Dates for this course

06/08/12 - 17/08/12

10/12/12 - 21/12/12

Who should attend:
• Corporate lawyers
• Company Secretaries
• Legal Executives
• Company Directors
• Shareholders in Public Companies
• Pension Fund Managers
• Investment Fund Managers

Course objectives:
• To examine the work done by the Company Secretary and the Corporate Legal Department
• To familiarise participants with the global systems of Company Directors responsibility to their
  shareholders and employees
• To study the UK Higgs rules and the implementation of the combined code
• To define the structure of a Board, the Nomination, Remuneration and Audit Committees

Course content:
• The role and responsibilities of the Company Secretary and the Directors
• The role and responsibilities of the corporate legal department
• Company meetings
• Litigation & Arbitration
• Alternate Dispute Resolution
• Intellectual property
• Impact of Cyber Law 
• Examples of Company failures based on the traditional Company Board
• The UK Higgs Report and its recommendations
• The UK Corporate Governance Code
• Why non-Executive Directors should be in a majority on the Company Board – their recruitment
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• A detailed study of the Board Structure of BP and the Directors' details reporting
  systems
• A comparison of the US and European Board systems