Webinar

In-House Legal Seminar 2023

Our seminar will provide an opportunity for you GCs, Heads of Legal, Company Secretaries and in-house lawyers to engage with our specialists in sessions where they will address current Sanctions, ESG, Legal Privilege and Data Privacy issues, amongst others, providing an in-depth analysis of the commercial challenges facing international organisations.

Our Senior Partner, Andrew Masraf, will chair a GC panel session sharing the insights of our panel on key issues facing businesses in the current regulatory environment.

Event date

Mar 01 2023

In-person: 13:00 - 18:00 GMT
Virtual: 13:45 - 17:45 GMT

Seminar Programme

13:00	Lunch & Registration
13:45	Competition / NS&I Giles Warrington, Paul Williams The UK National Security & Investment Act has had an impact on the timing and deliverability of transactions in its first 9 months in force. This session will provide a quick recap on the Act before focussing on our experience to date.
14:15	Data Privacy / GDPR Jonathan Kirsop, Adam Smith International Data Transfers and EU/UK data protection landscape – a look at the requirements around international data transfers from the EU/UK and potential divergence between UK and EU data protection laws.
14:45	Legal Privilege Emilie Jones, Michael Fletcher The government’s 2021 corporate governance White Paper raised controversial questions about regulators’ rights to legally privileged documents. This session explains how to share privileged material safely both within your business and externally.
15:15	Coffee break
15:45	ESG: a fireside discussion Douglas Alexander, Rob Hutchings, Michael Watson Will the major world economies align on ESG? And what might happen if they don’t?
16:30	Sanctions Tom Stocker, Stacy Keen An overview of the UK’s autonomous sanctions regime, including OFSI’s enforcement approach, sanctions compliance and contractual protection mechanisms.
17:00	GC Panel Session Andrew Masraf, Samantha Livesey and Hugh Raven (General Counsel at Willmott Dixon) and Christopher Twemlow, (General Counsel and Company Secretary at Allianz Insurance). An interactive panel session discussing key issues facing businesses in the current regulatory environment
18:00	Evening drinks and Canapés reception Venue: South Place Hotel, 3 South Place, London EC2M 2AF (View Map)