General Counsel West Coast Roundtable

Outstanding leadership in a rapidly evolving business environment (San Francisco)

Description:
Today’s general counsels are undergoing a significant metamorphosis. Their responsibilities continue to grow as they face heightened expectations and are subjected to an unprecedented level of scrutiny. Managing corporate crisis has become as significant as corporate governance. The general counsel now serves as gatekeeper as well as the company’s leader in navigating through the legal and business challenges of global markets, corporate governance, ethics, innovation, protecting IP assets, attracting talent and contributing to the overall prosperity of their corporation.

To examine these issues, Economist Conferences and Corporate Board Member magazine are pleased to host the Third General Counsel West Coast Roundtable. This annual gathering provides ongoing dialogue among senior in-house counsel from the world’s largest companies and the nation’s top regulators including:

• George J Lykos, Chief Legal Officer, Bayer
• Laurence H Midler, Executive Vice-president and General Counsel, CB Richard Ellis
• Kent Walker, Vice-president and General Counsel, Google
• Michael J Holston, Executive Vice-president, General Counsel and Secretary, Hewlett-Packard
• Larry C Boyd, Senior Vice-president, Secretary and General Counsel, Ingram Micro
• Theodore L Banks, Chief Counsel and Senior Director, Compliance Policy, Kraft Foods Global

Topic areas include:

• Innovation and the critical role of GCs in promoting it
• Assessing and managing risk in volatile markets
• Corporate compliance and ethics best practices
• Global integration: Working in rapidly developing economies
• Attracting talent and building teams: What is the GCs role?
• Protecting your IP assets: Turning intangible assets into tangible property

Date: May 20-21, 2008

Location: The Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco

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