Corporate Governance: New Legislation & Risks
Explore new laws impacting governance, including virtual AGMs, modern slavery, climate change risks & more. Gain a comprehensive update of key regulatory updates, enforcement results, & regulations. Finally, scrutinise the many new duties & risks facing directors, including ASIC & ASX guides, continuous disclosure, insolvency, ESG principles, breach of fiduciary duties, shareholder rights, supply chains & more. Register for all 3 sessions & save or just the ones you want.
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
Session 1
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Explore new laws, risks and obligations impacting corporate governance. Catch up on the latest developments related to the Hayne recommendations, risk culture, accountability and community expectations. Gain critical takeaways regarding virtual AGMs, modern slavery, climate change risks & more.
Chair: Blanka Moss, General Counsel, Schindler Lifts Australia
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Corporate Governance Alert: New Law, Hazards & Obligations
- Hayne recommendations: latest updates and key developments with risk culture, accountability and community expectations
- Virtual AGMs: the new rules and how to navigate them while avoiding the pitfalls
- Modern Slavery update: the latest on your obligations and avoiding the risks
- Climate change risk update
Presented by Siobhan Doherty, Partner, MinterEllison
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Session 2
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Gain a comprehensive update of key regulatory issues impacting corporate governance. Catch up on important regulatory enforcement results you need to know. Explore how to deal with regulators in the current environment and tips for navigating deferrals, priorities, and the continuing impact of the pandemic on regulatory matters.
Chair: Jane Webster, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Moorebank Intermodal Company
1.00pm to 2.00pm: Corporate Governance Regulatory Update: Emerging Legal and Compliance Risks
- Your corporate governance regulatory update: the recent regulatory enforcement results you need to have on your radar
- Guidance for dealing with regulators in the current environment
- Examine deferrals, priorities and enforcement actions and implications
- Examine the Impact of the pandemic on regulatory matters
Presented by Robert McGregor, Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
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Session 3
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Scrutinise the many new and evolving duties & risks facing directors, including ASIC & ASX guides, continuous disclosure, insolvency, ESG principles, breach of fiduciary duties, shareholder rights, supply chains & more. Gain in-depth and practical guidance on how organisations, directors and in-house counsel can manage these risks.
Chair: Michael Chin, Senior Corporate Lawyer, AGL
12.00pm to 1.00pm: Corporate Governance: The Ever Expanding Compliance Obligations of Directors
- Overview of the expanding duties and risks for directors
- Navigating increased ‘soft law’ guidance
- ASIC Regulatory Guides
- Conflicts; AGMs & shareholder engagements; financial reporting & auditing, continuous disclosure, executive remuneration, insolvent trading
- ASX Governance Principles
- Management; board structure; ethics; financial reporting; disclosure; shareholder rights; stakeholder interests
- Environmental Social & Governance Reporting
- Climate change & environmental risks as ‘material risks’ under ASIC
- ESG Principles: environmental risks; labour practices; product & service controls; competition & supply chains; anti-corruption
- Recent trends & risk profiles for directors
- Breaches of fiduciary duties; trading insolvent; statutory penalties; additional pressures
- How organisations, directors & in-house counsel can manage these risks
Presented by Matt Egerton-Warburton, Partner & Robert Tracy, Partner, Gadens