Essential Toolkit for In-house Counsel

Day One

• Company secretarial – the fundamentals 
• Intellectual property – understanding, protecting and enforcing: 
  • Inventions and patents
  • Trade marks and passing off
  • Copyright and database rights
  • Design rights
  • Confidential information
• Data protection – ongoing compliance with GDPR
  • Key principles
  • Auditing the business
  • GDPR compliance plan
• Information technology and the in-house lawyer 

Day Two

• Competition law 
  • What can and can’t you do?
  • Vertical Block Exemption
  • Implementing a competition compliance programme
  • Preparing for a dawn raid
• UK Bribery Act overview and a practical guide to achieving compliance in your organisation 
• TUPE
  • When does it apply?
  • What rights does it create?
• Selecting and managing professional advisers 
• Client care and selling the value of an in-house team 
• Commercial law update: key court cases and changes to the law in the last 12 months

I would recommend this course for all new in-house counsel

Excellent mix of academic and practical advice for in-house counsel teams.

Iain Larkins was a great presenter. His anecdotes from his time as a GC were very insightful and helpful.

Excellent course - Highly recommended. Engaging speakers and valuable use of practical examples and experience. Interesting and enjoyable, thank you!

A very insightful and practice-oriented course.

Anti bribery and competition were very helpful

Well thought out, relevant content.