[SMULA] Recent Highlights Series - Directors’ Duties and the Function of the Board

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SMU LAW ACADEMY “RECENT HIGHLIGHTS” SERIES

Directors’ Duties and the Function of the Board


MARK LEE Joint Managing Director WMH Law Corporation	SARAH YEO Associate Director WMH Law Corporation

SYNOPSIS

Given the various sub-species and/or permutations (in practice) of directorship notwithstanding that the law only recognises one species of homo directoriensis, the question of what duties (if any at all) and the extent to which the same may apply to directors is often a vexed one. There have been significant developments in this area of law (including pronouncements made by the Singapore Court of Appeal) which this webinar will distil and discuss.

This session is part of the SMU Law Academy “Recent Highlights” series. Designed with the busy practitioner in mind, this series provides participants with a convenient platform to obtain timely and practical bite-sized analysis of the latest developments in various areas of the law. The series will be taught by leading and experienced experts curated from academia and practice. Each topic in the series is distilled into a short-duration online webinar so that busy legal professionals can be effectively updated with the most material developments affecting their practice.

SPEAKERS

MARK LEE
Mark co-founded WMH Law Corporation and is the Joint Managing Director of the firm. He is engaged in trial and appellate advocacy at all levels of the Singapore Courts with a particular emphasis in boardroom, shareholder and joint venture disputes. Mark routinely advises high value companies, shareholders and directors in complex, multi-party shareholder disputes, breach of director duties claims and minority oppression claims. Mark is regularly invited to speak on related subjects and most recently at The Legal 500’s Asia Pacific Disputes Summit 2024.

SARAH YEO
Sarah is an Associate Director of WMH Law Corporation and specialises in complex, high stakes, multi-party commercial litigation. Sarah’s practices also focuses on boardroom, shareholder and joint venture disputes. She also spoke as a panellist at The Legal 500’s Asia Pacific Disputes Summit 2024 on the subject of shareholder activism.

FEES

a. Registration Fee
Registration fee of S$163.50* (inclusive of GST) applies

b. Group Registration
Registration fee of S$147.15* (inclusive of GST) applies if there are at least 10 participants from the same organisation.

c. SMU Alumni (LLB / JD / LLM graduates)
Registration fee of S$147.15* (inclusive of GST) applies for SMU LLB/ JD/ LLM Alumni

*Please note that there will be no refund of any fees should the participant cancel the registration/ fail to attend the event. However, registration is transferable. Notice of any change in participant should be sent to the Academy by 25 October 2024.

SMU Law Academy reserves the right to cancel or postpone any event. In such case, we will arrange for the refund of fees paid.

Registration will close on 27 October 2024.

Complimentary for SMU Law Full-time Faculty, Staff & Students. Please sign up with your SMU email address.

DATE

1 November 2024

TIME

2:30 PM to 4:30 PM (SGT)

VENUE

Webinar

PUBLIC CPD POINTS

2 points

PRACTICE AREA

Corporate/ Commercial

TRAINING LEVEL

Intermediate

PROGRAMME

2:15 PM		Participants to log in to webinar
2:30 PM		Start of Event
4:30 PM		End of Event

ABOUT THE SMU LAW ACADEMY

The SMU Law Academy has an established track record of providing the legal profession with high quality seminars and other opportunities to remain fully informed about contemporary legal developments in Singapore and beyond. Its carefully curated listing of seminars is developed with the profession’s multi-faceted needs in mind and meets the requirements of the CPD scheme. The Academy also administers the Auditing Scheme which enables members of the legal profession to consolidate and upgrade their understanding of the law by auditing courses in the School’s LL.B., J.D. and LL.M. programmes. For an overview of upcoming SMU Law Academy events, please click here.

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