Corporate housekeeping tips tackled

MANILA, Philippines - The Center for Global Best Practices is holding a seminar titled “Best practices in corporate housekeeping: The experts’ guide on how to be an effective corporate secretary” on June 23 & 24 at The EDSA Shangri-La, Mandaluyong City.

The term “corporate housekeeping” refers to the multitude of services that a corporate secretary (who could be a lawyer or a non-lawyer) needs to perform for a corporate entity. It is what every corporation needs to do and to know to function well.

This one-day seminar would be of special benefit to, among others, corporations, business owners, directors, and managers who may want to know how best to use the services of the corporate secretary; new lawyers who may wish to learn the best practices in corporate housekeeping; older lawyers who may want to shift to corporate practice or to broaden their knowledge of such practice; law firms and corporate law departments who may wish to provide additional training to their lawyers and paralegals; compliance officers of public corporations; and accountants, auditors, and accounting firms.

The program will feature Tristan A. Catindig who has been in corporate law practice for more than 40 years, 26 years of which were with the largest law firm in the Philippines, SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, where he was senior partner and head, corporate services department.

The second lecturer will be A. Bayani K. Tan who is the managing partner of the Tan Venturanza Valdez Law Office. Presently, he is a board director of 15 firms and assigned as corporate secretary to 26 of the some of the largest publicly listed and private corporations.

This limited-seats-only event offers early bird discounts for those who will register early and group discount for attendees of three or more. Pre-registration is required.

For inquiries, please call Ivy Enriquez at 842-7148 or 59; email [email protected] or check the website for all the upcoming seminars at www.cgbp.org