Peter Connor [EMEA General Counsel, Citrix Systems] » Biography
Managing the balance between being in-house counsel and a successful business leader
As the role of general counsel is progressing to being a business leader, this keynote will highlight the necessary skills and competencies that are needed to fulfil this role. The session will examine if lawyers are well suited to this role or should these functions be kept separate? The keynote will also explore what it takes to makes a good lawyer become an exceptional business leader and how in-house counsel can make that transition.
Simon Enoch [Group Company Secretary, KESA Electrical plc] » Biography
Mark Engelman [Head of IP, Hardwicke Building] » Biography
Jonathan Pearl [Corporate Vice President Legal & General Counsel of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB] » Biography
Leveraging and protecting your companies IP assets
An organisations intellectual property is immensely valuable and can be regarded as one if not thee most important asset which needs to be protected. This roundtable will highlight key concepts of IP rights, trademarks, copyrights and patents in developing an IP portfolio. This session will also examine how your organisation can leverage IP in deals and generate revenue from it, thus how to maximise the profitability of your IP. The panel will also explore how to effectively share IP in a joint venture.
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John Malpas [Editor - Legal Week]
Jane Amphlett [Partner, Addleshaw Goddard] » Biography
Michael F. Barratt [Senior Solicitor Employment and Litigation, Friends Provident Group plc] » Biography
Samantha Mercer [Director, Employers Forum on Age] » Biography
Examining the impact of Age Discrimination
As of 1st October legislation will outlaw age discrimination in employment and vocational training. Employers will no longer be able to recruit, train, promote or retire people on the basis of age, without objective justification. This roundtable will allow you to explore the current issues and implications that surround this policy area together with learning how to identify genuine cases against non-genuine cases. This session will analyse the business implications of the Human Rights Act on your organisation.
Mirza Ahmad [Chief Legal Officer, Birmingham City Council] » Biography
Andrew Napier [Head of Legal, The British Red Cross]
Successfully building internal communications between legal and other departments
There is an on-going need to continually integrate the Legal function with the overall business areas, goals and corporate strategy. This roundtable will examine the need to build internal communications between legal and other departments of the organisation and how best this can be achieved. The session will also highlight initiatives and process to ensure open internal communications.
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Brackett B. Denniston III [Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, General Electric Company] » Biography
Successfully Building and Managing a Global Legal Team
Guaranteeing the best legal talent for your organisation is an ever-increasing challenge for generalCounsel. Building an international team presents more complex challenges. This keynote will examine how you firstly build a first class in-house team and upon achieving this how you effectively manage your global team.
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Aninder Khera
[Conference Editor Legal Week]
Viv Du-Feu [International Head of Employment, Eversheds LLP] » Biography
Isabelle Deschamps [Head of Legal & Company Secretary, Nestle] » Biography
Generational Insight
In October 2006, the Government will introduce legislation to make age discrimination illegal. Age is a fundamental benchmark that we all use habitually in decision-making about people. All indications, from countries with age discrimination legislation, suggest that employers will need to change embedded practices and challenge their employees’ entrenched attitudes, if they are to comply with the new law.
This roundtable will look at the generational issues affecting today's workforce, in particular to understand and adopt techniques to make businesses more profitable, competitive and improve retention/reduce attrition rates.
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John Malpas [Editor - Legal Week]
David Kavanagh[Partner, Watson Farley & Williams] » Biography
David Wilson [Managing Director and Senior Counsel, Goldman Sachs] » Biography
Managing litigation for in-house
This roundtable will explore the how in-house counsel can reduce litigation and ways to best manage the process. The session will highlight challenges surrounding cross-border litigation and examine ways to establish and maintain a successful cost effective litigation programme.
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Colin Passmore [Partner, Dispute Resolution, Simmons & Simmons] » Biography
Chris Groves [Vice President Legal Affairs, Turner, A TimeWarner Company] » Biography
Christopher J Arnull [Solicitor & Associate General Counsel, KPMG] » Biography
Privilege for In-house counsel
Privilege is an ever-increasing concern for in-house counsel and corporations expanding on a global scale. Communications which are protected by privilege in one jurisdiction may not be protected in another and therefore understanding privilege rules in different jurisdictions is important for in-house counsel and knowing what they should consider. This roundtable will examine how to develop and implement policies and practices to protect privilege.
Michael Herlihy [Consultant, now of Jomati Consultants, formerly in-house counsel of ICI] » Biography
Claire Vaughan [European Legal Director at Smith & Nephew plc] » Biography
Building relationships with outside counsel
As the role of in-house counsel changes, managing relationships with external and business partners is becoming even more significant for in-house counsel. This roundtable discussion will examine how best to build and maintain external relationships with law firms. You will explore strategies to ensure that outside counsel are best suited to your firms organisational culture and how your legal team canmaximise this relationship to your advantage.
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Jacqui O'Keeffe [Partner, Environment and Health & Safety, Simmons & Simmons] » Biography
Anthony Hobley [General Counsel to the Fund, Director of Legal Policy, Climate Change Capital] » Biography
Liz Bossley [CEO, Consilience Energy Advisory Group Ltd] » Biography
Examining the impact of Climate Change and the Environment on your business
All business across industry are confronted by environmental issues in today's business world. This highly topical subject brings with it may challenges for in-house counsel. This roundtable will examine how you evaluate, analyse and prioritise the operational issues when your organisation is confronted with climate change and environmental disasters. The risks and opportunities that are associated with this area pose significant challenges to businesses. This session will guide you on the techniques that can be used to address this challenge.
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