Articles by Lindsay Lovell

In 2011, the Corporate Counsel Exchange will be co-located with the Corporate Compliance Exchange . This decision was made to offer greater value to our attendees, as it is common in Europe for the General Counsel's role to also encompass compliance.  At the Corporate Counsel Exchange October 2010, we gathered a few of our speakers (from Tyco, Airbus, LRN and Eversheds) to discuss some...Full Article »

The Bribery Act is currently under review by the UK Government, which has delayed the implementation of the Act to allow for clearer guidelines. Nevertheless, many companies have been proactive in their implementation of adequate procedures. Wolseley plc (Wolseley), the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors and a leading...Full Article »

  As the UK Bribery Bill becomes Law, we asked delegates and speakers to IQPC Exchange’s Corporate Compliance Exchange™ what the Act means to them. The Bribery Act was passed by parliament at the end of last week, following pressure to reform the UK’s bribery and corruption laws. Fundamentally, the Act has now made it an offence for companies to fail to adequately prevent...Full Article »

Joost Wiebenga is Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Counsel EMEA for Tyco International and has operated as an in-house counsel since 1975. As a member of Tyco’s legal division, Joost and his colleagues focus on balancing legal coverage & compliance, client satisfaction, internal headcount and cost (i.e. outside counsel and related legal spend) in an optimum manner. Tyco...Full Article »