2023 Annual Conference

Building Bridges

WHEN 16-18 April 2023
WHERE Brussels, Belgium SQUARE Brussels Convention Centre
Tarik Gause
Tarik Gause
Conference Co-Chair
Yves Heijmans
Yves Heijmans
Conference Co-Chair

WELCOME TO BRUSSELS, THE HEART OF EUROPE, FOR ACC EUROPE’S 2023 CONFERENCE

Building on our success in Madrid where we received more than 400 attendees in 2022, we are excited to welcome you to the 2023 annual conference in Brussels, the heart of Europe and home to the European institutions.

The city of Brussels and its role in bringing people together perfectly symbolises this year’s conference theme: “Building Bridges”.

Our world has never been more connected. But social, environmental and economic challenges can make us feel like we are defined by division rather than what unites us. Success often depends on addressing internal and external barriers, across our own legal teams, our wider organisations, and with external legal counsel, regulators and NGOs. “Building Bridges” is about inspiring in-house counsel to forge relationships that open our minds to new opinions, challenge insights, provide fresh experiences, and teach us how to sustain connections.

We have an exceptionally compelling programme for 2023 and will explore how in-house counsel can continue to be effective, from legal, business and personal perspectives in an unpredictable and fast-changing world; how to build and sustain effective business relationships to support individuals and organisations in achieving their purpose; and the benefits for us all in stepping out of our comfort zones to discover the magic of creative thinking. To stimulate the debate, we will open the panel discussions to representatives of NGOs and the European Institutions.

But building bridges also means connecting meaningfully with others, and you will have plenty of invaluable opportunities to meet new people and reconnect with friends, from the business speed dating on Sunday, the country representatives’ breakfast on Monday morning to our gala dinner in Brussels’ stunning Autoworld museum.  Also, for the first time this year you can register for a social programme with visits to the European institutions on Wednesday and much more!

We look forward to welcoming you to Brussels in April 2023. 

INSPIRE.  CHALLENGE.  EMPOWER.

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Conference Registration Fees

Registration is limited to in-house counsel and eligible legal operations professionals only

Super Early Bird

By 8 February 2023

Member €950 + 21% VAT
Non-Member €1,250 + 21% VAT

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Early Bird

By 10 March 2023

Member €1,095 + 21% VAT
Non-Member €1,395 + 21% VAT

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Regular

From 11 March 2023

Member €1,250 + 21% VAT
Non-Member €1,595 + 21% VAT

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  1. Groups of 3 or more get a 20% discount! Come with colleagues from your company or from another organisation and receive a group discount of 20% off the prevailing registration upon request.
  2. Day passes are available on request

Please contact acceurope@judylaneics.com for further information.

Fee deadlines occur at 23.59 CET on stated dates above.

Included in the fees

  • Welcome reception on Sunday 16 April
  • Attendance at the conference sessions
  • Access to any available speakers’ presentations and background materials
  • Lunch and coffee breaks on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 April
  • Conference dinner on Monday 17 April (places are limited and will be allocated on a “first-come, first-served” basis)
Conference Center

Conference Venue

SQUARE Brussels Convention Centre, Belgium

Situated on the imposing Mont des Arts with a broad vista over Brussels, SQUARE sits in the historical and cultural heart of the city, very close to the centre of European government.

How to get there

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What’s in it for you?

Gain the essential knowledge and insights you need to navigate an increasingly complex business environment and make meaningful connections with your in-house peers, leading members of the profession and service providers.

But don’t take our word for it.

