Corporate Governance Summit
As operational, cultural and ethical failings are exposed at corporations with alarming and increasing regularity, this program should be mandatory for every legal practitioner in corporate law as well as every board member and senior executive. Spend the morning navigating what’s new with leading practitioners and the afternoon refining your practice and procedure. Take a deep dive into regulatory investigations, insolvency, shareholder activism, publicly listed companies and more
Description
Attend and earn 7 CPD units in Substantive Law
This conference was recorded in NSW on 15 November 2018
Session 1
What’s New in Corporate Governance?
Chair: Professor Michael Adams, School of Law, Western Sydney University; author, Essential Australian Corporate Law, Cavendish Publishing
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Corporate Culture and Risk Management
- Lessons from the APRA CBA Report
- Accountability
- Considering purpose driven business
Presented by Kristy Dixon, Partner and Giselle Finnane, Senior Associate, Marque Lawyers
9.50am to 10.35am: What can You Learn from the Banking Royal Commission?
- The pressure for the BRC grows
- The BRC public hearings
- What's played out in the media
- Catastrophe planning
- Fessing up
- Changes to business models/structures
- What Boards should do
- What compliance professionals must do
Presented by James Lonie, Partner, HWL Ebsworth; Best Lawyers 2019, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Equity Capital Markets Law, Funds Management, Investment Funds, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
10.35am to 11.20am: Modern Slavery: The New Laws
- Modern Slavery and the new laws
- Where and when the laws apply
- Can we learn anything from overseas?
- What are the sanctions/penalties?
- What do I need to be doing?
Presented by Victoria Gordon, Senior Associate, Holding Redlich
Prepared by Scott Alden, Partner and Victoria Gordon, Senior Associate, Holding Redlich
11.20am to 11.35am Morning Tea
11.35am to 12.20pm: Directors and Officers Insurance: The Changing Landscape
- Is it necessary?
- What is and isn’t covered
- Why is it getting more expensive?
Presented by Ray Giblett, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia; Best Lawyers 2019, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance Law, Litigation
12.20pm to 1.05pm: The Use of Delegation Models
- Identifying matters reserved for board approval
- The percentage of non-executive directors and corporate performance
- Types and use of Board Committees: how they are created and governed
- Management accountability and authority
Presented by Jacqui Barrett, Partner, Hall & Wilcox
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Session 2
Corporate Governance Practice and Procedure
2.00pm to 2.45pm: Regulatory Investigations
- Assessing risk
- Regulator relations
- Complex investigations defence
Presented by Steven Klimt, Partner, Clayton Utz; Best Lawyers 2019, Banking and Finance Law, Regulatory Practice and Danielle Briers, Senior Associate, Clayton Utz
2.45pm to 3.30pm: Safe Harbour Protection and Ipso Facto Clauses: One Year On
- Review of the provisions
- Judicial consideration
- Insolvency sector response
Presented by Michael Rozdal, Consulting Principal, Keypoint Law; Best Lawyers 2019, Insolvency Reorganization Law
3.30pm to 3.45pm Afternoon Tea
3.45pm to 4.30pm: Managing Shareholder Activism
- Global trends
- The activist’s toolkit and value proposition
- Defending against activism
Presented by Shannon Finch, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons; Leading Capital Markets Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2017; Best Lawyers 2019, Corporate Law, Corporate/Governance Practice, Debt Capital Markets Law, Equity Capital Markets Law, Merges and Acquisitions Law and Matt Egerton-Warburton, Special Counsel, King & Wood Mallesons
4.30pm to 5.15pm: Acting for ASX Listed Companies
- Risk, reputation and related parties
- Evolution of the ASX Corporate Governance Principles
- How can ASX listed companies do bold things safely
Presented by Rebecca Maslen-Stannage, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills; Recommended Capital Markets Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2017; Best Lawyers 2019, Corporate/Governance Practice, Equity Capital Markets Law, Financial Institutions, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; and Malika Chandrasegaran, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills