European Corporate Counsel Forum

Amid the biggest legal crisis to rock the corporate world, News Corp serves as a valuable lesson for all companies on such critical issues as director independence, reputational preservation, and responsible corporate officer liability, among others. News Corp demonstrates the importance of the role of the General Counsel in ensuring strong corporate governance and sound business practices from the top down, and when necessary, guiding the company through times of crisis. Now that organisations everywhere are returning to pre-recession levels of growth and competition intensifies in foreign markets, new fraud and corruption risks are emerging, bringing compliance to the forefront for boards of directors, audit committees, and senior management alike. And with expanded international anti-corruption laws such as the UK Bribery Act, increased enforcement of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and generally more stringent oversight across Europe, enterprise risk management is as important now as it has ever been. With ever-mounting pressure to do more with less, today’s corporate general counsel are also expected to be as much a trusted legal advisor as they are a partner to the business with a direct impact on the company’s bottom line.

Consero’s 2012 Corporate Counsel Forum will address the current and looming challenges that face European general counsel, providing an opportunity to share best practices, benchmark, and explore strategies to confront the legal pitfalls of 2012 and beyond.  

• From Enron to News of the World: Lessons Learned in Corporate Governance 
• Managing Corporate Reputation in the Wake of a Crisis
• Global Risk and Compliance in an Evolving Regulatory and Business Landscape
• Maximising the Impact of Total Legal Services on the Bottom Line
• Addressing Compliance Challenges with European Data Protection and Privacy Law
• Improving M&A Outcomes through Innovative Financing and Legal-Commercial Alignment
• What Every General Counsel Needs to Know About Managing Social Media in the Workplace
• Protecting Intellectual Property in Europe and Around the World
• Recruiting, Retaining, and Engaging the In-House Legal Team

FORUM FACULTY: To see a comprehensive set of biographies of our Forum's distinguished faculty, please visit Consero Insights. Each individual biography can be found by following the faculty member's respective link below.

• ADAM SMITH (DCNS), Group General Counsel
• ALAIN CLOTTE (Colas, SA), Chief Legal Officer
• ALTAF KARA (NCH Europe), Regional General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
• BILL MORDAN (Reckitt Benckiser plc), Senior Vice President and General Counsel
• BOB GRAFF (Major, Lindsey & Africa, LLC), Vice President - Global Business Development
• CLARE WARDLE (Kingfisher plc), Group Legal Director and General Counsel
• DIARMUID RYAN (Squire Sanders LLP), Partner
• EDWARD GRETTON (Hanson), Head of Legal
• GABRIELLE BELLAJA (Johnson Controls GmbH), Vice President & General Counsel
• GAVIN DENN (Synopsys International Limited), Regional General Counsel, EMEA
• JEREMY EVANS (Chellomedia BV), General Counsel
• JEROME RAGUIN (Datacert Europe Ltd.), Associate Director of EMEA
• JOHN KURNIAWAN (Rosetta Stone UK Ltd), Head European Legal Counsel
• JONATHAN PEARL (Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB), Corporate Vice President and General Counsel
• MARCO KERSCHEN (Polo Ralph Lauren Europe), Vice President & Head of European Legal Division
• MICHAEL MILLER (ING Direct), Global Head of Legal & Compliance 
• MICHAEL SHEA (Elavon Financial Services Ltd), European Chief Counsel
• MICHAEL WU (Rosetta Stone Inc.), General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
• PAUL GAGNIER (ACN Europe BV), General Counsel
• PAVEL KLIMOV (Unisys), General Counsel, EMEA
• PETER CONNOR (Citrix Systems), General Counsel, EMEA
• PHILLIP SIMPSON (Equifax Ltd), General Counsel
• PK KURLAND (Motorola Mobility UL Ltd.), General Counsel, EMEA
• RICHARD TAPP (Carillion plc), Company Secretary and Director of Legal Services
• SIMON ZINGER (Aegis Group plc), Group General Counsel
• SOLOMON OSAGIE (TSYS International), Chief Legal Counsel 
• STEPHEN JUGE (Siemens Enterprise Communications), Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
• SUSIE FLOOK (The Body Shop International plc), Group General Counsel
• SUZANNE DURDEVIC (Boston Scientific), Senior Director, General Counsel EMEA

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