{"id":153964,"date":"2025-09-19T08:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153964\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:34:10","slug":"acc-australia-concludes-in-house-counsel-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153964\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Australia concludes In-House Counsel Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.law.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ACC-Australia-concludes-In-House-Counsel-Days-main.jpg\" data-caption=\"Speakers at Perth\u2019s conference, from left to right: David Winch, principal at Jalexiam Legal; Natalie Drew, legal and commercial manager at Yara; Jessica Berry, senior legal counsel at BCI Minerals; and Angelyn Seen, legal counsel at Yara and ACC Western Australia chapter vice president.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" title=\"ACC-Australia-concludes-In-House-Counsel-Days-main\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ACC-Australia-concludes-In-House-Counsel-Days-main-696x464.jpg\"\/><\/a>Speakers at Perth\u2019s conference, from left to right: David Winch, principal at Jalexiam Legal; Natalie Drew, legal and commercial manager at Yara; Jessica Berry, senior legal counsel at BCI Minerals; and Angelyn Seen, legal counsel at Yara and ACC Western Australia chapter vice president.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Australia wrapped up its 2025 In-House Counsel Days, a national series of one-day conferences held in Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the theme: Connect. Collaborate. Create., the events drew hundreds of in-house legal professionals to explore challenges facing corporate counsel, share practical insights and strengthen professional networks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-615931 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"ACC-Australia-concludes-In-House-Counsel-Days\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ACC-Australia-concludes-In-House-Counsel-Days.jpg\"\/>Networking drinks in Melbourne, Victoria<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anna Bagley, ACC Australia president, said: \u201cOur state committees are the heartbeat of these events. Their insight, energy and dedication ensure that every session is meaningful and every delegate leaves inspired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">State-based panels of in-house counsel curated each programme to reflect regional priorities and industry trends, with sessions accredited for continuing professional development. Formats ranged from expert panels and roundtables to interactive workshops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Highlights included Perth\u2019s discussions on ESG integration in the resources sector, led by David Winch, principal at Jalexiam Legal; Natalie Drew, legal and commercial manager at global crop nutrition company Yara; Jessica Berry, senior legal counsel at BCI Minerals; and Angelyn Seen, legal counsel at Yara and ACC Western Australia chapter vice president.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adelaide\u2019s conference focused on ethical leadership and the evolving role of counsel, while the event at Brisbane highlighted hands-on technology and cybersecurity workshops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sydney\u2019s event explored cross-border risk and stakeholder engagement and Melbourne\u2019s sessions on legal team culture and external counsel management completed the series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ACC Australia has confirmed planning for the 2026 In-House Counsel Days, with expanded programming and additional regional hubs under consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speakers at Perth\u2019s conference, from left to right: David Winch, principal at Jalexiam Legal; Natalie Drew, legal and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[102960,3443,102961,64,63,102962,651,102963,102964,102965,102966,284,102967,23017,102968,102969,102970,102971,102972,102973,102974,647,102975,44,46,102976,670,102977],"class_list":["post-153964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-acc-australia","tag-adelaide","tag-angelyn-seen","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bci-minerals","tag-brisbane","tag-continuing-professional-development","tag-corporate-counsel","tag-cpd","tag-cross-border-risk","tag-cybersecurity","tag-david-winch","tag-esg","tag-ethical-leadership","tag-external-counsel-management","tag-in-house-counsel","tag-jalexiam-legal","tag-jessica-berry","tag-legal-conferences","tag-legal-team-culture","tag-melbourne","tag-natalie-drew","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-stakeholder-engagement","tag-sydney","tag-technology-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}