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Pallett Valo LLP has earned my trust and loyalty based on their extensive legal knowledge and expertise, further enhanced by their prompt service and attention to detail.

Mark Hallink

 

We believe that in order to truly add value, we must understand the challenges you face on a daily basis and help you to overcome them. As a busy professional, one of those challenges is certainly finding the time to obtain the necessary professional development credits.

We applied our Right-sized Thinking approach to design a series of Continuing Professional Development courses that we think you will truly find valuable.

The Right Expertise

  • Subject matter relevant to in-house counsel

The Right Leadership

  • Experienced and focused lawyers leading courses accredited by the LSUC for the Professionalism and New Member CPD requirement

The Right Value

  • Save time – located in the heart of Mississauga
  • Save money – no associated fees

The Right Balance

  • Enjoy a healthy breakfast, network with your Peel Region peers, and get out by 9:30 am

  

2011 Course Schedule

 

The role of in-house counsel in dealing with corporate wrong-doing

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Breakfast 8 am, Seminar 8:30 am - 9:30 am
90 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Suite 1600, Mississauga, ON

This one-hour seminar led by Greg Azeff, a senior associate in Pallett Valo’s Business Law practice, will cover issues related to the professional duties and obligations of in house counsel faced with serious corporate malfeasance including:

  • Counsel’s role as ethical “gatekeeper” in a post-Enron world
  • Financial improprieties and suspicious transactions
  • Other types of corporate misconduct including fraud
  • Saying “no” to senior executives, and what to do when they won’t listen




This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 1 Professionalism Hour.
This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 1 New Member Hour.

The role of in-house counsel in dealing with corporate records

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Breakfast 8 am, Seminar 8:30 am - 9:30 am
90 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Suite 1600, Mississauga, ON

This one-hour program led by Catherine Phillips, senior associate and a member of Pallett Valo’s Commercial Litigation practice, will cover ethical issues for in-house counsel around document retention :  

  • Importance of creating and enforcing a document retention policy for your organization
  • Balancing competing interests around business and evidentiary needs
  • When is an ethical obligation to preserve documents triggered? 
  • What are the consequences of negligent records retention practices?  




This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 1 Professionalism Hour.
This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 1 New Member Hour.

The role of in-house counsel in dealing with real estate funds

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Breakfast 8 am, Seminar 8:30 am - 9:30 am
90 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Suite 1600, Mississauga, ON

This one-hour program led by Ray Mikkola, partner and a senior member of Pallett Valo’s Commercial Real Estate practice, will cover ethical issues for in-house counsel in commercial real estate transactions, such as:

  • Identifying ethical obligations and red flags
  • Fiduciary duties arising from trust/escrow funds
  • Dealing with dormant trust accounts and interest on trust funds
  • Reviewing reporting letters




This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 1 Professionalism Hour.
This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 1 New Member Hour.

Registration is required, as space is limited.

To register for any of the above courses or for more information on PV Plus for Lawyers, please contact:

Helen Ferrigan, Director of Knowledge Management
hferrigan@pallettvalo.com