Corporate Governance & Corporate Regulation

Hear from the ACNC on current legislative changes plus take a deep dive into the changes to General Meetings. Immerse yourself in tips and processes of the constitution for a charitable company, important new changes to the Corporation Act, legal issues arising for charities involved in advocacy, and a legislative update on deductible gift recipients. This webinar will deliver the answers you need with practical discussions and takeaways to help implement best practice policies. WEB229N64

With privacy reform around the corner, the OAIC has made detailed recommendations which draw on the agency’s regulatory experience about how these potential reforms would operate in practice. Explore what these reforms could mean for your business to get ahead of the competition. Attend this intensive session for a deep dive into the proposed reforms and gain insights from the experts about all the latest and expected changes. 228N04

Build a solid foundation for dealing with the most important tax issues commonly faced by commercial lawyers and in-house counsel. Gain a practical and working understanding of how these issues arise & play out in practice so that you can spot the potential risks early on & respond appropriately and effectively before it’s too late to avoid serious tax problems. Explore the tax implications in business structures, shareholder agreements and more. WEB229N62

To sue or not to sue… Attend this seminar and hear from the experts on the factors to consider when commencing debt recovery proceedings. Gain insights into the latest new developments to bankruptcy and insolvency laws as well as the options you should think about if your client is facing financial hardship. WEB229V07

The passage of the Climate Change Bill 2022 (Climate Change Bill) and the Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 (Consequential Amendments Bill) through the Australian Parliament will create legislative certainty in relation to Australia’s commitment to a minimum 43% carbon emissions reduction target by 2030 and net zero by 2050 under the Paris Agreement. WEB2210N05Z

Avoid litigation for you and your client. Master the principles guiding your commercial agreements, how to safeguard your clients’ interests and how to minimise commercial litigation from the agreements you draft. Gain unique access to commercial contracts experts with genuine sector experience who will provide insightful advice, practical implications, tips, traps, do’s and don’ts on a variety of commercial agreements including business sale, joint venture, shareholder and settlement agreements. 2211W08

As a result of skill shortages in many industries, corporate officials are turning to mergers and acquisitions to close the gaps and extend into new avenues. Despite the continued optimism amongst dealmakers, every transaction comes with its own set of obstacles. This webinar will explain and demystify some of the key legal issues you will encounter in mergers and acquisitions in Australia, while looking at the latest merger reforms and what it means for your business. WEB2211N23Z

Lawyers can easily succeed or quickly fail in practice based on their ability to communicate effectively. Consolidate your foundations and amplify your Plain English Writing skills to ensure that you don’t encounter these failures. Join a renowned expert in legal drafting who will guide you through precisely how to elevate your writing, guaranteeing a happy and well-informed client, and a career that will leave drafting mishaps in the past. Don't miss out! WEB233N64Z

Don’t miss this comprehensive program. Be guided through current & emerging issues in this period of change & legislative reform in workplace law. Understand the legal implications of the new government on the employment landscape, examine protected industrial action reform, take a practical look at Applications and Submissions in the Fair Work Commission. Focus on the risks, duties & liabilities in categorising the employment contract, restraint of trade, sexual harassment & the hybrid workplace. 233V12

Employment law changes range from major reforms through to smaller yet vital concerns that happen every year. This seminar encapsulates the significant issues that will impact the landscape and will ensure that you are on top of the key challenges and risks. Take a comprehensive overview of the post Covid legal landscape, analyse the psychosocial risks in the workplace, enterprise bargaining intricacies and the major impact of underpayments and payroll compliance. 233W14

As global climate change litigation rises understand the risks posed by climate litigation, including reputational risk and directors’ liability, as well as the impact of changes in government policy. Split into 3 parts you will cover regulatory actions, private actions including greenwashing, and finally torts and human rights actions. This comprehensive program will help you to identify and manage litigation risks in the journey to net zero. WEB232N14Z

Gain the information, strategies & tools needed to navigate the legal and commercial realities of contracting in today’s environment. Get expert tips on drafting contracts and clauses. Understand why you should include IP clauses in your next contract. Learn how to effectively draft dispute resolution clauses and avoid critical mistakes. Pick up the key tricks in the contract review process and the pitfalls to look out for. 233W11

Expand your toolkit to expertly deal with tricky issues related to contractual disputes & damages. Delve into the practicalities of contractual breach and how to accurately measure your loss. Master how to navigate contract termination and its subsequent consequences. Cultivate the best tactics to employ when evaluating damages. Hone your strategies and perfect your skills to meet your legal & commercial contracting goals. 233W12