“Having the chance to share our realities with several in-house counsels from other different countries allows me, individually and as head of a team, to have a 360 degrees’ view of what is happening in the legal world around us. I acknowledge that ACC Europe meetings are the perfect opportunity to spread our network, keep in touch with our colleagues and be usefully updated by the progresses of this community.”
Juan Carlos Alfonso, General Counsel – AENA

“The ACC Europe’s Annual Conference allows us to grow our connections and networking, while expanding our knowledge of relevant topics for the in-house community.  The quality of the presentations, variety of topics and fabulous speakers make this an opportunity not to be missed!”
Gloria Sánchez, Group Legal VP, Head of Legal for Technology and Digital, Banco Santander, Spain

Featured Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

EY

EY Legal, Compliance & Investigations

EY provides enterprise legal guidance and services to help shape the future of the legal department and manage today’s critical business priorities and issues including ESG, transactions, fraud, regulatory compliance and crisis incidents.  We bring an international team of more than 7,500 lawyers, paralegals, technologists and highly experienced forensic, law enforcement, compliance and regulatory professionals combining a global multi-disciplinary approach with leading technologies, deep subject-matter knowledge and wide-ranging sector experience.

Individual circumstances and needs are considered in developing a multidisciplinary approach for your business to help leaders better manage risk, protect and restore enterprise and financial reputation, foster a culture of integrity and compliance, generate cost savings and support business growth.

Forensic & Integrity services | EY – Global

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Pioneer Sponsor

BDO

BDO is one of the world’s largest independent professional services advisory organisations, whose specialists offer public accounting, tax, legal, advisory and outsourcing services worldwide.  At the end of 2020, BDO reported global revenues of US$ 12.8 billion and employed 91,054 professionals, working out of 1,803 offices around the world.

Within a global tax and legal division of 21,000 advisers, BDO’s Legal Community comprises over 700 specialist business lawyers located in more than 60 countries.  We provide a comprehensive range of legal services, including corporate & commercial, M&A, employment law and immigration, IP/IT and insolvency & restructuring, amongst others.

Our lawyers are qualified and highly experienced in their local markets and are experts in multi-jurisdictional and multidisciplinary advice. They work closely with their colleagues from other countries and business lines to provide an exceptional 360º service to BDO clients across the world.

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Opening Plenary Session Sponsor

K&L Gates

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. The firm represents leading multinational corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals. For more information about K&L Gates or its locations, practices and registrations, visit

klgates.com

Gold Sponsor

Advant

ADVANT is a European legal advisor which is uniquely positioned to give clients the advantage as they navigate the complex and nuanced legal and commercial landscape of Europe.

ADVANT was established in 2021 by three founding member firms are leading legal and tax advisors in their respective jurisdictions – ADVANT Altana in France, ADVANT Beiten in Germany, and ADVANT Nctm in Italy. Its combined team is comprised of more than 600 professionals, including more than 145 equity partners, in 14 locations throughout Europe (Berlin, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Hamburg, London, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome) and around the world (Beijing, Moscow, Shanghai).

With deep local foundations and an international vision, ADVANT supports clients both in Europe and across borders and continents, delivering them the highest quality advice and results – efficiently and cost effectively through dedication, collaboration, and technical excellence.

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Gold Sponsor

CMS Law

CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 78 offices in more than 40 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep local market understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what’s coming, but to shape it. In a world of ever-accelerating change where technology is increasingly important in the deployment of global strategies, our clear, business-focused advice helps clients of every size to face the future with confidence. Our lawyers are genuine experts in their fields, with a grasp of detail that’s second to none. Our next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. It means we can anticipate the likely challenges, accelerate our pace and create the space to develop innovative solutions. We’re diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture in which every one of our people, can maximise their potential and thrive.

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Gold Sponsor

Deloitte

Deloitte Legal provides a full range of corporate and commercial law services, from complex advisory related to major business life events, restructuring contractual arrangements between group companies through to workforce challenges.

National and International legal services provided by Member Firms or in alliance relationships with independent law firms relating to Legal Advisory, Legal Management Consulting and Legal Managed Services.

Multinational organizations need legal advisors who can assist with day-to-day activities, as well as corporate life events across many jurisdictions. Deloitte Legal practitioners use leading technologies to deliver efficient and transparent support for the legal activities companies manage.

