Corporate Australia has experienced a period of unprecedented uncertainty and change. This session, presented by Gilbert + Tobin’s Disputes + Investigations team, will discuss lessons for corporate counsel arising from:  

•    recent high profile corporate failures; 

•    public inquiries into gaming and aged care;  

•    the community reaction to Juukan Gorge; and 

•    changing expectations in relation to workplace culture.  

Networking and breakfast: 7:30am - 8:00am

Presentation: 8:00am - 9:00am

In this session, Gilbert + Tobin’s employment law specialists will provide a practical overview of the whistleblower laws and explore their implementation.

In particular, they will cover:

•    key lessons learnt including how to strike a balance between a compliant and practical policy;
•    the most common pitfalls and how to avoid them; and
•    how to prevent against an inadvertent breach of the laws during and following an investigation.

They will also analyse the application of the whistleblower laws by the courts to date.
 

Data breaches are now a key risk for all Australian businesses. Australia’s data breach regulatory regime is unique as is its continuous disclosure and class action environment.  This combination poses distinctive and developing challenges for companies and boards in preparing for, and managing, these issues as they arise.  

This webinar, presented by Gilbert + Tobin’s Corporate Advisory and Intellectual Property teams, will explore:

• the data breach regime and how it intersects with directors’ duties, the current continuous disclosure obligations and regulatory and class action risk; 
• recent high-profile cases; and 
• how this might be impacted by law reform proposals to introduce a permanent knowledge element for civil liability for breaches of the continuous disclosure regime.  

The Government’s focus on strengthening the effectiveness of the unfair contract term regime is continuing and civil penalties will be shortly introduced. Further changes also include expanding the ‘small business’ threshold, and including a rebuttable presumption against the use of terms previously found unfair in similar circumstances.

This important session, presented by Gilbert + Tobin’s Technology + Digital and Competition + Regulation teams, will cover the spectrum of relevant compliance considerations by providing practical tips for the negotiating and drafting of terms, through to insights gained from previous ACCC investigations.

Following the cessation of the Government’s temporary COVID fiscal and regulatory relief measures, cash flow and solvency issues are once again at the forefront of businesses and boards’ minds.

This session, presented by Gilbert + Tobin’s Banking + Projects team, will explore:

• the current state of the insolvency market;
• what steps you can take to protect yourself from solvency risks and the risk of counterparty insolvency;
• the new small business insolvency reforms, including how they can be used to restructure businesses; 
• the further reforms proposed by the Government in the Federal Budget; and
• what we expect to see in the insolvency market for the rest of 2021

Following a year of economic upheaval, and with an increasingly complex regulatory environment, managing risk is a key part of any corporate transaction.  

This webinar, hosted by Gilbert + Tobin’s Corporate Advisory team, will explore a variety of strategies to manage transactional risk, including:

• warranty and indemnity insurance;
• escrowed amounts and other security arrangements;
• different consideration structures; and
• break fees and reverse break fees.

The webinar will explore how these arrangements can be used to manage and allocate risk to enable counterparties to get deals done despite uncertainties. 
 

Corporate groups are preparing for a post-pandemic world by restructuring, demerging, refinancing and seeking to incentivise top talent by providing them with a stake in the business. In this environment, it is imperative for in-house lawyers to be able to identify, manage and communicate the risks associated with these transactions to relevant stakeholders. An understanding of the taxation risks arising from these transactions is critical and invariably extends beyond the structuring of these transactions to the careful drafting of the supporting legal documentation.

You are invited to join Gilbert + Tobin’s market leading tax team for a live webinar which will provide an overview of the key tax opportunities and watchouts (and relevant legal drafting considerations) associated with:

• various common corporate transactions including top hats, spin offs, recapitalisations, restructures, and employee equity plans; and
• financing transactions including characterisation as debt or equity for tax purposes and cross border considerations such as transfer pricing and withholding tax.

This webinar will provide practical guidance which will enable in-house legal counsel to collectively plan for and implement these transactions, while mitigating the risk of any adverse tax outcomes.

AGENDA:

• Session I - 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Financial Services Regulatory and Litigation Update: Where Do We Go From Here?
  
  Industry disruption caused by the pandemic and new technologies are creating unique challenges and opportunities for in-house counsel in financial services.  From the new Biden Administration’s focus on expanding the regulatory environment, fair lending protections, as well as artificial intelligence tools making credit decisions, to the inevitable rise in defaults and litigation caused by the pandemic, this is no time to be in the dark.
   

• Break - 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

• Session II - 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  Digital Asset Custody Update
  
  Federal regulators (CFTC, SEC, OCC) are beginning to provide guidance around custody of digital assets by financial institutions. While the regulators are signaling that they are open to financial institutions providing digital asset custodial services, they have not provided specific guidance around developing internal compliance programs and best practices for these services. Financial institutions that are exploring establishing a digital asset custodian should ensure they understand (and incorporate) the latest guidance from the relevant federal regulators and the operational and technical requirements of best-in-class digital asset custody. In this session, our team will provide guidance on these developments.

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Please join Kathryn Speed and Brett Cassidy from Page Seager Lawyers for a Corporate and Commercial update CPD. 

Our presenters will discuss two important issues for our Tasmanian audience.

The first topic is the drafting and enforcement of post-COVID force majeure provisions. Legal counsel are at the forefront of contract interpretation and disputes, and an understanding of the operation of these clauses is critical now more than ever.

The second topic is an outline of what legal counsel need to know regarding the recent updates to the Public Interest Disclosure Regime in Tasmania.  This will include a summary of relevant obligations and who they apply to, practical tips to ensure compliance and the consequences of non-compliance.

Both ACC Australia and TAS Government COVID Restrictions and Recommendations will be followed for this event. Should you have any questions regarding these measures please contact Teagan Jones at ausevents@accglobal.com.

There are limited places available for this event - so book now!

This event has been cancelled due to illness, and will be rescheduled for a later date.  Please check back soon for new details.

This presentation will provide a discussion on recent legal trends in commercial real estate arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.  Specific topics to be addressed will include leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, and general business trends and considerations.