Shield yourself & your organisation from today’s emerging risks by gaining strategies & information to help you navigate the latest legal & commercial perils facing in-house counsel. Understand the important employment and insurance law updates for counsels. Gain a comprehensive understanding of the tax essentials counsels need to be aware of. Analyse the latest in defamation risks and how you can minimise them. Gain your core CPD points in this information packed day. 233V06

Gain the requisite strategies & tools needed to navigate the many legal & commercial realities facing your practice. Obtain guidance on the latest cases, good faith requirements, terminating contracts and effective management of IP. Improve on your ability to deal with indemnity & liability exclusion clauses, damages and arbitration clauses. Develop strategies to meet your legal & commercial contracting goals in 2023. 233V22

Insulate yourself & your organisation from today’s emerging risks by gaining strategies to help you navigate the latest legal & commercial perils facing in-house counsel. Discover how to solidify your compliance system and how to effectively with regulators. Get the latest in employment, competition and consumer law. Examine the impact of ESG and your responsibility as counsel. Get expert tips on leveraging the latest technologies and preparing your organisation in the event of a ransomware attack. 233Q13

Keep up to date with directors best interests duty. Learn what the new National Anti-Corruption Commission means for In-house counsel. Step through reviewing insurance contracts. Stay abreast of workplace relations law. Understand major changes to Privacy, including significant penalties for cyber breaches. Gain your core CPD points while examining digital practice, Security of Critical Infrastructure, contracts for climate risks & your ethical duties. 233N19

The risk profile for liability & litigation against directors, officers and in-house counsel is rapidly changing. Stay on top of the latest flurry of disqualifications, bans and charges from ASIC & potential risks in cases of financial distress. Consider increasingly significant ESG risks. Examine direct personal liability for directors and the emerging cyber security liabilities. Attend this webinar to gain the management tools to mitigate risk and avoid litigation. WEB233N25Z

Take a deep dive into the latest issues and cases impacting contract law. With real world examples, precedents and analysis, you’ll walk away with clear insights and tools to implement immediately in your practice. Take a masters tour into the recent cases on misleading conduct, the Unfair Contract Terms regime and assessment of damages, penalties and liquidated damages. Facilitated by Jeffrey Goldberger, a contract law specialist who is a recognized authority on Australian contract law. 233N26

This timely program offers the information, strategies & tools needed to navigate the many legal and commercial realities that may have pushed you to the limit. Obtain in-depth guidance on the latest in interpretation, dispute resolution & termination. Gain effective techniques when dealing with good faith. Finally, establish a sound understanding of key contracts that practitioners struggle with the most in order to meet your legal & commercial obligations to your clients. 233N32

Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to navigate the many legal & commercial issues that will make a business sale a success or a failure. Analyse preliminary contracts, learn how to value the business, understand the important employment and tax considerations in a business sale & perfect your due diligence strategy. Gain the latest legal developments & fundamental tactics when dealing with IP and walk away with a practical checklist to effectively complete the deal. 233N37

Build a solid foundation for dealing with important tax issues commonly faced by commercial lawyers and in-house counsel. Gain a practical and working understanding of transfer pricing risks and how these issues arise & play out in practice so that you can spot the potential risks early on. Learn how the proposed new property tax will blend with other state taxes and stay up-to-date on all the key tax rules in the taxation of trusts. WEB233N52Z

Elevate your skill to navigate the key issues in structuring entities. Master how to effectively deal with entry & exit strategies & more. Minimize potential tax risks & consequences. Gain drafting techniques to expertly handle valuation. This intensive workshop delivers the legal and commercial strategies you need for your next shareholder agreement. 233N47

Gain the tools, information and strategies needed to effectively handle PPSA issues from registration to release. Gain a checklist of the key considerations related to registration. Explore precisely what you need to know about retention of title. Hone your ability to perfect a security interest and understand issues surrounding general security clauses. Work through exactly how to remove or release your interests and how to effectively dispute a registered interest. 233N66

Obtain in-depth guidance on the latest in contract law. Gain effective techniques when dealing with arbitration clauses, termination and damages. Master your contract drafting with top tips from the experts. Understand the nuances of good faith in a contract. Attend this informative day jam-packed with useful tactics and skills to meet your legal & commercial contracting goals in 2023. WEB233Q01Z

