Osler is pleased to share our legal expertise and would be happy to host your legal team virtually, at your place or ours. We are also proud to share our knowledge and help clients meet their CPD credit requirements through annual events, such as our Year‐end Professionalism Series, CPD Cinema, and CPD Summer Drive‐In.
The following programs have been designed for your organization’s legal team and can be customized to meet your environment. These programs are one hour, unless otherwise stated, and subject to availability. For more information, or to discuss organizing a program for your team, please contact your Osler partner or [email protected].
Substantive Programs
Best Practices for Interactions with Competitors
Some level of interaction with competitors is an unavoidable fact of life in many industries and can be justifiable or even pro-competitive. However, certain types of interactions with competitors can lead to criminal liability, making communications with competitors a danger zone for competition law compliance. This session will explore the range of competitor interactions and identify where risks are likely to arise in each case and how these risks can be mitigated. The session will cover benchmarking and other types of information sharing, standard setting, social interactions, participation in industry associations, collective lobbying, as well as day to day business dealings amongst competitors that are common in your industry.
Confidentiality Agreements
Confidentiality Agreements – Sometimes regarded as mere “housekeeping”, confidentiality agreements can in fact prove critical in determining the outcome of a variety of corporate transactions. An examination of the typical issues involved in negotiating confidentiality agreements, particularly involving public companies in the mergers and acquisitions context.
Cooperating with the Regulators and Prosecutors
In house counsel may sometimes be targets or may just be sideswiped by regulatory or criminal inquiries. This session will explore the advantages and pitfalls of cooperating with regulators and prosecutors and learn about practical strategies to assist you in these business-critical events.
Corporate Governance and Data Security
As the use of technology to access and share information has become increasingly pervasive, maintaining security over the confidentiality and integrity of data has become a critical business risk for organizations. Few organizations have systems in place to understand and critically assess their organization’s obligations and vulnerabilities. This program discusses the risks of data security and the importance of establishing robust corporate governance practices in relation to data security.
Corporate Governance Practices
Corporate governance practices continually evolve and in-house counsel play a special role in supporting the work of the board of directors. This session will focus on board and committee structure, composition and 1 hour practices, with particular emphasis on how in-house counsel should assist the board.
Directors’ Duties and Liabilities
A primer on directors’ duties and liabilities under corporate law with an emphasis on director protections. This will include a focus on issues relevant to directors on inter-company subsidiary entities.
Executive Compensation
Executive compensation practices and disclosure are subject to microscopic examination and frequent criticism and can be a source of significant reputational risk. This session will provide an introduction to the key concepts in this very complex area to help in-house counsel play a more effective role in helping the company navigate this highly charged and difficult area.
Procedural Pre-Nup: Drafting Arbitration Clauses That Protect Your Business Interests
If you are responsible for negotiating and drafting agreements or for dispute resolution, you need to know whether arbitration is right for your business relationships and what makes a good arbitration clause. When a contracting party proposes an agreement containing an arbitration clause, will you know what to look for to protect your interests?
Shareholder Activism
Shareholders have become more organized and active and sophisticated about the tools available to them to initiate change at the company. This session will review these key tools, some of the advantages activists have compared to management and vice versa, and ways in-house counsel can help the company respond to activists.
Tricks and Traps of Boilerplate Provisions
A practical examination of the legal implications of, and drafting tips for, common contractual provisions, including indemnity provisions, limitation of liability, conflicts of laws, survival provisions. Focus on provisions that are most relevant to your team. Discuss how to best protect the organization and convey the business implications of these clauses to your business people.
Contact us to Organize a Program for Your Team
For more information, or to discuss organizing a program for your team, please contact your Osler partner or email us at [email protected].
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