This luncheon panel, offered in collaboration with the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), will explore how general counsel can work more effectively with the Board of Directors and while addressing all of your burning questions. You will hear directly from two highly experienced Fortune 500 corporate directors and learn how to partner with your Board to address the most vexing challenges facing boards of directors today.
Law department management across a variety of timezones and legal jurisdictions presents its own unique challenges. Reporting structures, communication strategies and cultural nuances play a significant role in managing lawyers who are geographically dispersed; they need timely direction and accurate information in order to do their jobs effectively. Learn strategies employed by successful general counsel to enable a cohesive and nimble global legal team to handle the most complex legal matters and deal with cross-border laws effectively.
Commercial real estate acquisition is typically a key component of retail business expansion strategies. Take an in-depth look at build-to-suit and ground lease development, the complexities of cross-border acquisition and disposition and the ways that affect a developer’s access to due diligence and financing.
Get an overview of how to start a pro bono program in your legal department or ACC chapter through guidance and best practices; and learn of specific opportunities available to in-house pro bono programs, no matter the size of the ACC chapter or legal department.
This panel will discuss what goes into planning and managing significant litigation that has the potential to be successful or ruinous to your company, with no middle ground. Topics will include informing your board of directors, setting strategy, managing the public relations aspects of such a case and how the amounts at stake impact settlement strategies (e.g., whether to hire jury consultants).
People, companies and even governments generate an enormous amount of data about themselves every day. From ordering a latte without foam to negotiating a major contract, there is a growing perceived need to collect and mine the resulting data for useful insights about markets, customers, competitors or competitive threats. How can we do this? What legal issues surround the collection of this data? What issues surround the use of the data? If your company is using big data, what should it be concerned about? How does it stay out of trouble and out of the headlines?
In the context of cross-border transactions, whether acquisitions, investments or financings, it is important to understand the implications of using established transaction agreement precedents in multiple jurisdictions; including the use of the binding and non-binding letter of intent (LOI), the signed and unsigned agreement, the obligation to negotiate and execute in good faith, the application of the miscellaneous clauses and especially whether you think your agreement is the “entire agreement.” In Canada, there are two legal traditions (English Common Law and Quebec Civil Law), which in certain circumstances differ from US common law; these differences must be noted before entering into negotiations. The standard form contract or boilerplate may burn you if you are not careful. Panelists will review the traditional transaction steps between offer or LOI to the definitive agreement and specific provisions that are drafted the same but used in different jurisdictions.
In-house counsel often play a critical role in hiring and firing—not to mention disciplining, compensating and evaluating—an organization's top leadership, requiring navigation of delicate legal and political issues. A panel of seasoned in-house counsel will share success stories, guiding principles, obstacles, regrets and lessons learned.
Despite the CLO’s best efforts, Legal is almost always viewed as a cost center within the corporation. What are the most effective ways that you as a CLO can continuously prove your value to the company, what metrics do you use to do it, and how do you get the company to see the cost savings that result from early and regular consultation with Legal?
Many of us do business across the globe. Some of us have moved around the world ourselves; others support businesses that move people strategically from one part of the world to another. But are you aware of all of the legal rules, risks and complexities of this new global mobility? This intermediate program will provide guidance to non-immigration lawyers on legal issues of moving employees around the globe, including best practices, compliance with company policies, non-competition issues and attorney–client privilege.