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Law Squared
Overview (Program Summary)
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ACC AustraliaCommerciality is the gold standard for in-house legal teams—but what does it mean in practice? More than just knowing the law, being commercial is about delivering practical, business-focused solutions that create real value.
Join us Tuesday 8 April from midday for this insightful webcast featuring some of Australia’s most respected legal leaders. They’ll break down what it takes to run a high impact commercial legal function – from prioritising effectively, delivering actionable advice, to taking strategic risks while upholding legal integrity.
Don’t miss this chance to sharpen your legal team’s business acumen and influence!
GUEST SPEAKERS
Hear from legal luminaries, including:
+ Jennifer Mulheron – General Counsel & Company Secretary, Harrison. ai
+ Peter Hamblin – Head of Legal, Seek
+ Georgie Gane – Corporate + Commercial Lawyer & LSaaS Coordinator, Law Squared and former GC & Company Secretary, Pepperstone
Moderated by renowned legal entrepreneur and Law Squared Global Community Development lead, Rohan Bilimoria, join us to sharpen your team’s business acumen, increase your strategic influence, and transform legal from a support function to a true business enabler.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
+ Define what makes an in-house legal team truly ‘commercial’—beyond just individual expertise, and why this is the gold standard for legal functions today.
+ Identify the key traits and priorities of a commercially-minded legal team, including strategic risk-taking, business acumen and alignment, and the ability to deliver pragmatic solutions.
+ Develop a talent strategy that fosters commercial acumen—understanding the skills, mindset, and team dynamics required to embed commerciality at the core of legal operations.
+ Implement actionable strategies to align legal advice with business objectives while maintaining legal integrity and ensuring legal remains a strategic enabler rather than a compliance bottleneck.
+ Leverage legal operations and technology to enhance commercial decision-making, streamline processes, and position legal as a value-creating function.
+ Navigate ethical challenges and potential conflicts between commerciality and legal duty.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This session is essential viewing for:
+ General Counsel & Heads of Legal – those responsible for leading a legal team and embedding commerciality into legal strategy.
+ Senior in-house lawyers – looking to enhance their team’s business impact and influence.
+ All in-house lawyers – who want to sharpen their commercial acumen and deliver more business-focused legal solutions.
If you’re looking to elevate legal’s role as a true business enabler, this session is for you!
Speakers
Jennifer Mulheron, General Counsel & Company Secretary, Harrison.ai
Jen Mulheron is the General Counsel & Company Secretary of Harrison.ai, an Australian health tech AI company on a mission to transform global healthcare. Harrison.ai develops AI diagnostic assist tools for healthcare providers globally. Prior to joining Harrison.ai, Jen was a senior M&A lawyer at Gilbert + Tobin, with a sector focus in technology. Jen has 15 years’ experience as a senior lawyer in AI health tech and across top tier and global law firms. She is passionate about doing work with purpose and believes the tech sector, in particular AI, has the capacity to fundamentally improve the standard of health care experienced by patients around the world.
Peter Hamblin, Head of Legal, Seek
Pete is currently Head of Legal in SEEK’s in-house legal team. Pete started his career in private practice as a corporate lawyer at Clayton Utz and has since spent over 10 years in a variety of in-house legal, governance and risk roles. 
Georgie Gane, Corporate + Commercial Lawyer and LSaaS Coordinator, Law Squared, and former GC & Company Secretary, Pepperstone
Georgie is an experienced corporate/commercial lawyer with extensive cross-jurisdictional legal and business expertise. She has advised boards, executive teams and other stakeholders on a wide range of general commercial law matters, contract drafting and negotiations, financial services regulation, privacy and cybersecurity issues, corporate governance/company secretarial matters and risk management.
Moderator / Presenter
Rohan Bilimoria, Commercial Laywer, Law Squared and Founder, Law Ninjas
Rohan Bilimoria leads Global Community Development at Law Squared, and is the Founder of Law Ninjas. A former in-house lawyer for Deutsche Bank, Westpac, KFC Asia and Pizza Hut Asia Pacific, Rohan was previously named Businessworld’s Legal Entrepreneur of the Year.
Notes
*Competitor Exclusion – ACC Australia Partner’s may request that representative/s of a competitor organisation/s registered for the event be excluded, and ACC Australia reserves the right to make the final decision as to whether a registration is rejected. As a guide, a competitor organisation could be defined as a rival organisation of similar size to the host Corporate Partner, with an established practice, product or service in the area being showcased by the Corporate Partner’s at the event. Please provide a brief statement as to why you have deemed an organisation to be a competitor, in support of any request to ACC Australia to reject a registration.
* Please note that registrations are being managed by Law Squared. Please let ACC Australia know if you have not received your confirmation within 24 hours.
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