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Thought Leadership
Cameron F. Kerry
Former General Counsel, US
Department of Commerce &
Distinguished Visiting Fellow,
Brookings Inst. & Visiting Scholar, MIT
Deborah Platt Majoras
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
The Procter & Gamble
Company (USA)
Sarah Davis
Group Commercial Legal
Director
Guardian Media Group PLC
(UK)
Dr Richard Dammery
Chief Legal Officer & Company
Secretary
Woolworths Limited
Anjali Kumar
General Counsel & Head of
Social Innovation
Warby Parker (USA)
Rebecca Lim
Chief Compliance Officer &
Group General Counsel
Westpac Group
Peter Horton
Group General Counsel &
Company Secretary
QBE Insurance Group
Craig Cawood
Vice President General
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McDonald’s Australia
Carmel Mulhern
Group General Counsel
Telstra
Senator the Hon George
Brandis QC
Attorney-General Minister for
the Arts, Deputy Leader of the
Government in the Senate
Julian hoskins
General Counsel
Tabcorp
John O’Grady
Group General Counsel &
Company Secretary
Ramsay Health Care
Claude Harran
Senior Legal Counsel
Nissan Motor Corporation
John Fitzgerald
General Counsel
AGL Energy
Maria Polczynski
Head of Group Legal
Bendigo Bank
Campbell Jackson
Partner - Fraud Investigation
& Dispute Services
Ernst & Young
Michael Tidball
Chief Executive Officer
The Law Society NSW
Jasna Bratic
Former General Cousel &
Company Secretary
Lonely Planet
Stuart Thomas
General Counsel
Network Ten
Rob Simpson
Director Legal & Business
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Australian Broadcasting
Corporation
Katherine Grace
General Counsel & Company
Secretary
Stockland
Delia Rickard
Deputy Chair
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Allison Stanfield
Director, New Business
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Christine Covington
Partner
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GENERAL
GCS COUNSEL
SUMMIT
14 Sessions
2 Days
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The Experience
In Australia’s increasingly complex regulatory landscape, the focus is on the
General Counsel to navigate compliance risks and use their unique perspective
to shape core business strategy.
Negotiating legal issues as well as the wider economic and social forces
driving business change calls for superior risk management without sacrificing
innovation. This demands a new breed of General Counsel with the confidence
and direction to expand into unfamiliar Jurisdictions in the pursuit of growth.
The General Counsel Summit is the nation’s premiere networking and learning
platform that brings together an unprecedented calibre of in-house legal minds
from Australia’s leading Companies. Tailored exclusively for board level inhouse legal professionals, this ideal networking environment coupled with this
focused program will arm executives with actionable insights and exemplary
strategies to steer the corporate agenda to success in 2015.
The Advantage
GAIN invaluable insights from the experiences of the world’s most
influential organisations.
BE INSPIRED by the most distinguished minds in the industry, locally
and internationally.
LEARN the lessons of exemplary practice and understand how you
can gain from it.
ENGAGE with your fellow industry professionals from across the
nation in one place.
NETWORK effectively at dedicated lunches, breaks and networking
drinks sessions
GENERAL
GCS COUNSEL
SUMMIT
9:10 Opening Remarks from the Chairman
Michael Tidball, CEO, The Law Society NSW
9:15 Official Video Welcome
The Federal Governments Reform Agenda and What it Means for General Counsels
Senator the Hon George Brandis QC
Attorney-General Minister for the Arts, Deputy
Leader of the Government in the Senate
9:30 Outlook Session
On the Agenda: the Legal and Regulatory Outlook for 2015
Organisations are reliant on their general counsel to direct them through Australia’s complex
and changing regulatory landscape and to knowledgably advise them on the nature and effects
of any such changes. What are the regulatory changes that in-house legal teams need to be
paying attention to? Where are the big changes that are occurring in Australian legal practise?
How will the Federal Government’s legislative agenda shape in-house practise? What will be the
priorities of Australia’s regulatory bodies in 2015?
Mark McFarlane Partner
King & Wood Mallesons
Peter Horton Group General Counsel &
Company Secretary QBE Insurance Group
Delia Rickard Deputy Chair ACCC
10.20 Morning Refreshments & Networking
11:00 Partner Keynote: Regional Differences
John W.H. Denton AO Partner & Chief
Executive Officer Corrs Chambers Westgarth
11:30 Leadership Session
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As general counsel take on an increasingly strategic role within their organisations there is a need
to understand and influence the decisions made by the c-suite. How should general counsel
use their seat at the table? What policies do in-house departments use to align compliance
with broader business strategy? How are Australia’s most influential general counsel using
their unique understanding of risk to add value and create competitive advantage for their
organisations?
