In-person CPD Event
Ashurst Offices,
Lvl 38, Riverside Cntr
123 Eagle Street
Brisbane, Queensland 4000
Overview (Program Summary)
In-house legal teams face increasingly volatile issues like data breaches, insolvency, rapidly-changing regulatory landscapes and complex geopolitical events. When crisis knocks, how do legal teams maintain composure and provide clear, principled guidance?
At this intimate roundtable lunch, explore the strategies in-house teams are undertaking as crisis command: from pre-crisis preparation, to real-time response to post-crisis value creation.
Seats at this event are limited to 15. Please RSVP as soon as possible to secure your place.
Speakers
Moderator:
Linda Grace, Partner & Practice Head of Ashurst Reach
Linda is the partner and global practice head of Ashurst Reach, Ashurst's flexible resourcing offering. Having worked in private practice, several senior in-house roles and as a consultant lawyer herself, Linda offers a unique understanding of the needs of lawyers and in-house teams.
Karen Grumley, Head of Risk and Resilience, Pacific National
Karen is a senior lawyer, governance, risk, and compliance leader with 20 years’ experience in the rail industry.
Karen is currently Head of Risk and Resilience at Australia’s leading private rail freight company, Pacific National, where she has also held the roles of Head of Legal, Group Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Governance and Compliance.
Before joining Pacific National, Karen worked in various roles at an ASX Listed company – from legal counsel to policy advisor, and contract governance manager to governance lead on a major transformation project. Prior to working in-house, Karen practiced at mid-tier law firms for several years. Karen is also a Past President and Board Member of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Australia.
Notes
*Competitor Exclusion – ACC Australia Partner’s may request that representative/s of a competitor organisation/s registered for the event be excluded, and ACC Australia reserves the right to make the final decision as to whether a registration is rejected. As a guide, a competitor organisation could be defined as a rival organisation of similar size to the host Corporate Partner, with an established practice, product or service in the area being showcased by the Corporate Partner’s at the event. Please provide a brief statement as to why you have deemed an organisation to be a competitor, in support of any request to ACC Australia to reject a registration.
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