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We invite you to join the ACC NSW Annual Art Tour, where members of the Macquarie Group Collection art committee will present a collection of magnificent artwork. The tour will take place on Thursday, 14 September at 6:00pm at Macquarie Group’s head office, 50 Martin Place, Sydney.
Do people in your organisation see you and your role as ‘trouble’, or are you treated as a ‘vital partner’ in the business?
If you work in a small or specialised team that feels separate from the company’s main operations, such as an in-house legal counsel role… and if your work focuses on risk, fact-checking, or other elements that ‘slow down’ the progress of the visionaries, entrepreneurial types and strategy-implementers in the business…
You might be seen as TROUBLE.
This makes it pretty difficult to deliver with impact and be influential in your important role.
You know you need a seat at the decision-making table, but first, you need to be seen differently.
In this session, Personal Branding for Professional Services Expert Julissa Shrewsbury will take you through:
Vital shifts to make in your Focus, Communication and the Expectations you set, in order to change others’ perceptions of you to be seen as a key partner in the business.
Factors that determine Influence, and how to gain Personal Power to navigate new or challenging situations.
Building a ‘Leadership Brand’ for yourself to be seen as a peer to top decision-makers, and a developing a strong ‘Voice’ to help to guide the company.
Considering how to approach different stakeholders, such as Board v C-Suite or Management.
New technologies and changing socio-economic conditions are impacting businesses in Australasia, and companies need to adapt their intellectual property strategies now to meet these twin challenges head on. Business perspectives are gradually shifting towards a more holistic and comprehensive assessment of their intangible assets, as IP is increasingly seen as a critical corporate asset.
The 2023 IPBC Australasia agenda will cover cutting-edge strategies for protecting, maximising and monetising your IP assets. Local and international senior executives from IP-owning organisations, influential figures from IP research in private and public sectors, amongst other experienced IP practitioners will gather for high-level discussion and unparalleled networking opportunities.
ACC Australia and Gadens welcome you to attend a webinar on the recent changes to the unfair contract terms regime, which will have a significant impact on the way businesses contract with other parties. This session will provide you with an overview of the upcoming changes and provide practical commercial guidance for legal counsels to mitigate risks within their businesses.
Hosted by Adam Walker (Partner), Eve Lillas (Senior Associate) and Joseph Abi-Hanna (Senior Associate) from Gadens, the presentation will focus on:
a recap of the unfair contract terms regime;
an overview of the amendments to the unfair contract terms regime, which come into effect on 10 November 2023;
enforcement trends in relation to contraventions of the unfair contract term regimes;
top 'unfair' terms to look out for;
examples of how to amend terms that may be considered unfair; and
practical tips and takeaways for legal counsels.
The session will include an opportunity for attendees to ask questions of the Gadens' team.
We are delighted to announce the second ACC Australia and Thomson Reuters’ Employment Law for In-House Counsel Conference which will be held on the 31 August 2023 in the Marble Ballroom at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Sydney.
Employment law continues to be one of the biggest issues facing general counsel. This year the conference brings to the table the latest contentious issues for In-house Council and will look at the following topics from multiple angles:
Enterprise bargaining in 2023,
Proactive measures, respect in the workplace,
Understanding changes in the Modern Award/Professional Award and their implications for your organisation,
Navigating common HR challenges,
Recent Fair Work Act amendments,
Managing never-ending and ever-changing work volumes of in-house teams,
As 2023 unfolds, the market for M+A remains robust. In-house legal teams need to understand the key elements of a public M+A deal, so that they are prepared for the receipt or initiation of a merger proposal by their company.
This webinar, hosted by Gilbert + Tobin’s M+A team in conjunction with ACC Australia, will explore the essential components of a public M+A deal. It will cover:
deal structures – scheme of arrangement vs takeover;
pre-deal arrangements;
implementation agreements (including common points of negotiation); and
recent trends and issues in public M+A.
Gilbert + Tobin are also hosting a webinar on Thursday 17 August 2023 on Be Prepared: Responding to a Control Transaction Approach, which members might be interested in attending. Click here for more details.
There’s significant reform on the horizon for Australia’s privacy laws. Recent high-profile data breaches have put data protection under a microscope and put a fire under the Attorney-General’s ongoing review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Organisations today face increasing pressure from regulators and the marketplace to improve how they collect, use, store and delete personal information, and how they manage data privacy.
This session, hosted by Gilbert + Tobin’s Tech + IP team in conjunction with ACC Australia, will cover:
a (brief) history of privacy law and global enforcement trends;
major privacy trends in Australia, including data breach class actions, recent enforcement actions for facial recognition technologies and the regulator pile-on to privacy;
the December 2022 amendments to the Privacy Act, including the new penalties regime; and
the current privacy reform process in Australia and a rundown of key proposals raised in the Attorney-General’s review of the Privacy Act.
Join our upcoming live webinar to announce all the key findings from 2023 ACC Australia and Wolters Kluwer In-house Counsel Trends Report.
Attendees will have early access to key insights and takeaways from the report before it is officially released on 1 June.
By sharing the realities of working in-house, it will support a market discussion and insights to shape the direction of the profession.
In this session, our expert panel will shed light on:
Latest internal and external trends
Outsourcing practices
Beliefs about existing and emerging threats to in-house teams
Impact of the pandemic on in-house counsels' workloads, job satisfaction and work-life balance
Upskilling for the future
Who should attend?
This webinar is suited to all in-house legal professionals and in-house teams across the corporate, government, education and not-for-profit sectors.
Can't make the date/time? Register to receive a link to the webinar recording within 24 hours.
Victoria Members! Upcoming EOFY Social Event brought to you by Piper Alderman in association with Accolade Wines.
As we approach the end of the financial year, we would like to invite you to join us for a special End of Financial Year (EOFY) social event to celebrate your achievements and hard work throughout the year.
We are excited to announce that our sponsor, Piper Alderman, has generously offered to host our event at their Melbourne office. The event will include wine tastings from Accolade Wines, and canapes will also be provided. This is a great opportunity for you to network with your peers and colleagues in the in-house legal community, learn about the latest industry trends, and enjoy delicious food and wine. We hope you can join us for this exciting event.
Please register here to confirm your attendance. If you have any dietary requirements, please let us know when you RSVP.
We would like to thank Piper Alderman and Accolade Wines for their support in making this event possible.
We look forward to celebrating with you at our EOFY social event.