Definition for : Conflict of interest

Designates a situation where an individual or a company simultaneously represents several interests which can not be conciliated (are materially diverging, or even are diametrally opposite). For example, a law firm may be defending Party A in a legal dispute and is now asked to defend Party B in a dispute with Party A.

(See Chapter 43 Corporate governance of the Vernimmen)

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