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Gold Sponsor

Eversheds Sutherland

As a global top 10 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 79 of the Fortune 100, 65 of the FTSE 100, and 134 of the Fortune 200. With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in 70+ offices in 30+ jurisdictions across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the US. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalized alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Africa, provide support around the globe.

Our teams of lawyers around the world operate seamlessly to deliver the legal know-how and strategic alignment that clients need from their advisors to help further their business interests. Clients describe us as creative and well-versed in cutting-edge legal work – we listen well in order to understand how and where we can be most effective and add the greatest value.

International lawyers – Global law firm – Eversheds Sutherland (eversheds-sutherland.com)

Gold Sponsor

McDermott Will & Emery

McDermott Will & Emery’s European Antitrust and Competition team specializes in merger control, investigations, litigation, compliance, distribution, all areas of competition law as well as European state aid law.

Our global team collaborates across practice groups and geographies to deliver nuanced perspectives to elevate strategy and surface highly effective solutions. More than 1,400 lawyers strong, there isn’t a legal issue we haven’t discussed or an industry segment into which we haven’t delved, and we thrive on working together to find the right answer for our clients.

mwe.com

Gold Sponsor

Shoosmiths

Shoosmiths is a law firm that supports clients across the UK and internationally. The firm is a trailblazer in client excellence and innovation, winning prestigious industry awards, culminating in winning the Legal Business Awards Law firm of the Year 2022.

The firm offers strength in depth across all core disciplines alongside a range of specialisms, enabling legal services to be tailored to the needs of clients, which include fast-growth businesses and international corporates, through to public bodies and financial institutions. Shoosmiths has a long history of supporting in house counsel and supports ACC both in Europe and the US.

Known for our client experience, every service innovation we make is through listening to and working with clients to find a better way of working to save them time and money.

shoosmiths.co.uk

Silver Sponsor

American Arbitration Association

The ICDR®—International Centre for Dispute Resolution®— is the international division of the largest arbitral institution in the world, the American Arbitration Association® (AAA®). The ICDR is the foremost provider of global conflict-resolution solutions to businesses and organizations involved in cross-border disputes.

Drawing on the AAA’s 95+ years of experience, the ICDR administrative system offers a range of international alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services providing time and cost savings, along with vetted, skilled arbitrators and advanced technology.

icdr.org

Silver Sponsor

Epiq

Epiq, a global technology-enabled services leader to the legal industry and corporations, takes on large-scale, increasingly complex tasks for corporate counsel, law firms, and business professionals with efficiency, clarity, and confidence. Clients rely on Epiq to streamline the administration of business operations, class action, and mass tort, court reporting, eDiscovery, regulatory, compliance, restructuring, and bankruptcy matters. Epiq subject-matter experts and technologies create efficiency through expertise and deliver confidence to high-performing clients around the world. Learn more at www.epiqglobal.com

epiqglobal.com

Silver Sponsor

Fisher Phillips

Fisher Phillips’ attorneys help multinational businesses comply with the employment laws that apply to them, no matter how far – or where – their operations reach. Whether you are a U.S. employer new to a foreign country or a new entrant to the U.S. grappling with the intricacies of U.S. employment law, we can help you.   We have vast experience helping clients understand the dramatic differences between employment law in the various United States and employment laws abroad. Our team improves efficiencies by making sure the right issues are addressed and understanding broad concepts that local HR teams or counsel may otherwise misunderstand. Drawing on our own substantive skills on cross-border concepts, along with focused assistance from local counsel, we deliver discerning and practical advice on global employment issues. We are not tied to any official network of law firms or referral contracts with local counsel; instead, we use local counsel resources that best meet our clients’ needs, considering their individual circumstances, risk tolerance, budget, and the complexity of the issues at stake.

fisherphillips.com

Silver Sponsor

Ius Laboris

Founded over 20 years ago, Ius Laboris is consistently recognised as the world’s leading legal service provider in employment, immigration and pensions law. We work with employers to arm them with the knowledge they need to operate in local and international markets and our services include employment rights, data privacy, discrimination, health & safety, pay and benefits, immigration & global mobility, pensions, restructuring, labour relations, internal investigations and whistleblowing.

