Drive Leadership, Power Collaboration and Discover Innovative Solutions for Critical Legal and Business Challenges
1 - 2 April 2025
Hilton Syon Park, London
Agenda Day 2
7:00 am - 7:45 am
Morning 5k Jog
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast, Registration & Coffee
8:30 am - 8:40 am
Opening Remarks From the Chairperson
Mitzi Berberi - Chairperson -
Chief Legal Officer / Group General Counsel,
Kiwi.com
8:40 am - 9:10 am
Breakfast, Screening and Workshop - "The Testing Point" Part 3
Michael Herlihy -
Co-Writer and Co-Producer,
The Testing Point
Brian Jones - Co-Founder and Chairman, Atlantic Cedar
Join to see the third part of “The Testing Point”. Continue the conversation to get you rethinking about the culture in your own company. What steps could have been taken to ensure this doesn’t happen?
9:10 am - 9:55 am
Cyber Security Risks in Your Software Supply Chain - Mitigation strategies for Partnership agreements to Ensure Operational Resilience
Your software supply chain has always been a cybersecurity risk but is now becoming a compliance issue with increased reporting necessary. 3CX and MOVEit attacks of 2023 are just the beginning of a dramatic rise in supply chain attacks targeting software development processes and third-party vendors, attacking vulnerabilities in software supply chain. Since then, the UK and EU’s cybersecurity regulatory landscape has evolved with the implementation of the NIS2 directive and EU’s DORA frameworks. From contractual safeguards required with vendors and clear liability and indemnification clauses for security breaches to comprehensive incident response plans and clear communication protocols with relevant stakeholders, legal and compliance leaders must now be able to prove to regulators effective protections and response plans in the case of cybersecurity exposures.
- Explore the legal and compliance aspects of cybersecurity protections such as adhering to NIS2 and DORA
- Discuss how advanced organisations are going above and beyond contractual and partnership obligations with force majeure clause to truly protect their organisation against cyber threats and ensure operational resilience in the case of attacks.
- Evaluate to what extent those in charge of onboarding suppliers understand the importance of such obligations in protecting the wider company
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Building Trust In Sustainability - Addressing Legal and Compliance's Role in Greenwashing
Deborah Waller -
General Counsel, Corporate,
National Grid
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Niche Natter - DE&I
Grab a coffee and snack and join this focused conversation in an informal setting to delve into DE&I. First find out what your collective biggest challenge regarding DE&I is and explore together how you may overcome these.
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Think Tank
10:00 am - 10:30 am
1:1 Business Meetings
10:35 am - 11:05 am
1:1 Business Meetings
11:10 am - 11:40 am
1:1 Business Meetings
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Charting A Steady Course - Staying Ahead of Crises in Overseas Markets
Lorynn Demetriades -
Senior Managing Director,
Ankura
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, corporations face an increasingly complex web of risks when operating across international borders. The onus falls on Legal Counsel and Heads of Compliance to proactively safeguard their organisation's reputation and ensure robust governance frameworks are in place.
This keynote presentation will equip you with the knowledge and strategies needed to strengthen your organisation's compliance frameworks, gain oversight of overseas operations overseas and mitigate the risk of high-profile scandals. Key focus areas will include:
· The Commercial Landscape Abroad: Getting comfortable with the inherent risks associated with operating in diverse markets, including addressing challenges that arise when there are varying levels of financial maturity across one organisation.
· The Case for Proactive Compliance: Practical insights regarding active oversight and monitoring of local compliance with global policies and procedures by employees and third parties operating cross border.
· Incident Response: Identifying early warning signs of potential crises and strategies for effective communication and stakeholder management.
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
Scaling Due Diligence - How to Manage the Increasing Requirements For Due Diligence Across Multiple Risk Areas
Chris Green -
CEO and Co-Founder,
Xapien
Gavin Proudley - Head of Third Party Risk Proposition, Dow Jones
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH: Legal Metrics (Optional)
Join this informal networking lunch to get to know your peers further. Grab your lunch and join the conversation of implementing legal and compliance metrics in your organisation. Share how you are or wish to display the success of your legal and compliance strategies and explore how you can quantify these to display to the business.
1:45 pm - 2:20 pm
ROUNDTABLE 1: From Chaos to Clarity: Unlocking Business Insights from Unstructured Legal Data
Matt Gould -
General Counsel,
ContractPodAi
Legal departments are sitting on a wealth of unstructured data—from contracts and emails to regulatory documents and internal communications. But without the right tools, this data remains untapped. This roundtable will explore how corporate counsel can harness AI to extract intelligence from unstructured data, transforming it into actionable insights that drive business strategy. By moving beyond contract management and risk mitigation, legal teams can unlock new revenue opportunities, optimize costs, and deliver real-time intelligence that informs critical decision-making.
Key Takeaways:
· Leverage AI to turn unstructured legal data into proactive insights that drive revenue growth and cost optimization.
· Develop strategies to align legal operations with broader business objectives through data-driven intelligence.
· Extract actionable intelligence from contracts, emails, and regulatory documents to support smarter, faster decision-making.
1:45 pm - 2:20 pm
ROUNDTABLE 2: Automate Corporate Governance - Unleash the Cheat Code to Free you From Operational Drudgery
1:45 pm - 2:20 pm
ROUNDTABLE 3: Risk Mitigation Strategies for Legal and Operational Challenges in Complex Global Supply Chains
2:25 pm - 2:55 pm
Why you are Still not Getting Proactively Involved in Business Strategy - An Introspective Session to Locate the Disconnect Between You and the Business
Wayne Spillett -
General Counsel,
VOIS
Legal and compliance leaders struggle to be seen as a centre for organisational growth and innovation. However, you know that without your advice the organisation will struggle to do such, at least not within local and worldwide regulatory framework. The divide often surfaces when highlighting how your governance policies not only keep the company out of court but, with legal foresight, can also highlight innovative areas for growth and development for the whole organisation.
- Self-reflect on why you believe you’re not invited to business strategy meetings and collectively overcome the challenge of being seen as external to these discussions
- Collaboratively explore where the gap between legal and compliance and the business strategies commonly lie to be able to fill the disconnect
- Discuss how you as legal and compliance leaders can better convey the importance of your strategies to the board to highlight the necessity of its implementation
2:55 pm - 3:25 pm
Niche Natter - DSA/ DMA
Grab a coffee and snack and join this focused conversation in an informal setting to delve into DSA and DMA. First find out what your collective biggest challenge regarding DSA and DMA is and explore together how you may overcome these.
2:25 pm - 2:55 pm
1:1 Business Meetings
2:55 pm - 3:25 pm
1:1 Business Meetings
3:25 pm - 3:55 pm
Screening and Workshop: "The Testing Point" Part 4
Michael Herlihy -
Co-Writer and Co-Producer,
The Testing Point
Brian Jones - Co-Founder and Chairman, Atlantic Cedar
