Workshop on General Counsel’s Role in Maximizing Board Effectiveness 2012

Highlights:
*Hear from some of Canada’s sharpest legal minds on what it takes to enhance your organization’s governance practices
*Explore leading practitioners’ best practices for ensuring adherence to high legal and ethical standards of behaviour
*See how the general counsel’s activity could result in limiting the possibility of director liability
*Walk through best practices in fulfilling your duties to the board when handling a corporate crisis
*Explore emerging governance issues, the tactics being employed by shareholder activists and how a board and corporation can be proactive in the face of new shareholder activism

Participating Organizations:
*Alberta Securities Commission
*Anderson Governance Group
*Catalyst Consulting
*Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
*Harris & Company LLP
*Lawson Lundell LLP
*Miller Thomson LLP
*Superior Propane
*Worldplay