International Corporate Practice provides guidance on building a comprehensive global legal department, including advice on structuring, staffing, and budgeting, as well as the use of foreign legal consultants and outsourcing. It also includes helpful case studies, checklists, and sample documents.

This release features new material designed to enable lawyers, whether in-house or outside counsel, to operate efficiently on the global stage.

Topics discussed include the following:

• Global Law Department Management: New data on the number of CLOs that report directly to the CEOs of global companies (see § 1:3.1).
• International Attorney-Client Privilege: Updated sections discuss the privilege in Australia (§ 2:2.2), Austria (§ 2:2.3), and Switzerland (§ 2:2.28).
• Crisis Management: Chapter 8 now considers the scenario in which war and/or invasion occurs in a country where the company has employees, offices, and facilities (see § 8:2 and § 8:8.3).
• Litigation Management and Discovery: Chapter 10 now describes two September 2022 decisions by the Southern District of New York which apply the factors set forth in Iragori v. United Technologies Corp. when ruling on defendants’ motions to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds (see § 10:5.1[C]).
• Mergers and Acquisitions: Revisions to Chapter 17 identify the drivers behind cross-border M&A and discuss the advantages that cross-border M&A have over domestic M&A (see § 17:4.1). A new section discusses diligence issues in international M&A (see § 17:5.4).
• Export Control Laws: Chapter 25 contains updated appendices which provide revised provisions of U.S. export control and sanctions laws (App. 25A) and expanded guidance on the steps to take in implementing an export compliance program (App. 25B).
• The Index has also been updated for this release.

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