Lex Mundi Special Projects
Lex Mundi Best Practices
Lex Mundi has developed a series of Best Practices that are the result of collaboration among Lex Mundi’s member firm lawyers, leading corporate counsel, members of the Lex Mundi Client Advisory Council, legal management/marketing consultants, academics, and other legal professionals.
Guides to Doing Business
The Guides to Doing Business are prepared by Lex Mundi’s member firms and provide detailed information about each jurisdiction’s infrastructure. The guides can serve as a useful resource tool when planning an international business strategy or researching a new business market. **More than 130 guides are available to view!
IP World Desk Reference
Updated by members of the Lex Mundi Intellectual Property Practice Group the second edition of the Aspen Publishers’ Intellectual Property World Desk Reference: A Guide to Practice by Country, State, and Province is a one-of-a-kind quick desk reference that provides a complete overview of available protection in all IP categories in more than 80 countries of the world!
Lex Mundi Publications and Resources
Lex Mundi and Professionalism: A Statement of Shared Fundamental Values — NEW!
Professionalism is a distinctive set of fundamental values that shape the practices of the best law firms and lawyers around the world, including Lex Mundi member firms. Because these values are, however, abstract and sometimes difficult to express, Lex Mundi has undertaken an effort to develop a practical understanding of the guiding principles that law firms of significant prominence aspire to embody. This Statement of Shared Fundamental Values was developed by Lex Mundi to assist and encourage its member firms, as well as all firms that practice at the highest level, as they strive to embody these values in their practices.
Lex Mundi/InsideCounsel Special Resource Sections
Since 2004, Lex Mundi and its member firms have produced special resource sections for InsideCounsel Magazine. Each section focuses on a specific geographic region and discusses an important legal topic of interest in regards to a particular area of practice. **The special resource section featured in the magazine’s December 2008 issue focuses on Pre-Merger Notification in Europe in regards to medium-size companies and the merger control issues involved.
Lex Mundi Directory of Members
The Lex Mundi Directory of Members is an annual handbook that provides useful information about Lex Mundi and its services, a quick overview/description about each member firm, and the name and contact information for one or more individuals at each firm. To request a copy of our Lex Mundi Directory of Members, please Click Here. To search for a member firm online, visit the Member Firm Search Page.
Lex Mundi Multi-Jurisdictional Surveys
Each multi-jurisdictional survey covers one practice area and a particular legal topic of interest to lawyers today!
- Pre-Merger Notification Survey
Prepared by the Antitrust, Competition and Trade Practice Group
This survey provides a detailed summary about the different pre-merger notification procedures in each jurisdiction. Items addressed include the current regulatory regimes and agencies in place, initial and post-filing requirements, and the sanctions and penalties that can arise.
- Bank Finance and Regulation Survey
Prepared by the Bank and Finance Regulation Practice Group
This survey presents overviews on banking and financial institutions' supervision, banking activities, and bank secrecy laws in more than 40 jurisdictions around the globe.
- Criminal Liability of Companies Survey — NEW!
Prepared by the Business Crimes and Compliance Practice Group
This survey represents an overview of some of the key criminal offense laws in each jurisdiction. Topics addressed include the criminal sanctions on a company; the procedural issues in cases of corporate liability; and the criminal liability of companies, directors, and managers.
- The European Company — NEW!
Prepared by the Cross-Border Transactions Practice Group
This multi-jurisdictional survey provides an in-depth overview of the legislation adopted in the 27 individual EU member states regarding the European Company (or “Societas Europaea”). The survey is prepared by members of the Lex Mundi Practice Group, and it is licensed to LexisNexis and available to its subscribers at www.lexis.com. Lex Mundi members can access the survey on the Lex Mundi Intranet (log-in is required).
- In-House Counsel and the Attorney-Client Privilege Survey
Prepared by the Dispute Resolution Practice Group
A great resource for legal practitioners around the world! This survey presents a country-by-country overview of the availability of protection from disclosure of communications between in-house counsel and the officers, directors or employees of the companies they serve.
