Corporate Legal Advisers and Chartered Company Secretaries

• New or Experienced in-house lawyers wanting to refresh their skills and knowledge about their role
• Lawyers transferring from private practice to a corporate role
• Executive and Non-Executive Company Directors
• Public officials in a regulatory, supervisory or compliance functions
• Company Secretaries of public companies




• Describe the duties of company directors
• Review how company boards are organised
• Apply the oversight obligation of boards of listed companies
• Refresh their existing and develop new commercial skills applicable to legal roles
• Examine the importance of the Company Secretary’s role
• Apply alternative dispute resolution techniques to resolving corporate disputes
• Negotiate more effectively

Corporate Behaviours – Best Practices

• Company director duties
• The role of the NED
• Creating an effective board
• Corporate conduct – the social responsibilities of the company
• Consequences of failure in corporate behaviour

Roles and responsibilities of company secretary

• Assisting the Board
• Record keeping
• Managing the registered office
• Supporting and managing board and company meetings

Roles and responsibilities of corporate legal department

• What’s in the job of the in-house lawyer?
• Adding value to company performance
• Identifying and reducing corporate risks
• Measuring the effectiveness of the corporate legal department

Resolving legal disputes

• Where do the problems occur?
• Resolving disputes without recourse to the courts
• Alternative dispute resolution techniques – arbitration, mediation, conciliation
• Other dispute procedures

Negotiating, drafting and structuring legal agreements

• Contract law refresher
• Drafting legal agreements
• Negotiation principles
• Tools and techniques for negotiation
• What are our negotiables?
• Best alternative to negotiated agreement (BATNA)