The highly anticipated event is a pre-eminent leadership forum designed for Australia’s legal professionals. The summit will unite over 250 in-house counsel for a day of jam-packed insights from the nation’s leading legal minds.

Danielle Corden, general counsel at Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne, will join Olivia Perks from the University of Sydney, Rachel Launders from Nine Entertainment, and Nicole Choolun from SBS to explore the corporate counsel mandate enforcing legal and ethical standards against ingrained cultural norms.

Corden will refer to the recent PwC scandal as a focal point throughout the session to examine how counsel can prioritise values-based decision making to build transparency, raise accountability, and promote integrity and wellbeing.

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With over 10 years of experience, Corden is a GC with a robust background in health law, risk management, compliance, and medical negligence.

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Her diverse range of experience includes representing public hospitals, rural doctors, community health services, ambulance services, the state of Victoria, and the Department of Human Services in civil litigation and coronial inquests.

At the summit, Corden will reflect on her deep expertise, having worked with hospitals, corporate hospital operators, insurers, private health organisations, and medical practitioners to explore crucial themes in the current corporate counsel climate.

The Corporate Counsel Summit 2025

The summit will be held on Thursday, 8 May 2025, at The Star in Sydney for an unrivalled leadership forum set to propel Australia’s in-house community to endless opportunities. Click here to buy tickets.

Run in partnership with principal partners Lawyers on Demand (LOD) and Consilio, the sessions will delve into trending topics across the marketplace and offer best practice tips, curated by leading law department heads, industry influencers, and more.

The Corporate Counsel Summit will provide a unique opportunity to network with industry leaders, peers, and colleagues.

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