- Intellectual Property and Competition Law Survey
Prepared by the Intellectual Property Practice Group
Lex Mundi member firms were surveyed on the affect of competition law on their jurisdictions’ IP rights. The survey focused on competition/antitrust rules in respect to IP license agreements and supply/distribution agreements in order to determine if, and to what degree, there might be uniformity of application across members’ jurisdictions.
- Trends for Commercializing Intellectual Property Survey — NEW!
Prepared by the Intellectual Property Practice Group
This publication examines the commercialization and licensing aspects of IP law to determine the degree of uniformity (or lack thereof) across the jurisdictions. Topics highlighted in the survey include protection of IP rights, payment structure for royalties and license fees, and approvals/registration.
- European Union: Accession States Tax Guide — NEW!
Prepared by the International Tax Practice Group
This survey is a practical guide that provides essential information on the tax systems in effect for each new EU member state. The objective of this publication is to: (i) disseminate among Lex Mundi member firms key information on the tax systems covered and (ii) constitute a valuable tool for both members and clients in assessing the tax environment in each member state in the pursuit of business activities and opportunities.
- Labor and Employment Desk Book
Prepared by the Labor and Employment Practice Group
This survey addresses key labor and employment laws in a number of jurisdictions. The information compiled covers a series of topics that include, but are not limited to, family/medical leave of absence, employee drug testing, equal employment opportunity/nondiscrimination, and legal obligations in regard to employee termination.
- Real Estate Survey I - Issues Relating to Foreign Investment — NEW!
Prepared by the Real Estate Practice Group
This is the first in a series of surveys to be produced by this practice group. The Real Estate Investment and Finance survey addresses several topics of interest including national/state restrictions imposed on ownership of real estate, the taxes that are levied in each jurisdiction, and reporting requirements.
- Real Estate Survey II - Issues in Ownership of Real Property — NEW!
Prepared by the Real Estate Practice Group
This is the second in a series of surveys to be produced by the practice group. The Issues in Ownership of Real Property survey addresses several topics of interest including fee simple ownership; the most common forms of investment vehicles available; and what state or local transfer, stamp, or similar taxes are levied on sellers or buyers.
- Real Estate Survey III - Issues Relating to Finance — NEW!
Prepared by the Real Estate Practice Group
This is the third in a series of surveys to be produced by the practice group. The Issues Relating to Finance survey provides an overview of the important issues involved in the financing of real estate projects, including such topics as the method for creating a security interest or lien on real property, interest rate limitations, and licensing requirements for lenders in each jurisdiction.
- Telecommunications Regulation Survey
Prepared by the Telecommunications Practice Group
This survey represents a country-by-country overview of some of the key components of telecommunications laws and regulations. Lex Mundi member firms were asked to respond to a series of questions that included the nature and extent of regulation of different types of communications services and the entities that provide those services, restrictions on foreign investment, the nature and extent of competition, and regulations impacting the internet and VoIP.
- Coming Soon!— Antitrust Competition and Trade Leniency Matrix
Prepared by the Antitrust, Competition and Trade Practice Group
- Coming Soon!— International Tax Desk Book
Prepared by the International Tax Practice Group
- Coming Soon!— Labor and Employment Holding Company Share Purchases: Pre-Signing/Pre-Closing Information and Consultation Requirements Survey
Prepared by the Labor and Employment Practice Group
- Coming Soon!— Labor and Employment Non-Competition Clause Survey
Prepared by the Labor and Employment Practice Group
- Coming Soon!— Real Estate Survey IV - Issues Relating to Leasing
Prepared by the Real Estate Practice Group
Other Publications and Resources
World Bank Doing Business Report
Lex Mundi’s member firms have once again contributed information on corporate governance for the “Protecting Investors” chapter of Doing Business 2008, a co-publication of The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. The 2008 publication is the fifth in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that both enhance business activity and those that constrain it. The report also measures regulations that affect the 10 stages of a business’s life cycle. To order a copy of the 2008 report, please visit the Doing Business website.
Courts: The Lex Mundi Project
A 2001 comparative litigation study undertaken by the World Bank and Harvard, involving the Lex Mundi member firms.
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