The Alliance has over 1,500 lawyers focusing on HR law based in more than 160 cities in over 56 countries, on 5 different continents. A combination of leading local HR lawyers operating in a seamless global group, means the group understands and advises on local employment laws and processes in an international setting. Ius Laboris firms are handpicked for being leading specialists in labour and employment law in their country, ensuring quality and scale across the board. Our clients cross all sectors and include many Global 500 companies.  Our firms have garnered many prizes and accolades in recent years from respected publications and organisations for the very high quality of service we provide and our firms have an average Chambers ranking of 1.54 in 56 countries – which is by far the highest in the market.

Our clients and website users benefit from our daily articles, deep-dive reports, tools, apps, podcasts and webinars, along with our Global HR Law Guide and international HR training events – all, to ensure they have the information they need at their fingertips.

For more information please contact info@iuslaboris. com

iuslaboris.com

Silver Sponsor

Littler

With more than 1,700 attorneys in over 100 offices around the globe, Littler is everywhere you are. Our attorneys aim to go beyond best practices, creating solutions that help clients navigate a complex business world, whether a small local business or multinational corporation. Through an integrated client service strategy, Littler brings together practitioners experienced in local and cross-border labour and employment matters to provide seamless representation and counsel across national boundaries.

Littler’s international offices span four continents – North America, South America, Europe and Asia, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Our global capabilities also include several lawyers qualified to practice in additional jurisdictions ranging from Australia and New Zealand to Brazil, China, Japan, Russia, and South Africa. We are experienced in handling multi-country labour and employment matters that span the globe.

With deep experience and resources that are local, everywhere, we provide clients with comprehensive legal services covering the full range of workplace issues, including General Labour and Employment Advice, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Labour Relations and Works Council issues, Compliance, Codes of Conduct, Workforce Management, Data Privacy, and Reorganizations.

www.littler.com

Silver Sponsor

Onit

Onit is the leading provider of workflow solutions for enterprise legal management (ELM) and contract lifecycle management (CLM). Onit’s comprehensive product portfolio customizes AI-driven workflows for managing matters, spend, vendors, and contracts. With Onit, companies can evolve the legal department’s role as business protector and transform it into a business driver that materially influences the enterprise by improving operational and cost efficiency while simultaneously contributing to faster revenue generation and business growth.

onit.com

Silver Sponsor

Xakia

Xakia Technologies is a legal matter management platform for connected and impactful in-house teams of any size. 

Painless yet powerful, Xakia removes the need for endless excel spreadsheets and clunky, scattered data — providing a holistic view into your matters, tasks, deadlines, documents, and budgets while creating informative, data-driven dashboards for full visibility across individual and team workloads. In less than 1 hour, you will be increasing productivity, optimizing impact, and improving collaboration with your business clients.

Technology can be overwhelming, and not every lawyer is a tech-savvy 23-year-old. Xakia’s design philosophy is to create an intuitive user experience that focuses on simplicity and intuitive navigation, does not overwhelm the user with visual noise, and ensures easy and quick adoption by every team member, irrespective of their tech confidence. To this end, adoption occurs in a simple and user-friendly environment, with no expensive customization, dedicated IT time or major project costs.

Xakia was created in 2016 and services hundreds of clients across the globe. Its mission is to make Legal the most connected, impactful, and valued team in every organization.

xakiatech.com

Technology Sponsor

Conga

Conga, the global leader in commercial operations transformation, helps businesses simplify and automate their approach to the essential quotes, contracts, and documents that drive commerce. We help our customers become more agile, so they can adapt quickly to change and create a fluid, connected customer experience. Companies choose Conga for the most comprehensive solution set in the market and expert guidance, enabling them to transform the processes and documents surrounding customer engagement, configure price quote (CPQ), contract lifecycle management (CLM) and the complete commercial operations lifecycle. With Conga, businesses evolve their commercial operations to streamline their revenue processes and derive the meaningful insights that lead to sustained growth. 