Dr Richard Dammery Chief Legal Officer &
Company Secretary Woolworths Limited
Maria Polczynski
Head of Group Legal Bendigo Bank
Craig Cawood
VP General Counsel McDonald’s Australia
Christine Covington Partner
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
12:20 Lunch & Networking sponsored by Exigent
Nicola Stott
Global Managing Director Exigent
13:30 Compliance Session
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Setting clear standards of ethical behaviour and legal compliance is a central function of in-house
legal departments, and one that has to be responsive to regulatory changes. How are general
counsel embedding accountability throughout their organisations? What are the challenges
of communicating the need for compliance? What are effective strategies for information
governance that protect against privacy concerns? How are general counsel ensuring that their
compliance agenda is up to date with a changing regulatory environment?
14:20 Mastermind Keynote
Governance and the Future of the Digital Economy
Simon Snow Partner Gilbert + Tobin
Julian Hoskins General Counsel Tabcorp
John O’Grady Group General Counsel &
Company Secretary Ramsay Health Care
Trish Russell General Counsel Thiess
Cameron F. Kerry, Former General Counsel,
US Department of Commerce
& Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Brookings
Institution, & Visiting Scholar, MIT (USA)
15:05 Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
15:35 Visionary Keynote
On Foresight - Legal Practices that Promote and Protect Innovation
Anjali Kumar
General Counsel & Head of Social Innovation
Warby Parker (via video)
16:05 International Session
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General Counsel face the dual challenge of navigating compliance issues across different
jurisdictions and working with a legal function that is becoming increasingly globalised. What
strategies are general counsel using to operate in the legal and regulatory frameworks of
other countries? How can they avoiding being held hostage to offshore policy decisions within
transnational corporations? How do you align objectives across international organisations?
Jane Englefield Senior Counsel Google
Campbell Jackson, Partner - Fraud Investigation
& Dispute Services Ernst & Young
Jasna Bratic Former General Counsel &
Company Secretary Lonely Planet
16:55 Closing Remarks from the Chairman
Michael Tidball, CEO, The Law Society NSW
17:00 Networking Drinks sponsored by Ally Group
Joanne Rees, CFO, Ally Group
18:00 Close of Day One
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DAY 1: Tuesday 5 May 2015
8:30 Registration, Refreshments & Networking
9:25 Opening Remarks from the Chairman
Michael Tidball CEO The Law Society NSW
9:30 Global Keynote
Procter & Gamble’s ‘Legal Renewal’: Collaboration and Agility
Deborah Platt Majoras
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
The Procter & Gamble Company (via live link)
10:00 External Session
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By effectively co-ordinating internal and external counsel General Counsel are finding innovative
approaches to the challenge of creating high quality and low cost representation. How are
general counsel structuring their use of law firms to maximise their budget and ensure value?
What mix of the Big Six and smaller boutique firms is effective? How are general counsel
managing specialist legal services such as litigation? Will time-based billing be replaced by
alternative fee arrangements?
Christian Paech General Counsel Santos
Allison Stanfield Director, New Business e.law
Katherine Grace General Counsel & Company
Secretary Stockland
10:50 Morning Refreshments & Networking
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Allison Stanfield
Director, New Business e.law
11:55 Service Delivery Session
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In managing the legal function the General Counsel has to find smart and effective ways to
provide legal services to their organisations and deliver value. What can general counsel do
to create and maintain a high performance legal function? How are they expanding their role
as advisors into other services such as dispute resolution? How are general counsel helping
navigate their companies through mergers and other complex changes in their businesses?
How do you balance the need to give independent advice and the desire to be an integrated
part of business strategy? Should General Counsel do pro bono legal work?
Claude Harran Senior Legal Counsel
Nissan Motor Corporation
John Fitzgerald General Counsel AGL Energy
Rob Simpson Director of Legal &
Business Affairs ABC
Evan Savva
Head of Sales & Marketing Law In Order
12:55 Lunch & Networking sponsored by Law In Order
14:10 Future Session
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As a changing profession, the role of the general counsel continues to be defined and redefined
by innovative practitioners and a business environment with a greater need for regulatory
intelligence and risk management. What is next for the role of general counsel? How can
general counsel lead organisational adaption to a society that demands both transparency and
accountability? What can Australia learn from International models of in-house legal practise,
such as having a Chief Legal Officer rather than a General Counsel?
Ian Goddard CEO Yarris - Dazychain &
Legal Panel Gateway
Carmel Mulhern Group General Counsel Telstra
Rebecca Lim Chief Compliance Officer & Group
General Counsel Westpac Group
Stuart Thomas General Counsel Network Ten
15:00 Headline Keynote
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Sarah Davis Group Commercial Legal Director
Guardian Media Group PLC (UK)
15:45 Closing Remarks from the Chairman
Michael Tidball CEO The Law Society NSW
DAY 2: Wednesday 6 May 2015
9:00 Registration, Refreshments & Networking
15:50 Close of Summit
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