In-house counsel must navigate a complex mix of ethical responsibilities, commercial pressures and rapid technological change. Strengthen your ability to identify and manage risk, maintain professional independence and deliver strategic value to your organisation. Explore common ethical dilemmas and professional responsibility issues, develop stronger contract drafting and negotiation skills through a focus on indemnities and risk allocation, and gain insight into how AI and legal function transformation are reshaping the delivery of legal services. Leave with practical tools and strategies to help you address today's challenges and prepare for tomorrow's opportunities.
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm Ethical Dilemmas You May Face as In-House Counsel
- Managing conflicts of interest, including unconscious bias
- Managing “unethical” or difficult people
- Taking on too much – when you need to step back
- How to identify an ethical issue
Presented by Ines Kallweit, Principal & Notary, KHQ Lawyers
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm Practical Contract Drafting: Indemnities and Risk Allocation
- Draft indemnity clauses that appropriately allocate risk
- Why insurance clauses are a new battleground in risk allocation
- Rely on case law examples to negotiate with greater confidence
- Identify common drafting pitfalls and apply practical strategies to better protect your organisation's interests
Presented by Daniel Gosewisch, Legal Practice Director, NPAA Law & Consultant, Work Pac
Practice Management and Business Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm Legal Function Transformation and AI for In-House Counsel
Presented by Matthew Morosin, Australia and Asia Pacific Lead, Deloitte
4.00pm to 4.15pm Break
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
1 unit in Professional Skills
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management and Business Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair:
Marcelo De Farias, Senior Legal Counsel, Auto & General Insurance Company
Presenters
Matthew Morosin, Australia & Asia Pacific Lead, Legal Function Transformation, DeloitteMatt leads Deloitte’s Australian and Asia Pacific Legal Management Consulting and Legal Managed Services practice. Matt is passionate about transforming and optimising the delivery of legal services, including through process improvement, utilising technology, right sourcing and harnessing the power of data to drive strategic decision making. He is also a Teaching Fellow at the College of Law, delivering the Legal Operations unit as part of the Masters of Legal Business.
Daniel Gosewisch, Legal Practice Director, NPAA Law & Consultant, Work Pac
Daniel Gosewisch is the Legal Practice Director at NPAA Law Pty Ltd, and boutique commercial and employment law firm. He also continues to act as consulting General Counsel for the WorkPac Group. In total he has spent 25 years in-house working across government, resources, retail, and general corporate sectors. He holds degrees in Law and Environmental Science from Griffith University, a Master of Laws from Queensland University of Technology, and is a Fellow of the Governance Institute. He also publishes regularly on associated legal topics, including as editor of lawofcontract.com.au.
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Marcelo De Farias, Senior Legal Counsel, Auto & General Insurance Company
Marcelo de Farias has more than 25 years of experience as lawyer across two jurisdictions. He holds a degree in Law in Brazil and a Master of Laws from Bond University. Marcelo is senior legal counsel at the Auto & General Group, which provides general insurance products, including the Budget Direct brand. Marcelo has been advising Auto & General on a wide variety of matters since 2019, such as large technology contracts and regulatory compliance. He has previously worked for many years in law firms in Brazil and Australia, including HopgoodGanim Lawyers and Corrs, Chambers & Westgarth. Marcelo has significant experience in advising businesses on Intellectual Property, complex IT projects, procurement, supply agreements and financial services regulatory compliance.
Ines Kallweit, Principal Lawyer, KHQ Lawyers
Ines Kallweit is a Principal Lawyer and leads the Wills & Estates team at KHQ Lawyers. She is an Accredited Specialist in Wills & Estates (Law Institute of Victoria), a Notary Public, and a member of the Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners. Ines advises clients across all aspects of estate planning, estate administration and estate litigation. Her practice includes the preparation of wills, powers of attorney, advanced care directives, succession planning, asset structuring, and the administration of estates. She adopts a practical, solutions‑focused approach to comprehensive estate planning. Ines has extensive experience in estate litigation, acting for estates and individuals in disputes involving wills, trusts, property, guardianship matters and family provision claims. She also handles applications for grants of probate and letters of administration, guardianship and administration proceedings including VCAT appearances, charitable gifts and cy‑près applications, resealing interstate and international grants, and complex estate administrations, including court‑appointed roles. Ines has a strong interest in legal education and holds a Master of Teaching. She is a former adjunct lecturer at the College of Law and regularly presents for professional education providers. A native German speaker, she is recognised as a leading Wills & Estates practitioner and a pre‑eminent litigation lawyer.
This seminar is part of a series
In-House Counsel Series
Today's in-house counsel are expected to do far more than provide legal advice. They must navigate evolving regulatory frameworks, manage legal and commercial risk, support strategic decision-making and help their organisations respond to rapid technological and societal change. This practical webinar series has been designed specifically for in-house legal professionals, delivering timely guidance on the issues shaping legal practice and corporate governance. Across eight focused sessions, gain practical insights into employment law developments, privacy reform and AI governance, ESG and climate reporting, financial literacy, regulatory investigations and corporate misconduct, as well as the ethical, commercial and operational challenges facing modern legal teams. Equip yourself with the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage risk, enhance organisational resilience and deliver greater strategic value to your business.
Description
Attend the complete series and earn 10 CPD units including:
5 units in Substantive Law
3 units in Professional Skills
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management and Business Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
*The full series is running from Thursday, 17 September 2026 to Thursday, 26 November 2026
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
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