Boards of Directors are under tremendous pressure today, particularly given the state of the financial marketplace. Whether you are an in-house or external legal advisor, it is essential that you are fully prepared to deal with the difficult and often urgent issues facing Boards in 2012. At the same time, you need a clear sense of your role, your risks and how to manage them.

This Fifth Annual Osgoode Professional Development program, The Advanced Legal Guide to Advising the Public Company Board of Directors, brings together an eminent faculty comprising Canada’s foremost experts in the field of corporate governance. You’ll hear thoughtful and sophisticated analyses, as well as practical tips and strategies that will allow you to confidently and competently deal with governance issues in both day-to-day and extraordinary business events. Sessions include:

• The Board’s role in identifying and mitigating risk at the early stages
• The latest on D&O liability, insurance and indemnification
• Distress and insolvency issues
• Cross-border class actions and international classes
• Constructive engagement with shareholders – getting your message across effectively
  

Chairs
Professor Poonam Puri, Osgoode Hall Law School
Professor Edward J. Waitzer, Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance, Osgoode Hall Law School and Schulich School of Business, and Senior Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP

OPD Program Lawyer

Myrsini Rovos

mrovos@osgoode.yorku.ca