This year’s Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Annual Conference arrives at a time of great global economic uncertainty, one that finds many businesses looking closely at their balance sheets while carefully considering new defensive strategies.

Our team of restructuring and insolvency lawyers will be on the ground in San Francisco this October to share our insights and strategies, and connect with others in the turnaround management community.

Want to start a conversation? We’re excited to engage with you and your team at the conference.

Join us for our next ThinkHouse TUPE Club webinar for in-house lawyers and HR professionals on Thursday 5 October at 11:00.

This webinar will focus on the tricky questions which come up in a TUPE scenario. It is suitable for all involved in these deals, whether on the legal, operational or HR side.

Our speakers, Hannah Swindle and Rebecca Jones will examine some of the tricky issues and questions that people have when implementing a TUPE transfer. Common queries include data protection, disciplinary issues and share incentive plans but we are again going to tailor the webinar to your needs.

We are inviting you to submit your questions in advance of the webinar and we will aim to deal with as many of those, in as much detail as we can, during the webinar.

Each year, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) Conference invites IP practitioners from across the country to take a deep dive into the emerging trends, developments and issues shaping the future of the profession.

Members of our IP team look forward to the opportunity to learn, share and connect at this year’s conference in Winnipeg – all with a view to helping foster a more robust, just and user-friendly Canadian IP ecosystem for our clients.

Find us at IPIC 2023

New technologies, new regulations, new processes – the practice of intellectual property is in constant flux. Our IP professionals will be sharing their thoughts and perspectives on some of this year’s most pressing topics at the conference.

We hope you are able to join us for one of these half day seminars. The day will consist of a session delving into the GDPR and PECR in marketing, before a short introduction to copyright. We will then look at Greenwashing and some key learnings before finishing the day with An overview of debt financing arrangements.

The seminar will run in Birmingham at our Two Snowhill office on 12 October 2023 and London in our 4 More office on 17 October 2023. Both events will run from 09:15 - 13:30.

Marketing: PECR and GDPR - Claire Van Ristell

Introduction to Copyright - Charlie Bond and Cassie Blackburn

Greenwashing: A snapshot of key learnings - Kate Hawkins

An overview of debt financing arrangements - Dan O'Donnell and Jack W Mitchell

We hope you are able to join us for one of these half day seminars. The day will consist of a session delving into the GDPR and PECR in marketing, before a short introduction to copyright. We will then look at Greenwashing and some key learnings before finishing the day with An overview of debt financing arrangements.

The seminar will run in Birmingham at our Two Snowhill office on 12 October 2023 and London in our 4 More office on 17 October 2023. Both events will run from 09:15 - 13:30.

Marketing: PECR and GDPR - Claire Van Ristell

Introduction to Copyright - Charlie Bond and Cassie Blackburn

Greenwashing: A snapshot of key learnings - Kate Hawkins

An overview of debt financing arrangements - Dan O'Donnell and Jack W Mitchell

In this webinar, we will be joined by a panel of experts, including Will Turner, head of Strategic Growth, Partnership and Innovation at HSBC UK and Jane Wakefield, technology journalist and consultant specialising in artificial intelligence and the metaverse, to discuss the potential concerns or threats to organisations operating in the metaverse and the opportunities to accelerate growth.

'The Immaterial World - navigating attitudes to the metaverse revolution' webinar will give you an opportunity to hear real examples of organisations expanding into the metaverse: from HSBC being the first global financial institution to enter the metaverse to insight from a renowned metaverse expert and journalist on how we should be communicating technology advancements to clients and customers.

This webinar is taking place during Birmingham Tech Week. As a patron of the event's founding organisation, Tech West Midlands, we're proud to be a sponsor of this year's Tech Week alongside HSBC.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Toronto office for Environmental Law For Business™ 2023: A year in review. Our 2023 theme is Environmental Risk Management in Times of Crisis.

Our in-person discussions will canvass the rapidly changing world of environmental law, including the latest legislative and regulatory developments, recent changes to Ontario’s land-use planning regime, new areas of litigation risk, and case law updates.

Gowling WLG's popular Employment & Labour Law Seminar returns to Waterloo Region on Wednesday, October 25, giving you the opportunity to learn about the latest legal developments affecting your workplace.

Join our panel of lawyers as they explore key employment-related cases and legislative developments, while providing practical strategies to help you prepare for emerging risks.

We are pleased to offer this complimentary seminar to our clients and friends, including in-house legal counsel, executives and senior human resources professionals. Attendees are eligible to earn HRPA and LSO CPD credits.

Employers often mistakenly believe that they are better protected by choosing fixed-term (temporary) employment arrangements instead of indefinite (permanent) employment arrangements.

Is that ever true? What are the consequences of making the wrong choice?

Join Gowling WLG on Thursday, Oct. 26 for the sixth webinar in the firm's Employment, Labour & Equalities Law webinar series, where topics will include:

• When and why should you (not) choose a fixed-term (temporary) arrangement?
• What are best practices for extending the term of employment?
• What are best practices for pulling the plug early?
• What are the risks?
• When will you trigger statutory entitlements?
• How can you (try to) protect the employer's contractual termination rights?
• Will the fixed-term (temporary) employee ever have a duty to mitigate?
• What are the costs of getting it wrong?

Procurement Bill Update

We will provide an update on the passage of the Procurement Bill as it progresses towards becoming law, and updates on key amendments proposed to it over the course of the last few months.

Digitalisation

Digital transformation in the delivery of public services is occurring at pace. This session will help equip you with the key concepts, risks and challenges that you are likely to face on your journey to digitalisation, including looking at issues arising from IT disaggregation, procuring AI and data sharing.

Performance and contract management

This session will consider how Authorities can manage contracts to resolve disputes amicably or, better still, to prevent them from arising in the first place. Where disputes can't be resolved, they will consider essential steps to put the Authority in the best position to bring or defend a claim.