The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
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Presented for ACC Europe. This material contains program slides regarding compliance with EU employment law. There are also charts that compare differing country rules regarding business transactions, collective dismissals, and the comparative difficulty of regulatory compliance.
Overseeing a multinational legal department can present many challenges. Join with your legal peers as they examine and explain various management models including centralized vs. decentralized, matrix and others, reporting lines, control and consistency issues, and use of external lawyers among other relevant subtopics.
Conducting commercial business involves a multitude of risks, and rendering in-house services as a legal professional involves responsibility for decisions that affect the risk profile of your company. This session will examine significant areas of direct corporate risk: regulatory, product/service performance, compliance, reputation and financial, among others, as well as mechanisms for effectively managing such risks.
Compliance with multijurisdictional laws and regulations and observance of industry codes of conduct can be quite challenging in today's global economy. Our panel will discuss the practical aspects of developing a corporate code of conduct, dealing with the challenges of different regional norms of doing business and cultural differences, effective training and communication, and preserving your good corporate name and reputation.
What makes one in-house counsel more successful than another? Why do some get recognition and others get overlooked? How can you be sure that you're in tune with your organization and are making the best of the resources at your disposal? Your corporate counsel peers will share strategies and tools you can employ to achieve greater professional satisfaction and effectiveness.
Every business, small or large, local or multi-national, must consider the implications of IP protection. Take this opportunity to examine the primary global framework for protecting different asset categories, and get perspectives and practical advice in avoiding the most common pitfalls for organizations doing businesses across borders, with a focus on how electronic media have significantly increased risks for organizations with IP interests.
Here is your chance to learn first-hand what you can do to be prepared for events such as a product recall, dawn raid, discovery of major internal accounting irregularities, a fatal accident or a myriad of other disasters that could befall your company. Our panel will discuss the role the legal department can play in preparing to face and minimizing the damage caused by such events.
Sooner or later, you are going to be asked to sort out a mess caused by one of your key customers … or maybe a key supplier … going bust. And the ramifications may spread over several borders. When urgent action is needed, who do you turn to? How can you protect your company’s interests? Or maybe secure its assets when they are in the hands of an organization facing insolvency? Gain or share some valuable knowledge with this panel who will examine some interesting scenarios.