Antoine Masson is currently working at the European Court of Justice collaborating with the University of Luxembourg and CEPRISCA at the University of Picardie (France). He has been a part-time lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin and a researcher at HEC-Paris. He has published extensively on law and management, business law, European law, and law & languages, and has recently written a textbook on European law and edited one on representations of justice and another on legal strategies.Mary J. Shariff, B.Sc. LL.B. LL.M. has been an Assistant Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, Robson Hall, University of Manitoba since July 2007. Prior to joining the faculty she practiced law with Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP as a solicitor and barrister in the areas of taxation, construction law and litigation. Her research interests include dispute resolution, science, biotechnology and nanotechnology as they intersect with the law, trade and the environment, and she is currently conducting research concerning novel technologies directed at aging and life extension. Her teaching areas include

• Theorizing Legal Strategies.- From Legal Monitoring to Legal Core Competency: How to Integrate the Legal Dimension into Strategic Management.- The Origin of Legal Opportunities.- A Theory of Legal Strategy.- Alternative Conceptions of Legal Strategy and Strategic Legal Interpretation.- The Crucial Role of Legal Capability in the Realisation of Legal Strategies.- Litigation Cost Strategies from Economics.- A Cognitive Approach to Judicial Strategies: A Perspective from the French Business Environment.- Legal Strategies In Action.- Perspectives on Legal Strategy through Alternative Dispute Resolution.- Strategic Planning to Avoid Organizational Criminal Liability: A Canadian Perspective.- Corporate Risk Management and Legal Strategy.- A Legal Strategy Case Study: Trusts in Securitization.- Activist Hedge Funds and Legal Strategy Devices.- Patents and Trademarks: From Business Law to Legal Astuteness.- The Strategic Use of Legal Margins: How to Introduce an Extension of Someone Else’s Brand.- The Effect of Complexity of Law on Litigation Strategy.- Evidence Collection as a Legal Resource for Strategy: A French and European Perspective.- Transnational Transactions: Legal Work, Cross-Border Commerce and Global Regulation.- Responses To Legal Strategies.- Limits to Horizontal Strategies: Majority Shareholders Facing Minority Activism.- Innovation and Access: Legal Strategies at the Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law Interface.- Conclusion: Enlarging The Potential For A “Law And Strategies” Approach.- Applied Advanced Legal Strategy in Court: The Example of the International Criminal Court.