Legal news and trends for Canadian in-house counsel and c-suite executives
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ROUNDUP • A roundup of legal department news and trends ACC launches B.C. chapter for in-house counsel The Association of Corporate Counsel has formed a chapter in British Columbia to serve Vancouver and the surrounding area. It makes B.C. the third ACC Canada chapter alongside Ontario and Quebec. "Having a new chapter in British Columbia will provide its members with both a local and global network of the top in-house counsel and resources that address their needs," says ACC president and CEO Veta T. Richardson. The B.C. chapter will serve about 100 in-house lawyers representing more than 50 organizations through networking and continuing legal edu- cation. "The creation of the ACC-BC chap- SPECIALIZATION IN BUSINESS LAW Part-time, Executive LLM program for corporate counsel and practising lawyers ter is a very exciting development for all in-house counsel in British Columbia," said Robert Piasentin, general coun- sel, Sierra Systems Groups Inc., and the new chap- ter's president. "The ACC has a long and well- established his- tory of delivering high quality legal programs aimed specifically at in- house counsel. I look forward to introducing even more of British Columbia's house lawyers to the ACC and giv- ing them the opportunity to benefit from its collective experience, knowl- edge and expertise. in- Robert Piasentin, general counsel, Sierra Systems Groups Inc. For more information, call 416-978-1400 or visit: http://www.law.utoronto.ca/programs/GPLLM.html TIME: EVENT: Supported by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) - Ontario Chapter and in partnership with Carswell, a Thomson Reuters business. GLLM_IH_Apr_12.indd 1 8 • OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2012 INHOUSE chapter board will be Joel Guralnick, general counsel at Vision Critical Communications (vice president); J. Dean Readman, director, legal services and corporate secretary, legal servic- es, Port Metro Vancouver (treasurer); and Nicole Chen, legal counsel, AMEC (secretary). Kim Ott, solicitor and counsel, legal Serving alongside Piasentin on the " services, BC Hydro; Randall Milner, senior vice president, general coun- sel, corporate Corp., and Karen G. Corraini, general counsel, corporate secretary, Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. will serve as board members at-large. ACC now has more than 1,000 members in Canada. secretary, Methanex 12-05-03 10:58 AM