for the world’s transforming economic landscape, and the international community’s demands of its businesses.
Why Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos Developed Its Own Legal Tech
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Juan Pablo Matus of Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos, 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" award for Corporate and M&A Law in Chile, discusses his firm's joint venture with Cognitiva in creating Lexnova, a legal AI system.
Compliance Can Mean Sink or Swim for Cannabis Startups
Richard Lieberman
Legal Uncertainty Permeates the Cannabis Industry
All Aboard
Patricia Brown Holmes
What effect is California’s new law mandating more women in corporate boardrooms likely to have?
Eyes Set on Lincoln Road Development
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Plus other news involving South Florida's Best Lawyers
Government of the People
Allyn Stern
A baker’s dozen tips for working with the Environmental Protection Agency
Hengeler Mueller on How German Firms Can Compete in the Global M&A Arena
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Germany's 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” honoree in Mergers and Acquisitions Law
An Interview With Sayenko Kharenko
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Ukraine's 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” winner in Capital Markets Law
Scofflaws Without Borders
Gilbert + Tobin
Bribery and Corruption Know No Boundaries. Increasingly, Neither Do the Laws Designed to Combat Them.
An Interview With Johnson Winter & Slattery
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Australia's 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” honoree in Energy Law
An Interview With Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
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Russia’s 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” honoree for Real Estate Law
David Ackert's Top Advice on Social Media and Client Prospecting
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The president of Ackert Inc. offers his insights on business development to Best Lawyers following the 2019 Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference.
Alternate Routes
Jennifer Alvey
For many women, a government job is an ideal—albeit necessary—springboard to a law-firm partnership.
Opening Pandora's Box in Portuguese Tax Law
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Diogo Ortigão Ramos discusses Cuatrecasas' 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" award for tax law in Portugal.
The Best Lawyers Voting Process Explained
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Invited to vote? Learn how to submit your ballot and why your vote counts.
Lawyer Commendations Feature Makes It Easy to Recommend Top Legal Talent
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Attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers can now position themselves as reliable industry resources.
An Interview With Rainer Krause of Hengeler Mueller, 2019 “Law Firm of the Year” Award Recipient for Corporate Law in Germany
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Rainer Krause discusses the unique training approaches that make Hengeler Mueller one of Germany's top firms.
New Criteria to Determine Spanish Individuals’ Tax Residence
Mariano Roca López
Despite its apparent triviality, individuals’ tax residence can in practice have significant consequences for their pockets.
