Thank you for joining us at Dentons' seventh annual CPD Bootcamp. The CPD Bootcamp is a one-day program designed exclusively for general counsel, corporate counsel and legal department managers. The comprehensive program highlights the most important issues and cutting-edge topics that impact businesses and in-house counsel through a variety of seminars held throughout the day.

Presentation materials and video are available below.

Please note: The Law Society of Upper Canada allows its members to view an archived CPD program/course without a colleague, for up to a maximum of six hours per year. The remainder of your CPD hours must come from other sources (in person, being an articling principal, teaching, etc.).

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Adding value to your role as in-house counsel - Working together to deliver value to our mutual clients

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Description

Listening to, embracing and acting on, and even shaping, the voice of our mutual and ultimate clients - the C-suite and Board - is paramount. In this session, we will explore how in-house teams and firms can work together on the same side of the table to address collaboratively the shared challenges of disruption in the legal industry and the legal services delivery model, and heightened demands for value, innovation and efficiency.

Presenters

  • David Allgood, Senior Counsel, Dentons
  • Shelley Babin, Vice President, Law & General Counsel, Ontario Power Generation
  • Mathieu Bergeron, Senior Counsel, Commercial Affairs, CN
  • Richard Stewart, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Operating Officer, BMO Financial Group
  • Karen Werger, Managing Partner, Toronto Financial Advisory, Deloitte

About Dentons

Dentons is the world's first polycentric global law firm. A top 20 firm on the Acritas 2015 Global Elite Brand Index, the Firm is committed to challenging the status quo in delivering consistent and uncompromising quality and value in new and inventive ways. Driven to provide clients a competitive edge, and connected to the communities where its clients want to do business, Dentons knows that understanding local cultures is crucial to successfully completing a deal, resolving a dispute or solving a business challenge. Now the world's largest law firm, Dentons' global team builds agile, tailored solutions to meet the local, national and global needs of private and public clients of any size in more than 125 locations serving 50-plus countries. www.dentons.com

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