Legal Partnerships - Ethical Issues

CPD units: 1
Knowledge area: Ethics and professional responsibility

Legal Partnerships - Ethical Issues
Peter Butler AM RFD, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

This videocast covers some of the ethical issues faced within partnerships and life after them. The session covers the following with the use of case studies and personal insight:

• Any contractual considerations (restraint clauses) which impact the relationships
• What the confidentiality issues are and how they can be resolved
• There are always conflicts, and how to manage conflicts of interests, and
• What happens when communicating with clients about departures and changes within the firm.

Recorded: Wednesday 20 February 2019