Program Chair(s)
Professor Poonam Puri
Osgoode Hall Law School
Today’s Boards are under tremendous pressure and face a host of difficult and challenging issues. It is essential that counsel are fully prepared to efficiently deal with the difficult – and often urgent – issues facing Boards. At the same time, you need to keep an eye on the big picture and have a clear a sense of your role, your professional responsibilities and risks, and how to manage them. Acquire what you must know to properly advise the Board, in a convenient online format.
When the Board turns to you, will you be ready? In one intensive day, get practical strategies and tips to confidently and competently advise on governance issues ranging from the day-to-day to the extraordinary. Canada’s foremost experts in corporate law, securities law and corporate governance will give you up-to-the-minute, cutting-edge guidance on key issues relevant to all Boards. Be confident in your role and responsibilities as an advisor on the key governance issues facing today’s Boards.
OsgoodePD’s Advising the Public Company Board of Directors brings together Canada’s foremost practitioners in corporate law, securities law and corporate governance.
Registration includes 120-day unlimited, online access to the recorded program.
What You’ll Learn
Fiduciary Duties of Directors
Working with Governance Committees
Key Issues in Board Duties relating to Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance
Special Committees
Hot Topics in M&A
Evolving Standards in Board Governance: Managing Stakeholder Relationships and Engaging the Board
CEO Compensation and Succession
Trends in Director Liability/Crisis Management
Who Should Attend
Board members
Securities lawyers
Vice-Presidents and Directors of regulatory affairs, legal affairs, risk management
Compliance officers
Insurance industry experts – executive risk, D&O
Corporate governance and legal advisors to Boards
Government counsel who advise public agencies
Corporate secretaries
Board Members
Securities lawyers
Vice-Presidents and Directors of regulatory affairs, legal affairs, risk management
Compliance officers
Insurance industry experts – executive risk, D&O
Auditors
Board/Management Consultants
Faculty
Program Chair
Professor Poonam Puri
Osgoode Hall Law School
Instructors
Agenda
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Recorded: Apr 23, 2021
$795 + HST
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| Substantive | 4h 45m |
|---|---|
| Professionalism | 1h 55m |
| EDI | 30m |
| Total | 7h 10m |
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