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Browse All Programs Masterclass Training for In-House Counsel
Browse All Programs Masterclass Training for In-House Counsel
1-Day Practical Workshop on Hands-On Drafting & Clause-by-Clause Analysis of Major Commercial & Corporate Contracts
In-house legal counseling is now a multifaceted task in the era of globalization and cross-border business activitiesl the laidback approach and dependency on commerciap inputs of others are no longer enough. In-house counsels must be at the forefront of legal and risk management as well as business issues. Enhance your in-house counseling skills from the expert panel of speakers. A stimulus for those managing or aspiring to manage in-house legal functions to:
- Guide their businesses on how relationships and activities which give rise to legal risk should be managed;
- Adopt a strategic approach to sourcing legal services which meet the needs of their organizations;
- Make the most of in-house legal resources and narrow the gap between levels of demand and delivery capability.
As an organization or company competes for growth and profitability, the role of in-house counsels is becoming far more important. From being in the position that relies on business and commercial inputs of other departments in the course of handling legal documentations and negotiations, it has evolved into a more complicated and multifaceted task, from liaising with and collating inputs from others, to being at the forefront of the organization in navigating true business and commercial goals. The speakers will share their insights and experience and uncover the latest developments in areas of law which are most relevant to in-house counsels. The workshop is a practical problem-based course designed with realistic scenario which is made for the fast-changing corporate and business activites.
Key Benefits of the Workshop
- Appreciate the special context of working in an in-house role
- Identify how legal department can add value to your organization
- Update the recent development of in-house legal counseling in global corporations
- Learn how to influence organization's culture towards good corporate compliance and ethics
- Understand how to communicate the in-house legal team's value proposition
Contents
- In-House Counsel's Best Practices of Global Companies
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- Nature and roles of in-house counsels
- Importance of roles of in-house counsels
- Best practices in business structure
- Expectation of in-house counsels
- Supporting and complementing business operation
- Establishment of in-house compliance program
- Crisis management and in-house counsel's roles
- Safeguarding of corporation's assets
- Core shareholder asset management
- In-House Legal Counseling: Being On Top of Everything
- Cost control mechanism
- Audits for legal department
- Centralization or decentralization?
- Key performance indicators for legal department
- Developing a Win-Win Formula in Dealing with External Counsels
- Panels and their management
- Quality control mechanism
- Understanding the business
- Tips on dealing with difficult lawyers
- The Art of Becoming In-House Counsel Par Excellence
- Understand the big picture
- The art of working with clients
- The art of delivering results
- Managing relationship with clients
- Structural and big picture issues
- Liaising with external counsels
- Negotiation strategy and the winning mindset
- Managing and navigating legal risks
- Management of cross-border risks
- Unmasking the Seven Secrets of Successful Lawyers based in U.S. case studies
- Judgment
- Creativity
- Objectivity
- Integrity
- Affability
- Communication skills
- Hardwork
- Roles of In-House Counsels based on U.S. practices
- Legal environment in the U.S.
- Nature of in-house counseling in the U.S.
- In-house counsels' roles with the board
- Interface between in-house counsels and others in business operations
- Having a global view of the business
- Managing stakeholders' expectations
- Effective risk management
- Introduction to Finance for In-House Counsels
- Making sense of numbers - What in-house counsels should look out for in financials statements
- Strategic evaluation of financial and business conditions of corporate clients
- Detecting "red flags" in Asia: Implication for Malaysian businesses
Who Should Attend?
- In-House Lawyers
- General Counsel
- Company Secretaries
- Legal Counsel
- Head of Legal
- Legal Directors
- Legal Managers
- Finance Managers
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About the Course Leader: Azmi Mohd Ali, is the Senior Partner of Azmi & Associates, a corporate and commercial-based law firm of more than 40 lawyers, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is an experienced corporate lawyer with extensive expertise in areas of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, corporate restructuring, project finance, privatization, debt restructurings, energy, oil and gas. Prior to becoming a corporate lawyer in 1991, Azmi spent 7 years as an in-house counsel of PETRONAS (a Fortune 500 company). As a PETRONAS in-house counsel, he was involved in projects of national importance for Malaysia such as Gas Sales Agreements, Production Sharing Contracts, Joint Development Authorities and Petrochemical Projects. |
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His vast skills and experience in the areas of corporate law in Malaysia are well noted and acknowledged by various international publications including the Asia Law Profiles, Asia Legal Business and Legal 500. Every edition of Legal 500 for the past several years recognizes him as a leading corporate lawyer in Malaysia. He has represented Malaysian companies in cross border transactions involving the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Switzerland, Australia and many other countries. He was named as one of the members of the Merger Integration Committee of Synergy Drive Sdn Bhd in 2007, the promoter of the largest merger in the Malaysian history involving 8 listed companies, which created an entity with revenue of more than RM26 Billion per annum and market capitalization of more than RM31 Billion. (making it one of the largest companies listed on the Malaysia Stock Exchange) He has been identified by the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Asialaw Leading Lawyers survey as one of the most highly-acclaimed legal experts in the Asia-Pacific region. He has been regularly consulted by the World Bank in its annual surveys on nations’ competitiveness. He was named by ALB Magazine, as one of Asia’s 100 top ‘hottest’ lawyers of 2007 categorised in ‘The Movers’ list. He is a member of the advisory council of the Gearson Lehrman Advisory Group based in New York and is also a member of the Executive Management team of the First Law International, a law firm of network of close to 30 law firms with its headquarter in Brussels, Belgium. The firm he is strategising for, Azmi & Associates is a proud member of TerraLex, the Worldwide Network of Independent Law Firms. With more than 165 top independent law firms and 16,000 attorneys in nearly 105 countries and more than 40 States in the US, TerraLex firms are experienced in guiding clients through the challenges of international business with “Global Reach, Local Expertise”. |
