The 6th In-house Counsel Forum

About The 6th In-house Counsel Forum

Based on the success of the past five events, the 6th In-house Counsel Forum, co-located with the 4th China IP Counsel Conference, will grandly disclose its curtain on May 22-23,2012 in Shanghai, China. Over 120 legal and compliance experts from both home and abroad are expected to join this conference to be well delivered the confusion they have in the new law and to share their experience in the compliance and challenges during the practice. Updated laws, risk management, compliance, restructure merger and acquisition as well as internal legal management will be addressed as the themes of this event with more detailed explanation and case studies.

Confirmed Speakers

Background Overview

	In-house Counsel has already become the critical part of the operation and function of one large company. The whole process of each deal is closely related with rules and laws. Till now, the job of each in-house counsel is far beyond the contract management or legal consultant, but focus on the of the business of company.
	During the fierce competition of the global market, we can always find the cases of bankruptcy and the suspension of the stock by a lawsuit; coming deals after long-term negotiation stopped because it’s disobey of the local rules; huge sum of money fine for not knowing clearly about or missing the details of the law; huge loss by the illegal behavior of employees etc.
	Lots of multinationals have already recognized the importance of legal department. For the outside, in-house counsels are requested to join the negotiation of each big deal from the very beginning so that they can do the precaution and to be the supporting force in the important strategic planning. For the inside, they do the supervision of employee to prevent them from the illegal behaviors during their business connection with ‘authorities’ and do the investigation for the corruption of internal employees. (Some of the job may be done by the compliance department. THE WHOLE OPERATION OF ONE COMPANY CANNOT LIVE SAFELY WITHOUT IN-HOUSE COUNSEL!