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30 minute webinar series: The cold light of day – strategies to position your business for the future

The spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) poses many challenges but also opportunities for business around the globe.
 
This time represents a disruption without parallel in recent time, but leaders must rise above the daily news feed and bring focus to "Three Rs" - resilience, recovery and renewal for their businesses. 

Acknowledging the challenges in the days and weeks ahead - there is opportunity now to reshape strategy and activities for the coming months and years.

Join Baker McKenzie as they host two panel discussions, moderated by founding Partner of Citadel-MAGNUS, a former Business Editor of Sky News and Reporter with Channel 9’s Business Sunday Program, Helen McCombie.

These webinars will be open and interactive discussions, with attendees encouraged to submit questions to the panelists.

Webinar 2: Renewal

By implementing proactive and defensive measures explored in the first webinar, businesses will be well placed to move into the ‘renewal’ phase.

Topics in this webinar will include: 

• a forecast of equity capital markets and M&A trends over the next 18 months including the impact of FIRB’s temporary foreign investment changes; 
• transactional opportunities across industries and activities of opportunistic investors; and 
• practical tips and examples on shifting from a resilience mindset into offensive to ensure long term survival. 

If your company/organisation is deemed to be a competitor of the host organisation for this event, you may be excluded from attending this event. If you believe there may be a conflict or are uncertain, please enquire with ACC Australia.

30 minute webinar series: The cold light of day – strategies to position your business for the future

The spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) poses many challenges but also opportunities for business around the globe.
 
This time represents a disruption without parallel in recent time, but leaders must rise above the daily news feed and bring focus to "Three Rs" - resilience, recovery and renewal for their businesses. 

Acknowledging the challenges in the days and weeks ahead - there is opportunity now to reshape strategy and activities for the coming months and years.

Join Baker McKenzie as they host two panel discussions, moderated by founding Partner of Citadel-MAGNUS, a former Business Editor of Sky News and Reporter with Channel 9’s Business Sunday Program, Helen McCombie.

These webinars will be open and interactive discussions, with attendees encouraged to submit questions to the panelists.

Webinar 1: Resilience and Recovery

This discussion will focus on the trends we’re seeing in capital raising and preservation, recent activity in the debt market, and how businesses are activating defensive measures to position themselves for the future.

Other topics of discussion will include: 

• eligibility and impact of government stimulus and support packages; 
• evasive action that businesses are undertaking, and examples of how firms are making changes now to avoid formal insolvency procedures or potential takeovers in the long term; and 
• market movement and predictions for the coming months. 

If your company/organisation is deemed to be a competitor of the host organisation for this event, you may be excluded from attending this event. If you believe there may be a conflict or are uncertain, please enquire with ACC Australia.

One of the many concerns for internal counsel during the COVID-19 crisis is the increasing challenge of managing data security. From exploiting the increased number of employees who are now working from home, through to supply chain disruptions, cyber threat actors are capitalising on geographic and operational impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. You are invited to join us for a virtual roundtable discussion on the increased cyber security risks during this sustained crisis and what companies can do to mitigate the impact.

Cory Davie, Partner, Control Risks, will set the scene with a brief situation update of the COVID-19 global pandemic. She will be followed by Carla Liedtke, Principal, Control Risks, who will lead a discussion on current cyber-attack trends and the measures companies are putting in place to mitigate the increased risk. Attendee participation is encouraged and this is a great opportunity to share and learn from your peer group on the challenges you are facing as well as what is working for your organisation.

This event is sold out, please use the link below to register for the waitlist. 

Employers are increasingly faced with the challenges of keeping employees “safe” in terms of their mental health and also dealing with the consequences of employees’ mental health challenges in regard to performance and conduct.

With increased penalties in many jurisdictions and model legislation highlighting director and officer individual responsibility, the issues are more important than ever. In the current climate of vast numbers of employees working from home and in a heightened state of anxiety about world events and job security, employers face a very difficult task.

