The main concern is the gender pay gap, which ranks particularly highly in Switzerland. The Federal Statistical Office of Switzerland shows that women were paid 18% less than their male colleagues in 2016.
The number of deals of at least Usd 10 billion in Europe hit the lowest number since 2009, but two out the top five major deal are in Switzerland.
Jeff Carr is not shy, and he doesn’t like to sit still. For years he was the general counsel who was most vocal about how the legal profession had to change in order to
The legal department of the UniCredit Group, led by Gianpaolo Alessandro (pictured), has partnered with the law firms NCTM La Scala to create UniQLegal, an initiative that was created to meet specific banking industry legal
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), continuing to extend its global reach, has named its 2020 officers and newly elected members of the global board of directors. The 2019 officers are: Chair: Anneliese Reinhold, general counsel &
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Letter from Europe: ACC’s members grapple with technology and privacy
Digital transformation and increased regulation. These are the two biggest challenges that challenge corporate lawyers. Companies are changing their images, embracing technology and are exposed to an increasingly interconnected and sophisticated regulatory framework. The company
Who’s afraid of change? Certainly not the corporate lawyers who, on the contrary, embrace it. We’ve written spoken several times about how company lawyers have accepted the evolution of their professional role. But
“Being a change agent in disruptive times” is the title chosen by ACC Europe, the Association of Corporate Counsel Europe, for its annual conference. The group, an offshoot of ACC in the U.S., is
Resist the charm of the Old Continent? That’s a mission impossible for American in-house lawyers. After 25 years of activity in Europe, conducted through the valuable help of volunteers spread across the area, at the
It’s no secret that the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) has ambitions beyond U.S. borders. And now it’s given its intentions concrete form: The in-house lawyers group has opened an office in
