08.30 - 09.00     Registration

09.00 - 09.10     Conference Chair:

Jeremy Evans

JECCS, IICJ Editorial Board Member

Welcome and Introduction

Michael Bond

Editor

International In-house Counsel Journal

9.10 - 9.50         Managing Global Conflict, an overview of the challenges confronting global businesses in the physical security of people, information and assets

Companies operating in the global economy confront constant threats to the physical security of their people, information and assets. Civil unrest, terrorism, cyber-terrorism, hackers, economic espionage, workplace violence and the laws designed to control or prohibit such activities produce a difficult operating environment for any global enterprise. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the sometimes conflicting laws and issues with insights into techniques to manage and mitigate the risks presented by an often tumultuous world.

Walt Addison Linscott, Esq.

General Counsel and Secretary

Carestream Health, Inc., USA

9.50 – 10.50      Competition Law  – Recent Developments and Practical Guidance for In-house Counsel

Dr. Tobias Caspary

Partner

Fried Frank, London

Lee Callaghan

Group Competition Counsel, General Counsel International Markets,

Aviva, UK

10.50 – 11.00    Tea, coffee and discussion

11.00 – 12.00    Employment Law – The changing state of employment regulation globally – are the easier (or harder) jurisdictions in which to employ staff changing?  

Michael Burd

Partner and Joint head of Employment, Reward and Immigration

Lewis Silkin LLP, UK

Erik Deur

Partner

Bronsgeest Deur Advocaten, Netherlands

Allison Brown

Director – Legal, Employment

Google, Europe, Middle East and Africa

12.00 – 13.00    Management - Making Your Legal Department a Successful Business Unit - Showing the Value Your Group Brings to Your Company 

1.    How legal departments are applying project management principles to improve the management of legal work (uniform retention guidelines, project plans, budgets, monitoring progress, assessing results, applying lessons learned, etc.)

2.    The latest trends and best practices for controlling outside legal spending (consolidating legal work with the top performers, monitoring project teams, considering alternative fee structures, evaluating performance, etc.)

3.    Using metrics and reporting to show improvement, as well as the value that the legal department brings to the company (examples of metrics that law departments should consider tracking, and reports that show performance improvement and value)

Ros Innes

Head of In-house and ABS

Thomson Reuters Legal, UK & Ireland

Martin English

Sales Director – Serengeti (EMEA)

Thomson Reuters

13.00 - 14.00     Lunch including lunch time speaker:

                              Maximising Total Compensation as an In-house Lawyer

·      Market trends

·      Outlook for 2014

Brian Littleton

Head of In-House - London

Chadwick Nott, UK

14.00 - 15.00     In-house Management Panel Debate:

Chair: Evie Kyriakides, Global Digital, Privacy & Security Associate General Counsel, Mars Chocolate Ltd, UK

Panellists, IICJ Editorial Board:

Jeremy Evans, JECCS, UK

Lee Callaghan, Group Competition Counsel, General Counsel International Markets, Aviva, UK

Armin Kammel, Head of Legal & International Affairs, Austrian Association of Investment Fund Management Companies (VÖIG), Austria

Marianne Slivkova, Senior Corporate Counsel, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, USA

Miroslav Uřičař, General Counsel, Legal, Regulatory & External Affairs, T-Mobile, Czech Republic

Andreas Blomquist, Senior Legal Counsel, NASDAQ OMX, Sweden

15.00 – 15.15     Tea, coffee and discussion

15.15 - 16.00    The Challenge of giving legal cover in High Growth Markets

Robert will talk about the challenge of giving legal cover in High Growth Markets, drawing on his experiences at Intelsat and MTV. The issues for an in-house lawyer supporting business activity in HGMs are as much about resources and culture as about regulatory compliance or contractual smallprint.

Assistant General Counsel

Intelsat, UK

16.00 - 16.30     The Impact of Anti-Bribery Laws on your Organization and Implementing a Compliance Culture

The presentation would cover the following elements:

·      The relevant legislation and a brief compare / contrast – the FCPA, the UK Anti-Bribery Act and the Irish Prevention of Corruption Acts;

·      Giving and receipt of gifts;

·      The effectiveness of Gift Registers and the use of monetary thresholds;

·      To entertain or not to entertain?

·      How best to train your organization to ensure a culture of compliance.

Orla Gillen

Vice President & Associate General Counsel
AWAS, Ireland

16.30 – 17.00    Contracting with Government – getting the best deal from public sector procurements

Contracting with the public sector brings its own unique set of regulatory and contractual challenges for in-house counsel. In order to negotiate the best possible deal for your business, it is essential to understand the underlying procurement legislation, contract models and the public sector’s interests in successfully procuring goods and services from the private sector. In this presentation, we will look at Airwave’s experience of negotiating long term government contracts with the UK’s emergency services.

Paul Boyle

General Counsel

Airwave, UK

17.00                 Close