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The ACC Australia WA committee and Corporate Alliance Program Partners Pragma Lawyers invite you to join them for an end of year in-person celebration. Enjoy drinks and hear a recount of the key legal issues thrown up by the COVID-19 Pandemic and a sneak peak of what we can expect in 2021.
You will be entitled to claim 0.5 CPD point (Substantive Law), and meet new and old colleagues - all in the same wonderful session!
ACC Australia and Mason Ledger have partnered to host a CPD panel discussion titled “In-house legal teams – getting more value from your law firms”.
In a legal world that is evolving more rapidly than ever before, the panel will explore how in-house legal teams are managing their legal spend and measuring law firm performance, the emergence of new pricing models, and the impact of New Law on local and international markets.
The speakers include:
- Alistair Morgan – General Counsel – Australia & Asia – Omni Bridgeway
- Maaike van der Loon – General Counsel – HealthEngine
- Barry Cameron – Head Counsel – Australia, NZ & PNG – Baker Hughes
- Rebecca Johnston – Managing Partner – Mason Ledger (Moderator)
- Chris Bates – Chairman – Mason Ledger
This free event will be held from 5:30pm to 7:30pm on Wednesday 25 November at Mason Ledger’s offices, with a one hour panel discussion followed by drinks and collegiality with friends old and new!
There are 50 seats available for in-house legal counsel, and attendees are entitled to claim 1 point under CPD Competency Area 1 – Practice Management.
Join Gilbert + Tobin for a live webinar, hosted in conjunction with ACC Australia, on current developments in contract law, including recent cases on:
• termination rights;
• good faith obligations;
• clauses dealing with consequential loss; and
• the enforcement of dispute resolution clauses.
Tim and Alastair will also consider how these developments affect the drafting and implementation of commercial agreements.
Please note: 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.
In collaboration with The Piddington Society, join Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Australia for Meet the GCs; a panel discussion with some of Australia and Asia-Pacific's leading in-house lawyers.
We are delighted to be joined by:
May Lin Chew, Associate General Counsel and Head of Legal (Singapore) - Shell (on sabbatical);
Peter Huston, Chief General Counsel and Director of Corporate Services - Fortescue Metals Group; and,
Maya vanden Driesen, Group General Counsel - Wesfarmers.
Join these senior lawyers in conversation with Irene Kuo (Fortescue Metals Group) where they will discuss their careers, what they wish they knew earlier in their careers, how they responded to COVID-19 and will share war stories with the audience.
Both ACC Australia and WA Government COVID Restrictions and Recommendations will be followed for this event. Should you have any questions regarding these measures please contact Kelly Kayne at ausevents@accglobal.com.
There are limited places available for this event - so book now!
Some of the many legal engagements and arrangements on which in-house counsel advise each year will be business-critical and require careful advice based on detailed, time-intensive consideration. It is not practical, however, for an organisation to devote the same level of legal resource to every part of the business, meaning that some parts of the organisation get less legal attention.
In this webinar, hosted in conjunction with ACC Australia, Gilbert + Tobin Partner, Marshall McKenna and Senior Projects Counsel Phil McKeiver, will explore how in-house counsel prioritise and allocate resources; and what might be done about potential latent risk areas. It will explore:
resource allocation and value of transaction as a measure of legal resource required;
identifying higher risk business areas, including those where the legal team has little visibility;
At ACC Australia, we're re-imagining our social event calendar to bring you this opportunity to connect with your fellow WA in-house counsel, as well as meet the WA Committee members. This Zoom event will bring our members together and catch up from the comfort of your own home - BYO wine!
Thursday, June 11
5pm - 6pm (AWST)
This is an event for in-house counsel only, although non-members can attend. If you are uncertain about your eligibility, please call 03 9248 5522.
The legal technology market is constantly expanding. How can you leverage this technology to optimise efficiencies, and improve collaboration within your legal teams and with your stakeholders?
Join Gilbert + Tobin’s market-leading innovation experts Caryn Sandler, Kim Lewis and Daniel Yim for a live webinar on the latest technology available to assist in-house legal teams.
This webinar will involve a deep dive into:
matter and document management;
workflow management and legal triage;
expert/decision logic apps;
document automation; and
artificial intelligence.
The webinar will explore relevant case studies and demonstrate some of the technology which is currently available.
Thursday 28 May 2020 1.00pm-2.00pm AWST
2.30pm-3.30pm ACST 3.00pm-4.00pm AEST
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.
The volume and significance of activist campaigns in Australia continues to rise. Motivated activists (both global and domestic) have started to take advantage of the flexible legal tools available to shareholders in Australian companies, and campaigns have become increasingly sophisticated and public.
This seminar, hosted in conjunction with Gilbert + Tobin, will explore:
the differences between investment and ideological activism;
the tools and tactics employed by activists;
recent trends in Australia and in the United States;
how the post-Royal Commission “atmospherics” and class action litigation may cause companies to think differently in future; and
how then to prepare for an activist attack.
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