Join LES USA-Canada's Silicon Valley Chapter for a program exploring the ethical issues confronting transactional lawyers. Michelle Galloway will discuss the ethics issues that arise from the various roles of a transactional lawyer as legal advisor, negotiator, business advisor, or investigator.

Topics will include: managing the scope of engagement; conflicts in the transactional context including conflicts between former and current clients as well as between officers and the organization/client; ethics in negotiations, including omissions, dishonesty and candor; contract with represented parties; and ethics issue regarding confidentiality.

Speaker: Michelle Galloway, Cooley LLP