With Brexit negotiations remaining unpredictable and seemingly every day a new development occurs that effects the global economy, businesses and their legal teams must remain agile and flexible to react to turbulent times.  In addition to economic and regulatory issues, megatrends in digital technology, labor automation, social norms and demographic shifts are shaping the future. This opening session will address the major issues that will impact businesses decisions and specifically the legal system.

Speakers:

Simon Croxford, General Counsel, Investment Bank and EMEA, UBS

Raj Roy, General Counsel, UK and Ireland, Centrica

Whether you are leading a small legal team, or spearheading diverse specialists within a large legal department, today’s leaders are expected to contribute more value to the organization. In addition to ethical compliance, how do effective legal teams focus and measure the overall value it contributes to the organization? Additionally, how do effective legal teams maximize in-house team performance and maximize private practice and ALSP resources?

Speakers:

Libby Campetti, Legal Director, Reckitt Benckiser Corporate Services 

Bronagh Kennedy, Group Company Secretary and General Counsel, Severn Trent

Sean Thomas, Group General Counsel, AlphaSights

Gaynor Wood, General Counsel, CLS Group

Social media has changed the speed and impact of crises which descend on organizations. It is now even more incumbent upon the response team to manage the internal and external stakeholders in the face of the confusion/negativity that is commonly associated with an occurrence – whilst also swiftly managing the crisis itself.  A multi-disciplinary panel comprised of compliance and public relations experts will interactively work through a case study of an unfolding event and discuss the real-world strategies that they have found helped them to gain a foothold, develop a plan and effectively respond to a situation.

 

Facilitator: Ciara Cullen, Partner, RPC (Read Ciara Cullen's blog post)

Panelist:

Edward Bridge, UK General Counsel, Zurich Insurance

Chris Gilmour, MPRCA, Director, Beattie Communications Group

Robin Chalmers, Chief Legal Counsel, All3Media

 

 

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The Corporate Governance Code implemented in January 2019 is making the advancement of shareholder rights and the implementation of robust governance practices an increasing business priority.  Businesses in all sectors are setting higher standards of corporate governance to promote transparency and integrity, and in some sectors, attract investments.  This session will address the regulatory and societal trends that are impacting this issue, the positive and potential unforeseen consequences of the new provisions, and the value that counsel can provide in business policies aligning with the company’s strategy and values.

Speakers:

Tim Ashby, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Landsec

Kirsty Cooper, Group GC, Aviva

Companies (97% of Fortune 500) are moving to the cloud to benefit from streamlined infrastructure, data management and collaborative technology opportunities. However, IT rather than Legal are often the driving force. How can legal teams ensure that not only are current risks being addressed in this environment, but areas such as information governance, compliance, and preparing for and responding to investigations, are considered strategically?

Join this session and hear the panel address questions like: 

• What impact is the cloud having on managing legal business risks such as Compliance, Investigations and Shadow IT? 

• How are companies managing investigations and DSARs currently?

• How does the use of prevalent cloud platforms benefit GCs and legal departments?

• What are the benefits and opportunities of addressing risk management in the cloud?

Speaker: 

Mike Brown, Director, EMA, Lighthouse

David Griffin, Head of Legal & Governance Systems and Change, BT PLC

What Court considerations and recent judgements will have an impact of future business directions?  This session will review recent judgements and current considerations and its potential impact on business directions.

Speakers:

Suber Akther, Principal Litigation Counsel, Siemens

Michael Shaw, Group General Counsel, Royal Bank of Scotland

The General Data Protection Regulation took effect in May, 2018.  While there has been a measurable increase in reports of data breaches since the GDPR’s implementation, there are still shortcomings that need to be addressed. As companies have to grapple with different regulations concerning data privacy, they also need to expect that European regulators will dole out higher fines on companies that violate the GDPR.  This session will address GDPR’s successes and failures, and what new developments and regulations are still to come. 

Speakers:

Justinian Boghici, Head of Legal and Regulatory, ETFmatic;

Stuart Goldberg, General Counsel, CGI