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Event date: Thursday, 14 May 2026 Venue: The Star, Sydney Registration open: 8:00am AEST Official start: 9:00am Dress code: Business casual

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About the 2026 Corporate Counsel Summit

Returning in May 2026, the Corporate Counsel Summit is once again uniting the in-house legal profession to confront the issues redefining business today. From rising cultural expectations and AI adoption to ESG scrutiny and crisis response, in-house teams are taking on expanded mandates with sharper risks and greater visibility.

To meet the moment, this year’s summit introduces an expanded streamed agenda format. Attendees can tailor their experience across focused tracks that reflect the breadth and complexity of today’s in-house legal function. These include sessions on AI governance, resourcing and legal operations, digital transformation risk, ESG defence, culture leadership, and cyber response.

Join over 250 legal professionals for a day of insight, strategy, and connection with your peers. Whether you’re guiding transformation or protecting business continuity, this is your forum to stay ahead.

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

Corporate Counsel Summit 2026

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Choose from multiple content streams to explore the specific challenges and opportunities shaping your legal team's future

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Learn how to respond to reputational crises, influence culture, and lead during cyber breaches without compromising privilege

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Get ahead of ESG litigation risk and disclosure pitfalls with strategies from legal leaders and enforcement insiders

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Understand how to scale AI tools responsibly across workflows while managing new risk vectors

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Gain insights into sustainable legal resourcing and how legal ops can drive value beyond headcount

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Earn CPD hours and return to your team with frameworks and playbooks for immediate application

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN BY ATTENDING

Gain insights and access the latest intelligence, trends and tools to broaden your understanding of the in-house counsel landscape.

Together, we will:

Explore the mandate of corporate counsel to enforce legal and ethical standards against entrenched cultural behaviour.

Discuss the evolving regulatory landscape, professional conduct obligations, and ethical considerations that arise as AI technologies become integrated into legal practices.

Analyse recent regulatory actions taken by ASIC, the ACCC and other regulatory bodies and discuss the business implications of these actions.

Explore the current technology landscape to effectively examine, evaluate, and optimise tech stacks.

Who should attend?

In-house counsel and thought leaders

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General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers

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Legal operations and transformation Leads

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Senior in-house counsel in private and public sectors

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Compliance, risk, and governance professionals

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Business leaders who want to better understand and empower legal functions

LOCATION AND SCHEDULE

Event date:Thursday, 14 May 2026
Venue:The Star, Sydney
Registration open:8:00am AEST
Official start:9:00am
Dress code:Business casual

Summit speakers

Deborah Im
Deborah Im
Head of Legal, APAC, OpenAI
Stephanie Favotto
Stephanie Favotto
Senior Corporate Counsel, Amazon
Andrew de Celis
Andrew de Celis
General Counsel, Product & Propositions, Telstra
Ellen Howard
Ellen Howard
Lead Counsel, Privacy, Data Governance & Business Operations, Canva
Joanne Gream
Joanne Gream
Head of Legal Australia, Allianz Technology
Veronique Diallo
Veronique Diallo
Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary, Flybuys
Paul Cowling
Paul Cowling
Managing Director, Australia, Lawyers on Demand
Mitchell Scott
Mitchell Scott
Principal Data Scientist, Consilio
Joanne Chenn
Joanne Chenn
Strategy and Legal Operations Manager, LegalVision
Trevor Withane
Trevor Withane
Partner, Ironbridge Legal

See what others are saying

"I've really been surprised about the quality of the conversation. I think what I've enjoyed the most, is how much the audience has been participating in asking questions. I think the session on working and scale-ups and start-ups was really, really quite interesting and the challenges they have to face. Also I think it was clear from the amount of audience participation that other people were really interested in that type of lawyering and that type of environment.   I think that really the hosting and the people here have been very open to have conversations and support each other. So, it's been really fantastic and relaxed, insightful and enjoyable."
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Joel Cranshaw, Director, Clearpoint Legal 
“I think I've enjoyed the fact that we're talking about issues that, you know, we face every day in the workplace, at my workplace, you know, resourcing, document management systems. We're talking about innovation and how we can show value as a team. And that's really being discussed here. And we're finding together, I think through these panel forums, how to respond to these issues and find collaborative solutions. And that's really beneficial for me and my co-workers.   I think there was probably one line in the first panel forum where you had the chief legal officer of Boral who said, it captured it really perfectly, that the legal team is sometimes used as the department of reading and writing. And I think that sort of just captures how legal teams can be seen as a crutch for the business to push all their problems onto.   But it also demonstrates how much value we can provide as lawyers to the business in terms of helping them with their commercial problems and finding solutions for everyday issues. So, definitely, it's a great event for corporate counsel and just lawyers in general."
Hareesh Makam, Legal Counsel, Perpetual Limited
"A fantastic event! A must for in-house practitioners."
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Andrew Goldstein, Cleveland & Co Associates Pty Limited
"Lawyers Weekly has done a wonderful job of reviving an appreciation and acknowledgement of the achievements, critical role and function of in-house corporate counsel in the navigation of risk, strategic orientation and commercial success businesses and other organisations in Australia. Thanks for the commitment in ensuring wider commercial, regulatory and strategic issues faced by corporate counsel are front of mind in the wider legal industry. Our team will certainly be attending the Corporate Counsel events again. "
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Ryan Zahrai, Head of Legal, Eucalyptus
"Once again Lawyers Weekly have delivered a fantastic awards event to celebrate the incredible initiatives, teams and performance of Australia's corporate counsel. It is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our clients and the broader in-house counsel community. Thank you for the opportunity to be involved."
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Anonymous
"Really excellent speakers and content and remarkable value for money."
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Ticket pricing

FIRST RELEASE

149*

Excl. GST

Rate ends Friday,
23 January 2026

Not available to product & service providers
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SECOND & FINAL RELEASE

249*

Excl. GST

Until sold out

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PRODUCT & SERVICE PROVIDERS

1,600

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Until sold out

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