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Practical International Resources

PLC Global Law Department is a unique online service, providing a vast database of maintained English-language legal resources. These include UK, US and jurisdiction-neutral legal documents, practical toolkits designed to support in-house lawyers in their work, in-depth English and US legal know-how and hundreds of comparative guides to the law worldwide.

The service also incorporates an EU update service which has been developed by our team of experienced, international ex-lawyers who monitor, track and distil EU developments as they occur – so you don’t have to. These daily or weekly e-mail services flag up all significant EU legal developments that could affect your operations across the following sector-based areas: automotive, aviation and airports, chemicals, consumer products and retail, corporate, defense, employment, pensions and benefits, energy, financial services, food safety, healthcare, infrastructure funds, international trade, IP, post and logistics, ports and shipping, product safety, public procurement, rail, road, tax, TMT (telecommunications, media and technology), tobacco and water.

Our coverage includes international transaction guides and resources, international arbitration know-how, EU competition law, EU sectoral current awareness and Islamic finance know-how.

Comparative Guides to the Law Worldwide

• Q&A overview guides to all key legal areas across all major jurisdictions letting you know about the key legal risks and challenges when working in unfamiliar countries.

Know-How

• Practice notes providing detailed "How-to Guides" covering key transactions and areas of law.
• Practical toolkits - collections of resources for use in specific transactions or to address areas of legal risk.
• Checklists, timetables and flowcharts - provide confidence that all key issues have been considered.

Legal Documents You Can Trust

• Practical, maintained precedents based on US and UK law or jurisdiction-neutral. The "gold-standard" starting point, providing advanced English-language precedents when drafting documents for use in many other jurisdictions.
• Supported by notes and country-specific Q&A setting out the issues likely to be encountered when involved in a cross-border transaction.
• Maintained by a team of 200 legally-qualified experts - to reflect current law and market practice.
PLC Global Law Department also includes:
• Daily, weekly and monthly update e-mails, covering key topics, including EU and regulatory updates.
• Our unique "What’s Market" databases of UK and US deals and filings - compare and analyze key provisions.
• Access to a database of recommended specialist lawyers across multiple jurisdictions, and guides to instructing them.
• Access to all PLC magazines.
• Access to an extensive and quality-assured database of local law firm publications.

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