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This is not another COVID-19 webinar.

Join Brigitte LeBlanc-Lapointe of Norton Rose Fulbright's business law group and Philip Shaer from Canopy Growth Corporation, for a discussion on recent developments in corporate law. During this presentation, our speakers will highlight areas related to the following topics:

  • Corporate Law (CBCA amendments)
  • Securities Law (OSC Rules 48-501; replacement of Ontario Securities Act; Other Changes)
  • Corporate Governance (ESG and diversity developments)
  • Contract Law (Duty of good faith and honesty in contractual relationships)
  • M&A (Hostile take-over bids; Lower thresholds for review)

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 hours of Substantive CPD credit under the Law Society of Ontario's mandatory CPD Regime.

This event is free of charge and open to in-house counsel who are practicing lawyers and are current members of a provincial law society; however, you must RSVP to attend. Please RSVP by no later than Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

ACC Ontario reserves the right to review all registrations for eligibility. In-house counsel must be ACC members or meet ACC membership eligibility. Please click here for further details.

Note: All instructions and information on how to access the webinar will be sent by email in advance of the program.

Questions? Please email us.

Onshore UAE Trust Law - Refresher and Overview
James Bowden, Managing Director-Toronto, Special Counsel, UAE, Afridi & Angell
4 pages

A trust is an arrangement whereby a third party (trustee) is entrusted with assets given over by a person who establishes the trust (settlor or contributor) for the trustee to manage and distribute for the benefit of specified beneficiaries (or sometimes specified purposes). This article will help explain developments of that structure in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Region: United Arab Emirates
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House
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Join us for the 3rd program in our 6-part series, Surviving and Thriving In-house.

**These sessions are geared toward corporate counsel with 4 or less years of In-house experience, but all In-house are welcome to attend!

Contract Drafting - May 31, 12:00 - 1pm

Top notch lawyers with Blakes - Chris Harris, Kevin Kerr, and David Tupper, will focus on the fundamentals and the nuances of contract drafting.

**Moderator: Daniela O'Callaghan, Legal, Epcor and Director, ACC Alberta Board

Panelists will discuss a number of issues including:

• transaction and contract structure

• key contractual provisions

• pitfalls and traps to avoid

• approaches to negotiation with the counter-party

*Stay tuned for the next 3 programs in our Surviving and Thriving In-house, series

A BIG Thank You to Blakes - one of ACC Alberta's longtime sponsors and the sponsor of our New to In-house practice group, Blakes makes these sessions possible!

 

Join ACC New York City, ACC Northeast, and our generous sponsor, Mintz Levin, for an important webinar — The Fine Print Matters: Negotiating Boilerplate Contract Clauses Through the Litigator’s Lens

In the wake of COVID-19, corporate counsel are being pushed to do more with less, streamline their teams, and leverage every dollar spent on outside counsel. While efficiency should always be the goal, risk should not be the unintended consequence.
 
Incorporating insight from Accenture’s Senior In-House Counsel, Dana Davenport, and seasoned Mintz litigators, LisaMarie Collins and Meredith Leary, this panel will explore the impact of boilerplate language in business contracts, and how the inclusion of, and language in, boilerplate provisions can play a critical role when a dispute emerges. While not every term of a contract should be customized, it is too late to understand what boilerplate means when a relationship sours and contract provisions become fodder for litigation. Participants will learn from an in-house perspective how to assess and negotiate boilerplate provisions and witness first-hand how litigators review, analyze, and dissect some commonly used boilerplate provisions when a dispute arises.  We hope you'll join us!

Click on the red button below to RSVP for this timely webinar.  Dial-in information will be provided 24 hours in advance of the event.

 

The ACC Hong Kong Board of Directors invites you to the following presentation, hosted by:

The purpose of this webinar is to discuss the recent introduction of Hong Kong Government’s SCC 59 which deletes the time honoured dispute resolution process set out in GCC 86 and replaces it with what is described as the Dispute Resolution Advisor (DRAd) System (“DRAd System”).

In fact, the changes go way beyond the role of the DRAd and have far reaching implications for dispute resolution in general under Government Contracts by using final and binding short form arbitration as opposed to adjudication. The adoption of the System is not in itself said to be mandatory, but it is to be broadly adopted across the Works Departments under the Development Bureau, namely ArchSD, CEDD, DSD, EMSD, WSD, and other departments such as HyD, SWD and EPD are encouraged to follow suit. SCC 59 is now commonly starting to appear in new ArchSD tenders.

We recommend you pre-read the following two articles ahead of this webinar 

Sweeping Changes to Government Contracts: Part 1 The Background | Cocking & Co

Sweeping Changes to Government Contracts: Part 2 The New DRAd System | Cocking & Co

SPEAKERS:

Ian Cocking, Cocking & Co

Ian is a founding partner of Cocking & Co, an independent law firm specialized in construction. Ian is recognised as one of the leading legal advisers to the construction, engineering and project development industries in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region. Ian is an accredited mediator and an accredited adjudicator.

 

 

Dennis Wong, Cocking & Co

Dennis has been working with Ian Cocking since 2005. Dennis has handled many international and domestic arbitrations involving construction projects. He is experienced in advising various stakeholders in the construction industry including governments, employers, contractors, engineers, and a variety of other clients.   

 

 

 

EVENT DETAILS:

Venue: Webinar details will be forwarded upon registration

Date:  Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

CPD Points: CPD points have been applied for.  Please note you need to be logged in for the full duration of the webinar to qualify for CPD points. Unfortunately, points cannot be applied for members who join the webinar via telephone link

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