Inhouse counsel liability:

The global erosion of privilege, trust and the profession

Friday 28th August, 10:00-13:00

Commission: Corporate Counsel

General Reporters : Isabelle Lux, Neil Boyden Tanner, Joren de Wachter
External Speakers : Christof Swaak (Stibbe), Jeremy Heep (Pepper Hamilton LLP), Philippe Coen (AFJE - Association Française des Juristes d’entreprises), Claudio Coccuzza (Antonelli Cocuzza & Associati), Sergio Calderara (Almaviva S.p.A.)

This Working Session will focus on the rise in liability of in-house counsel around the world, the growing disparate treatment of in-house versus private practice lawyers and whether it is still possible to cope with the absence of legal privilege for in-house counsel in a global environment.  Some of the topics to be discussed will include:  post-Enron/Parmalat-related attorney conduct regulations, multijurisdictional practice (MJP) reform and confidentiality/attorney-client privilege protection and the use of legal privilege as an economic incentive for foreign investments. Speakers include in-house counsel from leading corporations, private practitioners specializing in areas of in-house counsel liability (including one of the lawyers from the infamous Akzo case) and a representative from the French Association of In-House Lawyers.  This Working Session will be of interest to in-house counsel, lawyers in private practice and anyone concerned about the future of the legal profession.