Director & Officer Risks & Liabilities Forum
The risk profile for liability & litigation against directors, officers, in-house counsel & the lawyers who represent them is rapidly changing. Stay on top of the latest trends in health & safety prosecutions & emerging cyber security liabilities. Consider increasingly significant climate change risks. Examine direct personal liability for directors, insurance risks & disclosures. Finally, put it all into practice with a session offering key strategies to balance modern legal & commercial risks. WEB223N55
Description
Attend and earn 4 CPD units including:
1 unit in Professional Skills
3 units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: John Edstein, Chair, Macquarie Investment Management Limited; Director, Perpetual Equity Investment Company Limited; Director & Counsel, Walsh Bay Partners Pty Ltd; former Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
9.30am to 13.00am Directors and Officers: Recent Trends in Health & Safety Prosecutions
- Investigation approach of regulators
- Typical questions asked of directors and officers
- Recent prosecutions of directors and officers
- Focus on procurement
Presented by Katherine Morris, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright; Best Lawyers 2022, Occupational Health and Safety Law; Recommended Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2020
10.30am to 11.10am Cybersecurity and Incident Response
- Cyber security landscape and key risks to organisations
- Ransomware as an attack of choice: what boards need to know
- Regulatory and claims risk updates
Presented by John Moran, Partner, Clyde & Co; Best Lawyers 2022, Insurance Law; Recommended Professional Indemnity Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2020
11.10am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm Climate Change Risks for Directors & Officers
- Climate change litigation trends in Australia and internationally
- What these litigation trends mean for boards
- Practical measures for dealing with the risks
Presented by Sandy Mak, Partner & Head of Corporate; 2020 Dealmaker of the Year, Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards and Women in Law Awards; Best Lawyers 2022, Corporate Law, Equity Capital Markets Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, & Private Equity Law; Leading Corporate Lawyer & Business & Commercial Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021, and Julia Green, Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Professional Skills
12.15pm to 1.15pm LEGAL INSIGHTS & PERSPECTIVES FROM THE BOARD: Balancing Legal Risk & Commercial Considerations in the Real World
Examine legal risk and commercial considerations in a number of key spaces including:
- Personal director liability: increased direct personal liability for directors
- The board as compliance committee: how increased legal risk and compliance burdens are frustrating modern directors
- Smaller listed companies: Is the cost of compliance encouraging shortcuts?
- M&A: how warranty & indemnity insurance is affecting M&A risk discussions
- Continuous disclosure: how class action funders and firms are affecting legal risk discussions in board rooms
- Distressed company situations: practical difficulties in attracting directors to join distressed boards
Presented by Matt Egerton-Warburton, Partner, Gadens
Interactive Panel Discussion
Matt will lead a discussion by a panel of directors and in-house counsel who will share their experience and insights from balancing legal and commercial considerations in the boardroom.
Facilitated by:
John Edstein, Chair, Macquarie Investment Management Limited; Director, Perpetual Equity Investment Company Limited; Director & Counsel, Walsh Bay Partners Pty Ltd; former Partner, King & Wood Malleson
Panellists:
Stephanie Belton, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Group General Counsel, GrainCorp Limited
Matt Egerton-Warburton, Partner, Gadens