All Insights https://www.osborneclarke.com/ en Mon, 06 May 2024 07:25:38 +0100 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:38:50 +0100 Commercial insight: developing a multi-channel strategy to grow business and reduce risk https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/commercial-insight-developing-multi-channel-strategy-grow-business-reduce-risk &lt;[CDATA[<img src='https://oc-static.poweredbyproctors.co.uk/public/images/wp/18/07/03/FS_wallet_20_euro_note.jpg?VersionId=mEe8m3Ib4tZqoDgXaZK1ZVw85XKcKV7y' /><br /><p>Digitalisation is no longer optional for today's businesses. The transformation to relying on digital tools can be especially difficult for brick-and-mortar retailers who have historically relied on the allure of seeing products in person and the appeal of face to face shopping. The pandemic and government restrictions have sent many retails wondering how they can continue to grow their business and to what extent they can dilute their risk.</p> <p>In this context, the implementation of a multi-channel strategy should be considered as a key strategy, despite the challenges it entails.</p> ]]&gt; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:38:50 +0100 All Insights The DPIA tool for GDPR risk assessment https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/dpia-tool-gdpr-risk-assessment &lt;[CDATA[<img src='https://oc-static.poweredbyproctors.co.uk/public/images/wp/20/06/11/OC_KI_104.jpg?VersionId=JA2t_tFoHnzVwyjpExRl.4IxlOxPd7YU' /><br /><p>At Osborne Clarke, we pride ourselves on being pioneers in legal tech, developing new digital solutions for our practice and our clients to make day-to-day legal processes more efficient and compliant. Our DPIA tool is the latest development in our ongoing commitment to bringing together cutting edge legal advice with practical and business-oriented digital tools.</p> ]]&gt; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:03:01 +0100 All Insights Digital Corporate: An interactive guide https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/digital-corporate-interactive-guide <p>Forward-looking firms know that paperless transactional support and corporate housekeeping is inevitable in our digital age – here's the legal situation.</p> Thu, 09 Jul 2020 13:55:37 +0100 All Insights Meeting alternatives and COVID-19: Solutions for Belgian companies and their stakeholders https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/covid-19-helping-belgian-companies-stakeholders-avoid-person-meetings &lt;[CDATA[<img src='https://oc-static.poweredbyproctors.co.uk/public/images/wp/18/07/03/GEN_global_map_market_trends.jpg?VersionId=aOvbsHZfGsjc3BYNJhhZCSjN6r8LxUbP' /><br /><p>Updated on 29 June 2020.</p> <p>As companies prepare for their annual shareholders' meetings, Belgium's federal government has offered a number of solutions to help avoid physical gatherings amid the Covid-19 crisis.</p> ]]&gt; Thu, 09 Jul 2020 10:34:10 +0100 All Insights Belgian law in brief: under what conditions is an electronic signature legally equivalent to a wet ink signature ? https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/belgian-law-brief-conditions-electronic-signature-legally-equivalent-wet-ink-signature &lt;[CDATA[<img src='https://oc-static.poweredbyproctors.co.uk/public/images/wp/20/06/11/OC_KI_083.jpg?VersionId=lKFeJAsU.d.wJ7zj9l9E6e3jfENFwlS5' /><br /><p>According to the applicable Belgian and EU legislation, only qualified electronic signatures are automatically equivalent to a wet ink signature. This presumption doesn't exist for an ordinary or an advanced electronic signature. If the ordinary or advanced electronic signature is challenged in court, the burden of proof will lie on the shoulders of the signatory. However, disputes regarding the probative value of an electronic signature are scarce.</p> ]]&gt; Tue, 07 Jul 2020 10:26:36 +0100 All Insights Top 10 Cyber Security issues amid Covid-19 https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/top-10-cyber-security-issues-amid-covid-19 &lt;[CDATA[<img src='https://oc-static.poweredbyproctors.co.uk/public/images/wp/18/07/03/TA_city_street.jpg?VersionId=LfFeRdX7DUSBtOul31Nt1QhR7lxYaV6R' /><br />]]&gt; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:00:15 +0100 All Insights Boardroom response: COVID-19 and what should directors be doing now? https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/boardroom-response-covid-19-directors-now &lt;[CDATA[<img src='https://oc-static.poweredbyproctors.co.uk/public/images/wp/18/07/03/RMT_business_meeting.jpg?VersionId=zjV3GsK9Os6z74AsH06QL6MJH8VHno5O' /><br />]]&gt; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:40:18 +0000 All Insights Corporate transactions: the impact of COVID-19 internationally https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/corporate-transactions-impact-covid-19-internationally &lt;[CDATA[<img src='https://oc-static.poweredbyproctors.co.uk/public/images/wp/18/07/03/RMT_business_people_talking-2.jpg?VersionId=EWz3KMQPGBIXt4Yvu.c6qM1bP1dd0X8S' /><br /><p>With coronavirus now officially categorised by the World Health Organization as a pandemic, businesses will be renewing their focus on the immediate and practical steps that they need to take at an operational level.</p> ]]&gt; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:57:03 +0000 All Insights Digital HR: An Interactive Guide https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/digital-hr-interactive-guide <p>Our Digital HR interactive tool is designed to help you understand the digital transformation going on in the HR world in Belgium and understand what it means for your business.</p> Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:29:48 +0100 All Insights