Conga is headquartered in Broomfiel, Colorado with global operations across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Learn more at conga.com.

conga.com

Technology Sponsor

DiliTrust

As a business software provider, DiliTrust offers intuitive SaaS solutions dedicated to legal departments, C-suites and boards to streamline legal and corporate governance activities. DiliTrust helps you boost your impact, enhance your performance and streamline your legal operations, while minimizing operational, financial, legal and cybersecurity risks. Internationally recognized for its know-how and cutting-edge expertise in the legal and corporate governance field, DiliTrust enables your teams to achieve their objectives in terms of regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, legal operations and financial communication.

DiliTrust works every day to meet the demands of its 2,300 clients, which includes private and public organizations of all sizes and industries, spread across more than 50 countries. Major corporations in Europe, North America, Africa and the Middle East rely on DiliTrust, among them: Almarai, AccorHotels, Ahli United Bank, Ecobank, Royal Bank of Canada, BNP Paribas, Bouygues, Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion du Maroc, Campari, Capgemini, Carraro, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Desjardins Capital, EDF, Engie, Eureden, Foyer, Geox, Ingenico, Koç, Les Domaines Agricoles du Maroc, Loto-Québec, LVMH, Luxempart, Octo, Renault, Richelieu Hardware, Groupe Robert, Safran, SFR, Sharaf Group, SNCF, Société Générale, Société de Transport de Montréal, Tereos, UJA Federation, UNICEF, Veolia Environnement, Ville de Montréal and Vivendi.

dilitrust.com

Technology Sponsor

Knowliah

Knowliah is a leading provider of Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) solutions that leverage cutting-edge AI-based software to support legal departments of all sizes in capturing, structuring, and delivering critical information. Our modular platform is designed to streamline key legal processes such as Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Matter & Spend Management, Litigation Management, Entity Management, and Third Party Risk & Compliance Management, and offers advanced reporting and analysis capabilities to help businesses identify potential risks and opportunities. With Knowliah, you can elevate your legal operations and stay ahead of the rapidly evolving legal landscape. Our user-friendly interface is highly customizable to meet your specific needs, while our built-in security and privacy features provide peace of mind. Whether you are a small business or a large corporation, Knowliah’s ELM & CLM solutions can help you to demonstrate your business value and achieve greater success. Additionally, our solutions have recently received recognition from Gartner and Forrester in their 2023 reports.

knowliah.com

Technology Sponsor

Mercator

Mercator® by Citco is the pioneer of Entity Portfolio Management.

We create lasting partnerships with clients to understand their needs and offer control and transparency in the maintenance of their portfolio of entities. With over 75 years of experience, we provide clients with an efficient centralized service platform that covers more than 170 jurisdictions through a single point of contact and delivery framework unique in the industry.

Our knowledge of Global Entity Portfolio Management and proprietary technology ‘Entica™’ is evolving the way multinational companies view and manage their portfolio of entities, helping them navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

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Technology Sponsor

NAVEX

NAVEX is trusted by thousands of customers worldwide to help them achieve the business outcomes that matter most. As the global leader in integrated risk and compliance management software and services, we deliver our solutions through the NAVEX One platform, the industry’s most comprehensive governance, risk and compliance (GRC) information system.

navex.com

Exhibitor Sponsor

 

Brightflag is the platform and trusted guide in-house legal teams rely on to manage matters, spend and outside counsel.Brightflag includes spend and matter management capabilities that help legal departments gain visibility into operations, maximize productivity and engage with outside counsel strategically. Brightflag combines modern, easy-to-use software with best-in-class customer service and a relentless focus on continuous improvement.

brightflag.com

Exhibitor Sponsor

 

Factor

Factor is the market leader in Integrated Law. Factor works alongside corporate legal departments and law firms to solve the ever-increasing demands and complexity of transactional legal work like contracting. With 10+ years of focused experience, Factor integrates the expertise of Traditional Law, and the efficiency of New Law, with the business know-how and integration of In-house legal to deliver complex legal work at scale. Factor helps re-focus in-house legal on advisory, solving business problems, and balancing commercial opportunities with legal risks.

