As the law becomes an increasingly regulated profession in some parts of the world, new lawyers start to take their lead from risk and compliance departments, and regulatory frameworks. How can the profession ensure that lawyers develop a proper understanding of ethics, and protect themselves, their employers and their clients?
The concept of ethics is a major topic when it comes to law and law offices and is a contributing factor in the legal profession. Some regard ethics as a series of rules for how they conduct themselves in both professional and personal settings. Others do not consciously think about ethics and the material role it has in their lives and in society.
With a key focus of public and regulatory concerns, the panellists will provide a helping hand to practitioners and firms across the legal profession about this relevant topic.
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Tracey Calvert Oakalls Consultancy, London; Co-Vice Chair, IBA Professional Ethics Committee
Tracey is a lawyer and the director of Oakalls Consultancy Limited. She is a regulatory, compliance and ethics specialist providing a variety of advisory services to members of the solicitor’s profession.
She is a regular speaker and trainer on these topics and has delivered presentations both within the UK and internationally.
She is the Co-Vice Chair of the International Bar Association’s Professional Ethics Committee and a board member of both the Wilmington Group’s Legal Compliance Association and the Law Society’s Legal Compliance Bulletin.
She is a contributor to ‘Cordery on Legal Services’ and has written several books on compliance and ethics. Full details are available at www.oakallsconsultancy.co.uk.
Tracey was previously employed by the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority as a senior ethics adviser and a policy executive. She has also worked both in private practice and in an in-house role.
Riccardo G Cajola
Riccardo G. Cajola is an attorney at law, licensed to practice in Italy and admitted before the Court of Cassation.
Riccardo’s practice is focused on Italian and cross-border transactional and commercial work, principally in the area of domestic and crossborder mergers and acquisitions, transactions, corporate financing and joint ventures.
In addition, Riccardo frequently advises and represents on tax disputes and complex tax Court proceedings, about - for instance - challenges on group transfer pricing policies.
He currently serves as member of the Supervisory Boards of several domestic subsidiaries of multinational companies. Riccardo is author of the Italian Chapter of “International Corporate Law Compendium”, published by Aspen Publishers – Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (2009 and 2010 Editions) and regularly contributes articles to several domestic law reviews.
As well, he is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.
Fergal Cathie
Fergal has a particular focus on complex disputes and regulatory investigations involving professionals, particularly in the legal and financial services sectors.
He has acted in some of the most sensitive and high profile regulatory investigations and disciplinary cases, advising law firms and individuals on professional conduct issues, including their regulatory exposures and reporting obligations. He has also acted in an advisory role to one of the regulators in the legal services field.
He has many years' experience acting in the defence of UK and global law firms in high value and complex professional malpractice litigation, often with a cross-border element. He led the Clyde & Co team acting in the successful defence of the lawyers involved in the longest trial in the history of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, which resulted in the dismissal of all allegations.
Hin Han Shum
Hin Han Shum has experience in mergers and acquisitions, setting up company start-ups, and company restructuring. Keeping abreast of technological developments, she has given practical solutions to clients in relation to cybersecurity, data collection and data breach matters, and has advised clients on legal compliance relating to new technological tools contemplated by clients in their bid to build their businesses.
Having served as a legal representative in various litigation proceedings and being an accredited general mediator, Hin Han is familiar with the common fundamental issues leading to disputes and often assists to curb risks of those at the onset during the contract preparation stage.
Janis Meyer
Janis Meyer advises clients on professional responsibility, risk management and professional liability issues, with particular emphasis on attorneys and law firms. Having served as the general counsel of a global firm, she is familiar with a broad spectrum of issues arising in law firms and assists clients on a variety of matters relating to law firm organization, management, policies and structure. Janis has also represented and advised clients in a variety of industries, including banking, financial products and insurance. She is a prolific speaker on ethics and risk management at conferences throughout the country, as well as the UK.
Janis has been a partner at several major law firms, and was a partner and General Counsel of Dewey & LeBoeuf and its predecessor, Dewey Ballantine. She served as a member of the two-person wind-down committee that oversaw Dewey & LeBoeuf's bankruptcy filing in 2012 and the subsequent wind-down of the firm.
Janis is a Special Professor of Law at The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, where she teaches "The Practical Aspects of Lawyering" and "Legal Ethics," and a Lecturer in Law at Columbia University School of Law, where she teaches "Professional Responsibility."
Janis clerked for the Honorable George C. Pratt in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.