Vancouver Lunch and Learn: AI Rapid-Fire for In-House Counsel

📅 Thursday, April 16, 2026
12:00 - 1:30 pm PT

📍 MLT Aikins LLP Suite 2400

1066 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3X1

🎟️ This workshop is free for Premium members and $30 for Core members

✅ Accredited for 1.5 CPD hours

About this event:

Join us on Thursday, April 16th for an AI-themed Lunch & Learn hosted by Counselwell in partnership with MLT Aikins, bringing together in-house lawyers for a rapid-fire look at how AI is reshaping day-to-day legal practice. Over lunch, Graham Christie, Tom Hakemi, and Riley Graydon will lead a practical session focused on how AI is changing the game for employment, litigation, and corporate transactions. We’ll walk through emerging risks and what lawyers are doing to prepare their organizations.

Rapid Fire One: Labour & Employment – AI in the Workplace

Speaker: Graham Christie – Labour & Employment

Focus: Workplace AI and the key issues facing employers:

• AI in the workplace considerations
• Current legal landscape (Canada)
• Key employer risks
• Special contexts
• AI acceptable use policies

Rapid Fire Two: Litigation, Investigations, and Competition Exposure

Speaker: Tom Hakemi – Litigation 

Focus: How AI is accelerating and complicating litigation and investigations

• Evidence risks: deepfakes, authenticity challenges, metadata concerns
• Protecting privilege when using AI tools

 How AI affects competition law exposure

• Algorithmic collusion: when pricing tools cross into Competition Act territory
• Using AI internally for compliance, merger prep and strategic assessment

Rapid Fire Three: Corporate Transactions – Efficiencies and Risks

Speaker: Riley Graydon – Corporate and Commercial

Focus:

• Modernizing the Deal: From Manual Review to AI Auditing
• Logistics & The "Zero-Admin" Closing Room
• Ethics & Professional Responsibility in BC

A special thank you to MLT Aikins for partnering with us and hosting this session.

RSVP today to secure your spot!

🎟️ This workshop is free for Premium members and $30 for Core members

✅ Accredited for 1.5 CPD hours