Are we taking for granted the privacy of personal information, the use of generative AI and cyber risks? As Australia modernises its Privacy Law and data security is top of mind, how do lawyers also grapple with the challenges of chatbots, cyber-attacks and protection of critical infrastructure. This three-part series steps you through a complex regulatory environment that may/may not be keeping up with transformational change. WEB235N01Z

Australia is modernising its Privacy Law. That’s going to be a major transformation for all stakeholders with key recommendations for strengthening the Notifiable Data Breach scheme, removing the small business exemption, establishing GDPR style data subject rights and a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy. Lawyers are saying that AI is an opportunity not a threat. Walk away with a good understanding of how chatbots work and their implications for the legal profession. WEB235N01AZ

With more cyber breaches each week, how well is business managing this major risk? Step through global and domestic trends and how the legal framework translates into various obligations including complexity of notification/reporting to regulators. WEB235N01BZ

Understand how Australian organisations, deemed as running infrastructure critical to Australia’s national interest, will need to comply with a new risk management protocol – a major compliance development for 11 industry sectors: communications, data storage & processing, defence industry, energy, financial services, food & grocery, health & medical, higher education & research, space technology, transport, water & sewerage. WEB236N27CZ

Ensure that you are up-to-date with recent changes affecting your small business clients. This series will provide you with a timely update on changes to FBT and the current focus areas for the ATO. WEB234N10Z

Just in time for the FBT returns, this webinar provides you with an update on the most recent key changes with FBT including electric cars and working from home, as well as an understanding of the current focus areas of the ATO regarding FBT. Be prepared to complete your clients’ FBT returns. WEB234N10AZ

Ensure that you understand the impacts and mechanisms of the new Register of Foreign Ownership of Australian Assets as well as the ATO’s new online services for foreign investors and authorised contacts, review details of the Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding measure, including clearance certificates, variations and exemptions. WEB235N10BZ

Develop a deeper understanding of the tax dispute process including objections and appeals, identify the real reason for the audit, tips on how to keep the audit on track and deal with the tax office. Unpack 5 case studies of tax audits to identify issues that may arise and how to deal with them. WEB235N10CZ

Six experts will lead you through a comprehensive and practical guide of the latest developments in the serious harm thresholds and cases, whistleblowing complexities and reform plus damages in defamation. Walk away with a practical step-by-step plan from publication to verdict or settlement. This is a must-attend event for anyone seeking to understand protecting reputation in today's fast-paced, highly connected society. Secure your place at the forefront of Defamation Law essential knowledge. WEB235N12Z

Walk away with the practical implications of new laws, key developments and damages trends in workplace law. Unpack the latest and most significant challenges around collective bargaining, contract drafting, performance matters and unfair dismissal issues in the Fair Work Commission. Enhance your best practices understanding of new bullying and harassment legislation, examine mitigation options of recent trends in damages claims and psychosocial risks in the workplace. 236N16

Back by demand. Master the principles guiding your commercial agreements, how to safeguard your clients’ interests with the agreements you draft. Gain unique access to commercial contracts experts with genuine sector experience who will provide insightful advice, practical implications, tips, traps, do’s and don’ts on a variety of commercial agreements including business sale, joint venture, shareholder and settlement agreements. 236W05

Sustainability reporting and disclosure competency for lawyers is now an imperative. Unpack the requirements and future risks across the legal function, business and the value chain. Examine the most critical ESG challenges through three different professional lenses who will examine the same data for risks and opportunities. Are legal advisers ready? In this unique program you will hear from leading experts across disciplines about these reporting obligations. WEB238N15Z

According to new KPMG analysis many companies are ‘far from ready’. This program will educate lawyers about sustainability reporting obligations and legal exposures. WEB238N15AZ

According to new KPMG analysis many companies are ‘far from ready’. This program will provide an important insight into how investors are driving de-carbonisation across the economy and how accounting/finance teams are collating these sustainability reports. WEB238N15BZ

In an environment of enhanced scrutiny on the in-house role, attend this seminar to adapt your practice and adopt new skills. Learn what is on the agenda of regulators in 2023 and the best ways to respond to regulatory investigations. Explore the rise of artificial intelligence and the opportunities in AI for in-house lawyers and decipher risk and how to conduct efficient risk auditing processes. Translate this legal knowledge to business solutions for your organisation’s success. WEB236V14Z