Litigation and Dispute Resolution

AGENDA:

• 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.—Check-in / Light Breakfast

• 9:00 a.m to 9:30 a.m.—Introduction to Negotiation; the Circle Chart Tool

• 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.—The Seven Elements: A tool for preparing, negotiating, and evaluating outcomes

• 10:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.—Break

• 10:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.—Negotiation Simulation and Group Preparation Exercise

• 11:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.—Debrief the Exercise

• 12:25 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.—Concluding Remarks

• 12:30 p.m.—Lunch

Please join us on April 30th for a half-day training on negotiation and conflict resolution. Kyle Glover, a partner at Pierce Atwood LLP and an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law, will provide tools and tested best practices that will enable participants to sharpen their skills on negotiating and resolving conflict on behalf of their clients and business partners more effectively, and deepen their understanding of negotiation strategies, as well as techniques for improving the negotiation process and outcomes.   
 
The training will begin with a presentation on the key strategies in preparing for and approaching negotiations, with concrete tools for each phase of the process:

• Preparation;
• Negotiating with a Counterparty; and,
• Evaluation of Negotiation Outcomes.

Attendees will participate in a tabletop exercise in order to apply the concepts provided. Following the simulation, the group will participate in a discussion on the negotiation exercise to focus on taking away the strategies and tools for everyday application.

A light breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Register below.

Join ACC St. Louis and Lewis Rice for a 1-hour CLE on Managing Challenges and Litigation Risk from AI, Video, and Remote Work and Devices.

Discussion will include:

- An update on emerging AI standards and regulation.

- Best practices for recording and retaining video and audio conferences.

- Dealing with employee personal devices: policies and litigation risks.

We look forward to seeing you VIRTUALLY on September 20th!

Join ACC HK and eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre for a lunch time seminar to explore in practical terms what ODR means for in-house counsel, for insight into the uptake of ODR across Asia, why ODR is efficient and cost-effective, and the benefits of ODR when resolving cross-border disputes. To bring ODR to life, eBRAM will also demonstrate their online arbitration and mediation platform.

Chair: Sharyn Ch’ang, PwC NewLaw Leader

We look forward to welcoming you to this unique event specifically curated for ACC Hong Kong members.

Speakers:

Emmanuelle Pui-Ki Ta, Chief Executive Officer eBRAM

With over 15 years of experience in international arbitration and case management, she has supervised hundreds of international arbitration cases in a wide range of jurisdictions and economic sectors.

As Counsel of the Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, Asia Office in Hong Kong (2016-2021), she was responsible for managing the Hong Kong team, including administration of Asia-related arbitration cases. She was appointed as Vice-President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG) from 2016 to 2019.

Prior to that, she worked as Deputy Counsel of the Secretariat of the ICC Court in Paris and was one of the founding members of the ICC Court Secretariat’s first overseas case management team based in Hong Kong (2008).

She holds a Masters degree in International Business Law from the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the University of Marne-la-Vallee (France). She is qualified to practice at the Paris bar.

Jacob Sin, ODR Director eBRAM

Jacob is the ODR Director of eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre Limited. He coordinates efforts at eBRAM to make dispute resolution more accessible to all by drawing upon his experience in ADR (alternative dispute resolution) and his knowledge in technology.

Prior to joining eBRAM, Jacob was a member of a leading international law firm for seven years. He was part of its international arbitration practice. He was also a core member of its Digital Law Group.

Jacob read law at the City University of Hong Kong and is a Hong Kong-qualified solicitor, currently non-practising.

Sharyn Ch’ang, PwC NewLaw Leader

Sharyn Ch’ang is PwC Hong Kong’s NewLaw Leader and a founding Director of PwC’s Asia Pacific NewLaw team. She is responsible for driving the development of the NewLaw business across the Asia Pacific region for multinational and domestic clients. NewLaw services include strategic consulting, legal technology and outsourcing solutions for in-house legal departments and law firms.

Sharyn has a 30 year career including as a law firm partner and general counsel, and specialises in working with Chief Legal Officers, General Counsels and other stakeholders in the legal ecosystem, to assist them to deliver high value legal work, whilst being innovative, efficient and cost-effective. These outcomes are achieved by reimagining the future of legal practice and law as a business, leveraging the right transformative processes and legal technology to resolve key pain points. She brings a distinctive blend of legal and business experience with a true appreciation for being a practising lawyer, and the operational realities, challenges and expectations of delivering in-house legal services.

When Sharyn was in-house, she served on the ACC Hong Kong Board for a decade including as President.

EVENT DETAILS:

Date:

Thursday, 12 October 2023

Time:

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm - Registration and Light Lunch

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Seminar Presentation 

Location:

Room 205-207, 2nd floor, West Wing, Justice Place, 11 Ice House Street, Central

(Queen Road’s Central Entrance)

CPD Point(s):

Hong Kong qualified lawyers are eligible to receive 1 CPD point for this seminar, subject to approval from the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Join Cozen O’Connor and ACC’s Litigation Network for a CLE seminar on key legal issues keeping in-house counsel up at night.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Registration: 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch & Seminar: 12:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Reception: 4:45 – 6:00 p.m.

Cozen O’Connor
1200 19th Street, NW
3rd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036

Topics Include:

• Contract Drafting on Trial – Chad E. Kurtz, Member, Cozen O’Connor, In-house Panelist TBD
• Advanced Investigation Problems and Solutions for In-House Counsel – Nicole H. Sprinzen, Vice Chair, White Collar Defense & Investigations, Cozen O’Connor, Calli Jo Padilla, Member, Cozen O’Connor, In-house Panelist TBD
• The Role of the In-House Attorney in Crisis Response Matters – Tilden Katz, Senior Principal, Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies, Theresa Coetzee, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel – Dispute Resolution, Marriott International
• Ethics Issues for In-House Counsel – Deborah Winokur, Counsel, Cozen O’Connor, In-house Panelist TBD

CLE is approved in PA, NY, TX, IL, NV, and CA.
Other jurisdictions will be applied for upon request.

This event has been rescheduled for November 9, 2023

ACC Houston Best Practices Practice Group CLE
Best Practices in Optimizing Your Jury Verdict
Reptile Theory in Trial and the Difference Between Winning Big and Losing Big.
November 9, 2023 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Kiran's

Why are we seeing a proliferation of nuclear verdicts? Reptile theory. Plaintiffs know how to use it and companies don’t know how to deal with it.  Learn in this presentation best practices for optimizing your jury verdict, like how to counter reptile theory as a defendant, and how you can use it powerfully when you are the plaintiff, regardless of what type of case you are in.