factor.law

Exhibitor Sponsor

 

Intapp

Intapp helps transform in-house legal workflows and streamline corporate legal matter management with Microsoft 365. We provide a software solution that delivers a comprehensive matter management solution for corporate legal departments. Using familiar Microsoft 365 applications, the software streamlines matter instruction, triage, and allocation, as well as ongoing matter management. Legal departments gain comprehensive matter-centric document and email management, as well as data-driven reporting, insights, and analytics. Built on the Microsoft 365 platform, our solution connects your people, processes, and data to help transform legal operations and deliver efficiency, scalability, and productivity for legal professionals.  For more information, visit intapp.com, https://twitter.com/intapp, https://www.instagram.com/intapp/,  https://www.facebook.com/intapp/

intapp.com

Exhibitor Sponsor

 

Lexology

Lexology is the global legal research platform to help you respond quickly and accurately to legal questions.

With the broadest global and work area coverage, Lexology covers 50+ work areas across 170+ jurisdictions, providing you with a one-stop shop for cross-border legal intelligence from the world’s leading experts and top-ranking law firms.

Lexology offers a range of premium features built specifically for in-house counsel, to provide you quick access to trusted, timely insight with tailored updates, forward-looking analysis and expert guidance combined with intuitive tools to streamline your global legal research, all on one platform.

Access the most credible information and research faster and smarter.

Lexology’s premium features, access via a subscription to Lexology PRO, helps you quickly understand evolving issues and take swift action to protect your business or clients. This includes GTDT, the world’s most comprehensive cross-jurisdictional comparison tool, Scanner, a dashboard delivering automated regulatory updates from 200+ global sources, AI-search, and a wealth of practical resources.

Use Lexology to advise with confidence, proactively resolve challenges, minimise risk and turn insight into action.

lexology.com

Conference App Sponsor

 

LC Publishing

LC Publishing Group (LC) is the international company providing 100% digital information on the legal and in-house markets in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Latin America, USA, Switzerland and Egypt.

It publishes Iberian Lawyer, The Latin American Lawyer, Inhousecommunity.it, Legalcommunity.ch, InhousecommunityUS.com which provides daily news on in-house lawyers in the above mentioned jurisdictions. Every year, LC organizes Awards dedicated to in-house lawyers (Iberian Lawyer Gold Awards in Spain and Portugal, Inhousecommunity Awards in Italy and Egypt, Legalcommunity Awards in Switzerland) and annual weekly or daily events such as the Inhousecommunity Days in Rome, the Legalday in Spain and Portugal and the Legalcommunity Week, the international event dedicated to the legal business community held every year in June in Milan.

www.lcpublishinggroup.com/en

Supporter Sponsor

 

Cuatrecasas

Cuatrecasas is an international law firm present in 13 countries, with a strong focus on Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Through our highly specialized legal teams with extensive knowledge and experience, we advise on all areas of business law, helping our clients with the most demanding matters wherever they are based.

We have a multidisciplinary and diverse team of over 1,200 professionals across 26 nationalities. We combine local expertise with our shared global resources, to guarantee expert, personal advice that is tailored to the needs of each client and each case.

We apply ESG criteria to our work approach and to the services we provide to promote initiatives that generate a social impact, help protect the environment and improve our corporate governance policies.

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Supporter Sponsor

 

Pearson

Founded over 170 years ago, Pearson plc has a simple purpose: to add life to a lifetime of learning. We believe every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. Our partnership with the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment provides organisations with the opportunity to upskill their staff and develop the resilience required to thrive in the 21st century, with short online courses underpinned by world-class research.  

Provide your employees with the skills needed to make effective business decisions informed by sustainability best practice – from stark environmental challenges to wider social equity – and provide leadership for the law sector and your clients.

onlinecourses.smithschool.ox.ac.uk

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