Strategic Risk Management

Conference on strategic risk management - 16th March 2009
Masterclass on managing conflicts in major law firms - 17th March 2009

• Your risk management is good but is it exceptional?
• You have invested in risk management technology, processes and procedures but are you maximising on these and achieving the needed ROI?
• Your firm is aware of the value of managing risk but is this integrated throughout the firm and understood by all employees?

In today’s climate, the success of your firm depends on navigating two key areas of strategic risk - regulatory changes and the state of the economy. An intensive one day conference and one day masterclass at The Lawyer’s fifth annual Strategic Risk Management event will provide answers as well as cutting edge knowledge to take your strategy to the next level, meet regulatory compliance issues and reduce the risks in professional conduct and governance strategy.

What’s new this year?
This high-impact one-day event will enable you to evaluate strategies of the leading players in strategic risk management through case study presentations, panel discussions and a masterclass. Reflecting the issues at the top of your agenda, the 2009 event will have even more speakers than ever before. Discuss practical solutions to pressing regulatory compliance issues, for central implementation of strategic risk management and how to progress your initiatives to manage an increasingly sophisticated array of risk facing your firm. This is the leading risk conference where you will hear relevant strategies enabling you to work smarter, reduce risk and ultimately increase revenue.

Hear fresh perspectives from leaders in the risk management field:

• Assess the impact of the Legal Services Act on risk management with Alisdair Lawson, Head of Regulatory Compliance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
• Hear a dual perspective from Eeleni Pavlopoulos, Global Head of Conflicts, Linklaters LLP and Sarah de Gay, Head of Compliance, Slaughter and May on the finer aspects of the Solicitors’ Code of Conduct
• Mike Pretty, Executive Risk Manager, Legal and Regulatory, DLA Piper will cover the implementation and extent of coverage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Finance regulations in Europe and other jurisdictions
• Focus on the changes in legal business in the UK with Antony Townsend, Chief Executive at the SRA
• Manage risk in a recession with advice from Allen & Overy, Shoosmiths, Denton Wilde Sapte and Pinsent Masons
• Hear examples of differing approaches to risk management from Chris Perrin, Executive Partner, General Counsel, Clifford Chance, Jonathan Ody, Partner – Head of Compliance, Norton Rose as well as Eversheds and Bird & Bird
• Attend the post conference masterclass on managing conflicts in major law firms led by Frank Maher, Sue Mawdsley and Francis Dingwall, Partners in Legal Risk LLP

With unique insights from Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, DLA Piper and the SRA, don’t miss your chance to hear how things really work!