Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
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Chair
Patrick Learmonth, Partner, Stace Hammond Lawyers
Beyond the Drafting…Mastering Contractual Risk Management for In-House Lawyers
Drafting a contract is an artform but understanding and engaging with stakeholders to identify risks before drafting the contract…. is absolutely a critical skill. Even after the contract is signed, ensuring stakeholders comply with the terms can be a significant challenge. Explore:
- The art of contractual risk management: mastering both the creative and practical aspects of risk mitigation in contracts
- Pre- and post-contract risk management: how to approach risk planning both before and after signing the contract
- Effective stakeholder engagement: strategies to bring stakeholders on board and keep them aligned with risk management goals
- Enhancing your contract governance framework: how solid risk management processes can strengthen your overall contract governance
Presented by Dr Maria Pozza, Director and Principal Lawyer, Gravity Lawyers
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to proactively manage contractual risk before and after signing, with a focus on governance and compliance
- Develop strategies for stakeholder engagement to ensure risk management goals are understood and followed across the business
Presenters
Patrick Learmonth, Partner, Stace Hammond Lawyers
Patrick Learmonth is a partner in the Auckland office of Stace Hammond Lawyers and specialises in advising business clients on a wide range of legal issues relevant to their businesses. He has over 30 years experience advising on corporate, commercial and trust matters with particular expertise in company law and insolvency, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, succession planning, joint ventures and shareholder agreements, trust law and trustee advice, intellectual property - licensing, copyright, and franchising, information technology - software development and licensing and websites and trade practices, fair trading and anti competitive behaviour in business markets, privacy law and mediation of commercial and trustee disputes. Patrick acts for a wide range of business clients, local and international, particularly in the consumer product retail, wholesale and manufacturing sectors and the IT industry. Patrick is a member of the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service Committees and also convener for the Franchise Association of New Zealand complaints committee. Prior to joining Stace Hammond Patrick was a partner for over 20 years at the Auckland office of national law firm, Kensington Swan.
Dr Maria Pozza, Director and Principal Lawyer, Gravity
Dr Pozza is the Director and Principal lawyer of Gravity Lawyers. Her expertise includes: Commercial international space law, international military space law, domestic legislative frameworks over military and commercial uses in space as well as international law space law dealing with armed conflict and aggressive uses. She provides expertise in legal and technical frameworks concerning cybersecurity and IT, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and technology laws. She has been the course coordinator for the University of Victoria’s Cyber Security and International Relations, as well as a lecturer for the International Relations course. As a prolific publisher, Dr Pozza has edited and published a book on Risk Management in Outer Space Activities – An Australian and New Zealand Perspective, as part of her Book Series titled Space Law and Policy. She has been involved in the development of numerous space law publications that range from academic articles, professional publications, guidance materials, and books. Dr Pozza has supervised at master’s level and is currently supervising at the PhD level with the University of Otago. Her expertise on international and national space law, is often called upon by a wide range of domestic and international clients and institutions.
