Interesting and useful, with excellent speakers and very good course notes

- Susannah Cogman, Senior Associate, Herbert Smith

The Companies Act - Into The Home Straight!

Practical and comprehensive guidance to the

Introduction

The October 2008 implementation is the penultimate tranche of legislation to come into force before the remainder of the Act is implemented in October 2009. Containing several provisions that deal with directors' conflicts of interest and their disclosure, it is likely that some difficult times may lie ahead for directors who are unable to disclose the circumstance of one particular conflict owing to a duty of confidentiality to another company.
Chaired by Daragh Fagan, General Counsel, EMEA, Thomson Reuters, this conference will also guide you through the new reduction of capital procedure and the abolition of financial assistance restrictions for private companies. Read more >>

Event details


Date:

Thursday 13 November 2008

Location:

Sofitel St James
London, SW1Y 4AN

5 CPD
Hours

Benefits

The ONLY fully comprehensive conference which
will enable you to:

  • Understand when conflicts can arise for directors and how
    these should be disclosed
  • Discover the true impact of the abolition of statutory
    financial assistance provisions on private companies
  • Prepare for the challenges ahead arising from the provisions
    coming into force in October 2009
  • Analyse the key provisions contained in the Government’s
    Eighth Commencement Order

Who Should Attend

  • Private practice lawyers
  • Barristers
  • In-house counsel
  • Company secretaries
  • Directors and officers
  • Insurers
  • Brokers
  • Underwriters

Lead workshop sponsor:

Norton Rose