We’re thrilled to share the latest episode of Legal 500’s Corporate Conversation series, featuring Kariem Abdellatif, Head of Mercator by Citco. In this episode, Kariem takes a deep dive into the intricate world of Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO)—a topic that has never been more relevant. With ongoing litigation and Supreme Court petitions shaping the future of the Corporate Transparency Act in the United States, in-house legal teams face mounting challenges in compliance and reporting.

We are thrilled to release the second of this two-part Corporate Conversations series, titled Climate Change, Energy Transition, Fair Business: Challenges for Conflict Resolution, headed by esteemed counsel Roberta Downey, Head of International Construction and Partner at Vinson & Elkins, and Kai-Uwe Karl, Global Chief Litigation Counsel at GE Renewable Energy. In part two, our speakers thoroughly examine how mediation and arbitration, as predominant alternative dispute resolutions, fall ...

We are delighted to release the first of this two-part Corporate Conversations series, titled Climate change, energy transition, fair business: challenges for conflict resolution, headed by esteemed counsel Roberta Downey, Head of International Construction and Partner at Vinson & Elkins, and Kai-Uwe Karl, Global Chief Litigation Counsel at GE Renewable Energy. The themes in part one encompass climate change, the energy transition and reform in dispute resolution, highlighting the interce...

In episode 9 of Corporate Conversations, The Legal 500’s head of research for the GC Powerlist, Joe Boswell, speaks with Lisa Ann Cooney, General Counsel of Philadelphia-headquartered construction company Day & Zimmermann. With a growing increase in state, but not federal, legislative support for the use of medical and recreational marijuana, more and more U.S. employers have questions on whether they need to relax their drug-testing policies. This is even more challenging for “U.S. gove...

In episode 8 of Corporate Conversations, The Legal 500’s research editor, Allan Cohen, speaks with Natalia Lysa, General Counsel & Compliance Officer at Nestlé Ukraine & Moldova. Natalia talks about the resilience of her compatriots and colleagues, and how the Ukrainian legal industry has been operating since the Russian invasion of Ukraine was launched.

In episode 7 of Corporate Conversations, The Legal 500’s research editor, Allan Cohen, speaks with Elena Limakova, Head of Legal for Ukraine and the Eurasia sub-cluster at Sandoz. In the context of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, Elena will be sharing her first-hand experience of what it is like working in the middle of a war and discuss the impact the conflict might have on the European legal and business ecosystems, corporate relations with Russia and the future of the pharmaceutical ind...

In episode 6 of Corporate Conversations, The Legal 500's head of research for the GC Powerlist, Joe Boswell, speaks with Salomon Vaie, senior legal director at Guatemala-based agricultural and industrial conglomerate CMI. The wide-ranging interview focuses primarily on how Vaie and his legal team manage to issue an extraordinarily successful US$700m green bond in 2021, a first for both this century-old company and the region itself. Other topics covered are how GCs like him are leading financ...

We invite you to listen to the fifth episode of Corporate Conversations, featuring Olympio Carvhalo, Partner at Castro Barros Advogados, speaking to Pilar Perez, Corporate Attorney at Lorinvest Gestão de Recursos, regarding the integration of ESG in businesses as a long-term journey.

We invite you to listen to the fourth episode featuring Roxana Ionescu, partner at Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, Romania, speaking to Gabriela Popescu, Legal Director at Microsoft, Romania, regarding data privacy challenges in Romania and the essential role of GCs in digitalisation Processes.

We invite you to listen to the third episode featuring Anna Bauböck, Editor of The Legal 500 Deutschland speaking to Timo Matthias Spitzer, Head of Legal at Santander Corporate & Investment Banking for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and The Nordics regarding the evolving role of GCs – moving beyond a legal support function.

We invite you to listen to the second episode featuring the Elena Iacob, Head of Legal of Alliance Healthcare Romania speaking to Oana Bucsa, Senior Associate at PeliPartners regarding how GCs can boost business through competition law compliance.

Welcome to this, the first episode of The Legal 500’s Corporate Conversations series – in-depth looks at pressing legal issues. This week: Energy centralisation in Mexico.