Stay across the key legal, regulatory and strategic issues shaping the In-House role in 2025. Attend this comprehensive full-day program which brings you expert practitioners to unpack the new mandatory merger regime, evolving privacy obligations and the rise of AI and smart legal contracts. You will gain practical insights into governance, much needed AML/CTF compliance strategies and ethics tips and traps., Take a deep dive into the latest developments in AI strategy, IP, ESG and the ever-changing employment law regime. Designed for busy in-house counsel, this intensive day delivers you practical guidance, compliance essentials and future-focused insights.

Presenters

Linden Barnes, Senior Ethics Solicitor, The Law Society of New South Wales
Linden has been at the Law Society as an ethics solicitor for past ten years. She provides ethics guidance to solicitors all over the state, presenting on ethics, writing on ethics and assisting the Ethics Committee. Previously, Linden worked in-house at financial institutions, and also in insurance litigation.

James Myint, Partner, Stirling & Rose
James was the Australian Head of a major international law firm’s Digital Law practice and a founding member of an international law firm’s market-leading restructuring practice. James leads Stirling & Rose’s finance and restructuring practice, with significant local and global experience in high complexity ‘first of their kind’ transactions with a cross-jurisdictional focus, working in New York, Tokyo and Sydney. James advises major companies, funds, investors, financial institutions and blockchain platforms, specialising in Smart Legal Contracts, CBDCs, DeFi, digital investments and novel financings. James specialises in smart legal contracts, CBDCs and digital investments and financing.

Louise Lane, Principal, Lane Consulting and Advisory

Alison Ewings, General Manager, QIC Properties
Alison is the General Manager, ESG at the Queensland Investment Corporation here she is responsible for the design and implementation of ESG strategy and frameworks. Prior to this she held various sustainability roles within the finance sector. Most recently she was the Head of Engagement at Regnan, the responsible investment business of Pendal Group and was formerly the Head of Sustainability at Westpac. She has been a director of the UN Global Compact’s Australian Network and a member of the AA1000 and ASFI technical committees. More recently Alison was appointed to RIAA’s policy and advocacy technical expert group. Alison has also held roles in corporate strategy in the financial sector and undertaken a number of sustainability consulting projects with leading UK organisations. Alison holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Organisational Communication.

Anna Campbell, General Counsel, AFCA
Anna Campbell joined AFCA as General Counsel in November 2019 and is experienced senior executive with cross-sector and regulatory expertise. Anna’s extensive knowledge of financial services means she is uniquely positioned to provide expert advice to AFCA on complex legal matters, corporate governance and risk management. Anna was previously General Manager of Enterprise Compliance at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) where she was responsible for the ASX Group's regulatory assurance function, involving Corporations Act licensing obligations, Trade Practices Act requirements and other statutory obligations. Anna also held the role of Deputy General Counsel at ASX for nine years, after joining the ASX from Allianz where she was Acting General Counsel. She has worked as a lawyer in both the private and public sector and exhibits a breadth of experience in providing expert instruction on a range of matters. Anna is a highly effective operative in developing and leading organisational approaches to management, corporate governance, risk management, and stakeholder management. Anna holds a Bachelor of Laws from The University of Technology Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Psychology and Economic History from the University of Sydney.

Alison Jones, Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Alison is a Special Counsel at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia’s leading independent law firm and practises in IP, competition and consumer law, entertainment law and related areas. Alison has expertise across a broad range of areas, including IP protection and enforcement, commercialisation (including licensing, distribution and sponsorship), advertising collateral, complaints and disputes, industry ethics, competition and consumer law, anti-bribery, anti-counterfeiting, confidential information, cross-border transactions, contract drafting and due diligence. She advises various leading companies on a range of regulatory issues including food law, cosmetics, life sciences and therapeutic goods regulation, trade, customs, administrative action, investigations, product liability and recalls, privacy and data protection. Alison has undertaken various client secondments in global companies at General Counsel level including a US headquartered pharmaceutical and life sciences company, a leading multinational FMCG company and a major global interactive marketing services company. She is a committee member of the IP Society of Australia and New Zealand (NSW), a member of the International Association for the Protection Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries, and is listed on the Register of Lawyers of the Ad Standards Industry Jury. Alison has also completed the Leadership Development Program through the NUS Business School Executive Education in Singapore.

Felicity McMahon, Partner, Allens
Felicity is a Partner in our Competition, Consumer & Regulatory team. She is a trusted advisor to major corporations in sectors including banking, financial services, telecommunications, media & technology, agriculture, mining, funds and private equity. Felicity practises in all aspects of competition law including advising clients on mergers, investigations & enforcement, ACCC market studies & inquiries and Australian Consumer Law. She has a particular interest and experience in advising on complex mergers and structuring of collaborative arrangements including joint ventures. In 2023, Felicity was recognised as one of 24 of the Global Elite Thought Leaders (under 45) by Who's Who Legal, which is awarded to practitioners for their ' expertise and experience advising on some of the world's most significant and cutting-edge legal matters, but also their ability to innovate, inspire, and go above and beyond to deliver for their clients.' Felicity is recognised by Doyle's Guide as a Rising Star and GCR Who's Who Legal as a leading competition lawyer . Clients commend her "great analytic skills" and ability to "grasp the commercial imperatives of her client's business and quickly grasp detailed and complex technical matters". Felicity is a Lexology Client Choice Award winner, an award recognising Felicity's excellent client care, quality of service and ability to add real value to clients' businesses above and beyond others." Felicity delivers the mergers lectures in the University of Sydney's Postgraduate Competition Law subject.

Caroline Mense, Principal Lawyer, Legal Enablers
Caroline Mense Principal Lawyer at Legal Enablers, advising corporates and executives on workplace and employment law. She is known for her strategic, people focused approach. She is Co-Chair of the Workplace Relations Committee at the Law Institute of Victoria and a regular Chair and Presenter at national legal conferences and publishes in the law journal on workplace law and technology. Caroline holds a Bachelor of Laws from Deakin University and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the College of Law. She is currently completing a Connected Leadership certificate at Yale University and has studied Pricing Strategy at Harvard Business School Online. She is active in mentoring, volunteering, and supporting wellbeing initiatives across the legal community.

Tuna Kutsal, Head of Legal Operations Advisory, Herbert Smith Freehills
Tuna is the Head of Legal Operations Advisory in our Digital Legal Delivery (Advisory) practice, leading a team that partners with clients to optimise the efficiency and operational effectiveness of their legal functions. Tuna advises clients on legal function strategy, process optimisation and digital-driven transformation and provides ongoing support to legal operations teams with the execution of their strategy and technology-enabled initiatives for key workflows. As a former in-house lawyer, Tuna is passionate about helping legal teams create efficient, streamlined and user-friendly processes that drive lasting change and foster critical business relationships. Tuna has over ten years of experience in transformation that is enabled by technology and has supported the successful delivery of projects across all stages of a transformation journey and to functions of varying sizes, sectors and geographies. Tuna has held a variety of roles at the firm including leading the firm’s automation and legal technology delivery capability globally and the Legal Operations Advisory team in London. Tuna and her team are ranked Band 1 in the Chambers & Partners Legal Transformation Consulting (NewLaw, Global-wide) 2024 guide.

Verity White, Principal, Checklist Legal

Emily Booth, Special Counsel, Holding Redlich
Emily is a corporate and commercial lawyer with particular expertise in intellectual property and privacy issues. Emily assists a broad range of clients including those in the media and advertising industries. Prior to joining Holding Redlich, Emily worked in-house as a lawyer in the FMCG and telecommunications industries and also in London and has a good understanding of how legal services can add value to a client’s business.