Join Piper Alderman's Erin McCarthy and their national employment relations team for webinar dealing with these issues and in particular:

The law:

• Work health and safety obligations to minimise or eliminate risks to mental health in the workplace;
• When and how the workplace extends to the home, and managing the unusual risks of remote working;
• Assessing capacity and when an employee may not be mentally “fit” for the inherent requirements of the job;
• The interplay between mental health and performance/misconduct concerns – what the Fair Work Commission has said about procedural fairness and mental health;
• Compensability of stress claims under the various state and territory workers compensation schemes; and
• Industrial manslaughter and deaths by suicide where there may be workplace risks to mental health

The practical issues:

• Signs to look out for that an employee may have compromised mental health
• Having difficult conversations with employees who have mental health issues or may be under significant stress and anxiety
• When you may be ‘on notice’ of a risk but not have recognised it;
• Managing mental health while employees are working remotely including domestic violence; and
• What will you point to as a measure implemented to manage mental health risks?

Businesses are operating in an increasingly complex and high stakes regulatory environment. With the ACCC’s role expanding and penalties increasing, scrutiny has never been more intense.  At the same time, many of the provisions of the ­Competition and Consumer Law Act require thought and some sophistication to ensure compliance. 

Join our competition experts Susan Jones and Jeremy Jose for a live webinar that will provide an update on current issues in competition law including:

• the ACCC’s enforcement activity and priorities;
• concerted practices (including information sharing, industry associations and pricing algorithms); and
• gun jumping.

This webinar will also provide you with some practical suggestions for assessing and mitigating competition law risk within your organisation.

If your company/organisation is deemed to be a competitor of the host organisation for this event, you may be excluded from attending this event. If you believe there may be a conflict or are uncertain, please enquire with ACC Australia.

NSW Members - this event will also be run as a face to face event later in the year.

Immigration compliance is a sleeper topic for many in-house counsel. A large number of Australian organisations are simply unaware of the legal framework which applies to local businesses with regard to employing visa holders. Despite being relatively unknown, the implications for businesses could not be more significant, these include:

• the requirement to ensure that all employees and contractors have the right to work in Australia
• a positive obligation to take reasonable steps to inform staff of their legal duties
• strict liability offences with criminal and civil liability for company officers

During the webinar Hammond Taylor presenter, Jackson Taylor will:

• explore the immigration law framework
• examine the obligations on employers
• consider how employers can take appropriate steps to meet these obligations and mitigate risk
• oversee implementation of appropriate policies and verify compliance

Join us to discuss an area of law that many organisations overlook and one that every in-house counsel should understand.

The global Coronavirus pandemic has had unparalleled impacts on international travel, the workplace and daily life. Immigration systems have seen changes unheard of in the 21st century with border closures, business shutdowns, and the rapid shift to remote work.

Join Jackson Taylor, Partner at Hammond Taylor, to discuss the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on Australian immigration to understand how your business will be affected by these changes.

The webinar will discuss:
- Border closures and exemptions to restrictions
- Limitations on stand-downs, part time arrangements, and leave without pay for sponsored visa holders
- Visa renewals in exceptional circumstances
- Recent announcements on government support such as the JobKeeper supplement
- Potential future government arrangements for temporary migrants

Can’t attend live? You should still register! The webinar will be available on-demand to all registrants.

Beyond Compliance: Coronavirus, ESG, and the Redefining of Risk Management

The outbreak of the coronavirus has upended business worldwide and created an entirely new risk paradigm for companies with an international profile.

Prior to COVID-19, firms were already contending with unfamiliar regulatory, ESG, technological, and geopolitical challenges. Today, as firms plan for an even more uncertain future, what are the key reputational, stakeholder, and political risk issues that should be top of mind for corporate counsel? 

Veracity Worldwide Asia-Pacific Director, Benjamin Weiss, will survey the new frontier of risk and offer strategies to help you and your business navigate them.