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Governing Law Risks in International Business Transactions
This book describes the key features and risks involved in the choice of law governing international business and financial transactions. By comparing the main legal systems and families of law, Philip R. Wood demonstrates how legal risk can be reduced through careful choice of law and courts.
| Author(s) | By Philip R. Wood (Former Partner and Head of the Global Intelligence Unit, Allen & Overy, Former Partner and Head of the Global Intelligence Unit, Allen & Overy). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 368 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 16 Dec 2022 |
| Availability | Available |
This book describes the key features and risks involved in the choice of law governing international business and financial transactions. By comparing the main legal systems and families of law, Philip R. Wood demonstrates how legal risk can be reduced through careful choice of law and courts.
Dedication Preface Acknowledgements 1: What this book is about 2: Role of law 3: Scope of contracts 4: Governing law and choice of courts 5: Predictability 6: Insulation of contract from foreign laws 7: Business orientation 8: Freedom of contrac
Philip R. Wood is a world-renowned academic scholar, and former Head of the Global Intelligence Unit at Allen & Overy, where he was formerly a partner and Head of Banking. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford, at Queen Mary, Universi
