McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

Most major jurisdictions have pay equity laws, but their approach is far from uniform. Global companies need to evaluate compliance with these laws on a country-by-country basis whilst simultaneously addressing their compensation policies globally.

Although multi-jurisdictional compliance is a challenge in relation to every aspect of employment law, the structure of employment contracts and the enforcement of global policies require particularly careful consideration

The UK Government has confirmed that it will extend to the private sector tax rules designed to target tax avoidance by contractors who operate through an intermediary personal service company (PSC).

The global village is small, but social media is large; what a business does in country X will have repercussions in country Y

For the first time ever, a patient has been treated with high energy proton beam therapy (PBT) by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). Lawyers now working together at McDermott advised the counterparty providers and equipment supplier in what is the highest value, and most complex, medical equipment project ever undertaken in the United Kingdom.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data are playing an increasingly important role in the economy. Competition law will have to evolve if it is to reconcile the positive and negative effects that the use of these new instruments may have on markets.

Like other EU Member States and the European Union itself, France has recently strengthened its national foreign direct investments control regime.

In the United States, prize-driven promotions have proven to be powerful marketing tools, attracting consumer interest, enhancing brand loyalty, and generating sales, but they should be handled with caution