November 2024

ECLA/GCLC General Counsel Roundtable Lisbon: European Compliance and White Collar Crime

Posted on November 29, 2024 by admin

Bem vindo a Lisboa – ECLA’s final General Counsel Roundtable with 30 participants from 16 different countries takes place in Portugal 🇵🇹 …

The topics of the day are the latest trends and challenges in European 🇪🇺 compliance and white collar crime. After an remarkable dinner yesterday overlooking Lisbon today we are exchanging legal-insights, best-practices and lessons-learned to create valuable cross-border take-aways in the fields of:
💡 European compliance updates and emerging developments in the EU
💡 Money laundering – European overview and structural prevention
💡 Sanctions – Legal update, compliance & good practice
💡 Internal Investigations – Risk trends for corporates, latest practices

The discussions are highly active and enlightening with expert colleagues exchanging experience in their home jurisdictions. Participants represent multiple countries across Europe and beyond, including 🇧🇪 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇳🇱 🇨🇭 🇺🇦 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇧🇾 🇸🇰 🇰🇷 🇦🇺 🇨🇴

A big thank you to our trusted partners, Ordem dos Advogados Portugueses and CMS for making this great event possible.

ECLA/GCLC General Counsel Roundtable Rome: Supply Chain and Other Contemporary Challenges

Posted on November 22, 2024 by admin

We are back in Rome, Italy 🇮🇹 together with 20 colleagues for our 6th General Counsel Roundtable in the Eternal City…

After a fantastic dinner with a breathtaking view over the city and fruitful discussions yesterday, the day today is packed with active discussions, especially regarding:

🔉 Managing the supply chain
🔉 Regulatory compliance in Europe
🔉 Trade sanctions
🔉 Regulation of digital business models in the EU
🔉 AI, data and competition law

The structural complexity for corporate legal departments keeps increasing, the regulatory tsunami seems to continue building up and further integration with the business is key to address these emerging challenges. Many thanks to our partners the General Counsel Leadership Circle Europe (GCLC-E), AIGI – Associazione Italiana Giuristi d’Impresa and CMS for making this great event possible.

ECLA/GCLC General Counsel Roundtable Poland: ESG

Posted on November 15, 2024 by admin

24 Participants from across 🇪🇺 discussing ESG Reporting, ESG Litigation and Supply Chain Regulations in beautiful Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱 today…

Kicking off of the ECLA/GCLC General Counsel Roundtable was yesterday evening with a joint dinner and bar networking night. The maturing of ESG towards ESG 2.0 was certainly the elephant in the room. Today, enlightening discussions and best-practice sharing generate valuable take-aways for the participants with topics, including:

💡 Supply chain regulations and rules – practical issues
💡 Practical aspects of ESG reporting – how to include the value chain in straggles to comply with CSRD requirements
💡 ESG litigation: Challenges and trends in the regulatory environment
💡 The impact of ESG in finance

Todays speakers Joachim Kaetzler, Angelika Szufel, Nicolò d’Elia, Dag Thomas Hansson enrich the active discussions with their expert legal insights.

Corporate Counsel Academy Course on US Business Law a Success

Posted on November 8, 2024 by admin

Today, ECLA is honored to see our Corporate Counsel Academy conducting a comprehensive certification course on European companies expanding their business operations to the US. Led by the North-Carolina-based expertise of Hutchison PLLC and EisnerAmper, this course offers European companies essential, practical guidance on navigating the complexities of US market entry. Key topics include jurisdiction selection, understanding federal and state regulatory frameworks, optimal entity structuring, and strategic tax planning, among many others. Our sincere gratitude extends to all those involved in creating such an insightful program, and a special thanks to the participants, along with the valued support from the Vereinigung Schweizerischer Unternehmensjuristen (VSUJ) and AIGI – Associazione Italiana Giuristi d’Impresa.