Organized with the advice and involvement of a Steering Committee of industry general counsel from Ashland Inc., INEOS, PPG, Royal DSM and Umicore, the third European Roundtable for General Counsel in the Chemical and Performance Materials Industry was hosted in Brussels by Squire Patton Boggs on 12-13 February 2015. This invitation-only conference brought together over 20 general counsel, chief legal officers and other company legal executives, with leading practitioners and officials from industry and government to provide a useful forum on legal, regulatory and business issues most affecting this sector.
As noted in the agenda, the two-day event focused on many of the more pressing issues the industry faces with perspectives from a number of company, industry and governmental experts sharing their insights with the group. Topics for this event included:
Mergers and Acquisitions – What's New and What Remains the Same
Fraud and Compliance: The Forgotten Risk
Regulatory Update: Competition and Trade Secrets
Challenges of Operating in a Consolidated Industry
Effectively Using Public Policy Advocacy
Open Discussion on Various Other Pressing Industry Issues
Featured panel members included:
Paul Csiszár, Director, Chemical Industry – DG Competition Unit, European Commission
Gill Duddy, Head of Legal, UK and ROI – Michelin Tyre Public Limited Company
Dr Henry Duggan, Forensic Investigations & Compliance – KPMG
Jonny Ginns, Group General Counsel – INEOS
Dominique Golsong, Vice President Legal & Compliance EMEA and Associate General Counsel – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Simon Johnson, Head of Corporate Development – Innospec
