General Counsel’s Role in Maximizing Board Effectiveness 2012

Workshop Included: Achieving Excellence in Board Evaluations

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

who should attend
General Counsel and Corporate Secretaries looking to enhance their role in good corporate governance

course 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 fulfi lling 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