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Top Tips for In-House Counsel from the C-Suite and the Bench

Contains material from Jul 2017

Top Tips for In-House Counsel from the C-Suite and the Bench
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This was an excellent group - very informative and hit topics that as a Deputy GC were helpful in everyday practice

Most of my ratings refer to the first session. They did not consider international risks to corporate officers, which seemed like a serious error to me.

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Session 1: What Keeps Boards Up at Night? - With pressures from regulators, shareholders, and proxy advisory firms to improve disclosure, increase board diversity, enhance corporate governance, and stave off cyber-attacks, directors must be more alert than ever in this constantly evolving corporate environment. Hear insights and practical tips on the topics that keep boards up at night.
 
Session 2: Judicial Views on the Role of In-House Counsel and the C-Suite - Learn what trial judges expect from in-house counsel and upper management as esteemed members of the judiciary discuss their experiences. Hear what has worked, what has not worked, what juries expect, and gain insight into mistakes that have been made by both groups in their courtrooms.
 
Session 3: Things Your CFO Wishes You Knew - One of the first lessons in-house lawyers learn is the critical role accounting and finance play in every in-house lawyer’s day-to-day job. Hear directly from CFOs about how in-house counsel can best work with their finance and accounting counterparts, and learn the things CFOs wish their in-house lawyers knew.
 
Session 4: Communicating with the Board of Directors - Learn how in-house and outside counsel can communicate effectively and objectively, while quantifying individual risk assessments of mergers and acquisitions and other matters.

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1. What Keeps Boards Up at Night? (Jul 2017)

Sean Gorman, Shannon Weinberg Kinney, Emily Ennis Leitch

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What Keeps Boards Up at Night? (Jul 2017)

With pressures from regulators, shareholders, and proxy advisory firms to improve disclosure, increase board diversity, enhance corporate governance, and stave off cyber-attacks, directors must be more alert than ever in this constantly evolving corporate environment. Hear insights and practical tips on the topics that keep boards up at night.

Originally presented: May 2017 Corporate Counsel Institute

Sean Gorman, Bracewell LLP - Houston, TX
Shannon Weinberg Kinney, ConocoPhillips Company - Houston, TX
Emily Ennis Leitch, Jones Day - Houston, TX

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2. Judicial Views on the Role of In-House Counsel and the C-Suite (Jul 2017)

Fields Alexander, Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Baker, Hon. Alfred H. Bennett, Hon. Randall W. Wilson

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75 mins
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Judicial Views on the Role of In-House Counsel and the C-Suite (Jul 2017)

Learn what trial judges expect from in-house counsel and upper management as esteemed members of the judiciary discuss their experiences. Hear what has worked, what has not worked, what juries expect, and gain insight into mistakes that have been made by both groups in their courtrooms.

Originally presented: May 2017 Corporate Counsel Institute

Fields Alexander, Beck Redden LLP - Houston, TX
Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Baker, 295th Civil District Court - Houston, TX
Hon. Alfred H. Bennett, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas - Houston, TX
Hon. Randall W. Wilson, 157th District Court - Houston, TX

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3. Things Your CFO Wishes You Knew (Jul 2017)

Clay B. Scheitzach, Donal E. Antill, Laura Rossi

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47 mins
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Things Your CFO Wishes You Knew (Jul 2017)

One of the first lessons in-house lawyers learn is the critical role accounting and finance play in every in-house lawyer’s day-to-day job. Hear directly from CFOs about how in-house counsel can best work with their finance and accounting counterparts, and learn the things CFOs wish their in-house lawyers knew. 

Originally presented: May 2017 Corporate Counsel Institute

Clay B. Scheitzach, Conduent - Dallas, TX
Donal E. Antill, Baker Hughes Inc. - Houston, TX
Laura Rossi, Conduent - Dallas, TX

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4. Communicating with the Board of Directors (Jul 2017)

Jeffrey A. Chapman, Douglas York Bech, Margaret Barrett Shannon

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Communicating with the Board of Directors (Jul 2017)

Learn how in-house and outside counsel can communicate effectively and objectively, while quantifying individual risk assessments of mergers and acquisitions and other matters. 

Originally presented: May 2017 Corporate Counsel Institute

Jeffrey A. Chapman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP - Dallas, TX
Douglas York Bech, Raintree Resorts International Inc - Houston, TX
Margaret Barrett Shannon, Margaret Shannon - Houston, TX