Co-sponsored by the Financial Services, Women in the House, and Real Estate Networks.

This panel, which includes Latham's M&A and capital markets lawyers, Jenifer Smith and Sam Rettew, and industry professionals from Jefferies, Larry Portman and Michael Bauer, will discuss market trends and advice in connection with pursuing an initial public offering and a sell-side M&A exit simultaneously, including a discussion of process management, an indicative timeline and general market trends. Learn how this strategy can increase a company's ability to respond quickly to market fluctuations and potentially increase value for existing stockholders.

This program is being co-sponsored with the Real Estate Network.

As we approach December 1, 2023, the date to adopt compliant clawback policies, join Latham & Watkins attorneys, Jenna Cooper, Keith Halverstam, and Maj Vaseghi for an update on key considerations, tips for assessing financial reporting functions, and consequences of noncompliance. Tune in to hear what other companies are doing to remain compliant, and identify strategies to replicate within your own company.

Join us for the second session of 3-Part PPKM maturity discussion. This week we will discuss project and process management. We will utilize the ACC Maturity Model Toolkit and hear from our colleagues about initiatives in their organizations to gain greater insights into advancing maturity in the areas of Process & Project Management.

"How Mature is Your Project and Process Management Function?"

During our first session we invited you to take the ACC Knowledge Management Value Challenge. The collaborative discussion includes reviewing the "Who, What, Where, When, and Why" of Project and Process Management. The toolkit review will address the following topics:

Project Management

• • The Business Case for Project Management
  • Benefits of Project Management
  • The Basics
    • Resources, Schedule, Cost and Scope
  • Legal Project Management:
    • Nuanced Use the PM Methodology to manage legal matters

Process Improvement

• • Six Sigma: DMAIC Framework
    • Defining Client Value: “Voice of the Client”
    • Measuring Current Process Performance
    • Analyzing Opportunities to Remove Waste
    • Improving the Process
    • Implementing Controls
      
      Concluding with a review of maturity phases, participants will be able to take practical knowledge back to their organizations and recommend next steps to leadership on moving the needle forward in maturity of Project and Process Management.

With growing demands of the business, legal departments face challenges in terms of re-organising support and adapting to the changing requirements of the business. In this session, we are going to analyse current processes and bottlenecks, understand how legal operations can revolutionise the process and how to find a balance between outsourcing versus keeping in-house. We will also go through the changing needs of the business, including supporting sustainability initiatives while negotiating contracts or working on other legal related initiatives.

Generously brought to you by ACC Europe

Do you want to lead with authenticity, integrity and courage? Knowing how to build your self-awareness and change the way you influence the people around you is key to creating a high-performance team culture.

Join ACC Women In The House for the second Masterclass on ‘Choosing Conscious Leadership'; From ego-self to conscious-self.

During this webinar session, Transformational Leadership Coach and author of The Conscious Lawyer, Kiran Scarr, will lead you through the following:

• What to do when ego stops serving us.

• Building your capabilities to let go.

• Having courage to take down the mask.

In April 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor issued cybersecurity best practices for benefit plan fiduciaries. Since then, DOL is actively enforcing cybersecurity in its investigations of both retirement plans and health and welfare plans – especially those that have experienced a data breach. The recent MOVEit cyber incident demonstrates that just one vendor's software defect can result in lawsuits and can affect hundreds of plan sponsors, millions of plan participants, and investment funds in the trillion-dollar range. In Walsh v. Alight Solutions, the Seventh Circuit ruled that DOL has authority to issue subpoenas in the course of its cybersecurity investigations. In this session, we will discuss the latest cybersecurity related litigation and focus on practical steps you can take to mitigate the cyber risks posed by your own ecosystem of benefit plan fiduciaries and service providers.