Expert Chapter 1 The Responsibility of Companies for the Actions of their Directors and Employees in English Law Greg Lascelles & Alan Kenny, Covington & Burling LLP Q&A Chapters 6 Australia Clayton Utz: Colin Loveday & Scott Grahame Austria Oblin Attorneys at Law: Dr. Klaus Oblin 15 22 Brazil Pinheiro Neto Advogados: Renato Stephan Grion & Thiago Del Pozzo Zanelato 31 British Virgin Islands Lennox Paton: Scott Cruickshank, Phillip Baldwin & Jonathan Child 46 Canada Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP: Erin Hoult & JosianRocca Chile Barros & Errazuriz Abogados: Luis Eduardo Toro Bossay, Jose Luis Corvalan Perez & Arturo FontecMontt 55 China Rui Bai Law Firm: Wen Qin & Lei Yang 61 Cyprus Harris Kyriakides LLC: Michael Kyriakides & JuliaGeorgallidou 68 Denmark Poul Schmith: Henrik Nedergaard Thomsen & KasMortensen 76 England & Wales Covington & Burling LLP: Greg Lascelles & Alan Kenny 85 Estonia Sorainen: Maria Pihlak & Carri Ginter 97 Finland Borenius Attorneys Ltd: Kristiina Liljedahl & Vilma Haavisto 105 France Laude Esquier Champey: Olivier Laude & Ana-MarConstantinescu 113 Germany Linklaters LLP: Dr. Christian Schmitt & Dr. Kerstin Wilhelm 122 Greece V.D. Ikonomidis & Associates Law Firm: Vassilios Ikonomidis & Georgia Patili 129 Hungary Sarhegyi & Partners Law Firm: Dr. Andras Lovas & Dr. Viktoria Perenyi 136 Indonesia SANDIVA Legal Network: Allova Herling Mengko & Febry Arisandi 145 152 Iran Sabeti & Khatami: Behnam Khatami & Masoomeh Salimi 161 Ireland A&L Goodbody: Enda Hurley & Helen O'Connor 172 Italy Portolano Cavallo: Micael Montinari, Filippo Frigerio & Laura Coriddi Japan Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu: Koki Yanagisawa & Hiroyuki Ebisawa 180 Liechtenstein Wilhelm & Buchel Rechtsanwalte: Christoph Buchel 189 Luxembourg Arendt & Medernach: Marianne Rau 197 Malaysia Rahmat Lim & Partners: Jack Yow & Daphne Koo 205 Mexico Muggenburg, Gorches y Penalosa, S.C.: Juan Luis Blanco Montoya & Fernando Sanchez Tarasco 212 Netherlands Florent: Yvette Borrius & Chris Jager 218 North Macedonia Debarliev, Dameski & Kelesoska Attorneys at Law: Alen Nikocevik & Ivan Debarliev 226 Peru Miranda & Amado Abogados: Juan Luis Avendano Valdez, Mauricio Raffo La Rosa & Luis Alonso Navarro Garcia 235 Philippines SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan: Ramon G. Songco & Anthony W. Dee 242 Russia 250 Kovalev Tugushi & Partners: Sergey Kovalev, Sergey Kislov & Evgeny Lidzhiev Singapore Oon & Bazul LLP: Prakaash Silvam & Natalynn Ong 259 Slovakia SCHWARZ advokati s.r.o.: Andrej Schwarz & Simona Uhrinova 267 Spain Monereo Meyer Abogados: Sonia Gumpert Melgosa & Michael Fries 274 Sweden Delphi: Tobias Hamrin & Emil Andersson 281 Switzerland Bar & Karrer Ltd.: Matthew Reiter & Dr. Alain Grieder 288 Turkey ESENYEL & PARTNERS LAWYERS AND CONSULTANTS: Selcuk Esenyel 297 304 United Arab Emirates Hamdan AlShamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants: Hamdan AlShamsi Uganda Candia Advocates and Legal Consultants: Candia Emmanuel & Mindreru Hope Sarah 311 USA - Delaware Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP: Jonathan A. Choa & John A. Sensing 321 USA - Florida GrayRobinson, P.A.: Leora Freire & Leslie Arsenault Metz 329 USA - Maryland Miller & Chevalier Chartered: Brian A. Hill 336 USA - Pennsylvania Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP: Michael W. McTigue Jr. & Marie Bussey-Garza 343 350 USA - Virginia Miller & Chevalier Chartered: Brian A. Hill 357 USA - Washington, D.C. Miller & Chevalier Chartered: Brian A. Hill 364 Zambia Eric Silwamba, Jalasi and Linyama Legal Practitioners: Lubinda Linyama & Joseph Alexander Jalasi