Advisory Board

  • Michelle Mahoney
    Director Applied Technology
    Mallesons Stephen Jaques
  • Jenny Owen
    Head of Legal Precedents and Systems
    Telstra Corporation
  • Cathy Manolios
    General Counsel
    Zurich
  • James Lavery
    Executive Director & General Counsel
    Department of Transport
  • Helen Conway
    General Manager Office of the CEO, General Counsel, Company Secretary
    Caltex

In House Counsel Leaders

The role of general counsel is ever changing. Most recently, the in-house legal function is finding itself balancing between offering legal support to the business, risk management, compliance and corporate governance. These new roles create new challenges and a need to work smarter.

As legal becomes more integrated in to the overall business strategy of the modern organisation, the pressure to manage legal and business risk in a proactive and systematic manner is more apparent than ever.

In addition to this, general counsel are increasingly having to justify legal spend and show demonstrable value to the organisation. These pressures combined with ever-more complicated external relationships mean there is a real and present need for clarity and solutions.

This senior level forum will bring together both client and firm to discuss how these trends are altering the way legal services are delivered. As a result we will be covering aspects of how technology can aid in achieving these goals. By having an open and direct conversation around the value add services and differentiators you will take away tangible points for action.

Key Topics will include:

  • The Changing Role of General Counsel
  • Company Lawyer or Company Officer?
  • Aligning the legal organisation to the core business
  • Measuring the value of the internal team back to the organisation
  • Smarter sourcing models
  • Business intelligence for legal
  • Bridging the gap between client and firm
  • Addressing the value of “added value services”

Programme

10 CPD Points

Tangible Actions:

The Legal Strategy Forum allows you to draw on a range of different view points on the Legal Market. By sharing experience and perspective with your peers you will be better equipped to:

1. Understand the issues driving change in the General Counsel function and how to successfully make the leap from legal support to business advisor.
2. Effectively manage risk in an increasingly complex and dynamic business environment
3. Better understand the legal and operational needs of clients to deliver value in a progressively more competitive market.
4. Assess possible solutions and implementation strategies to achieve overall business goals

Conference agenda coming soon… watch this space!!

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