11-Hour Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend

We are proud to present Practising Law Institute’s Fifteenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe, the most comprehensive securities programme available in Europe, with a unique focus on the application of U.S. securities law in the EU.  This Institute will provide the important U.S. perspective relevant to UK and European practice, featuring leading practitioners active in the U.S. and Europe, as well as company management, investment bankers and in-house counsel.  We also will have important government regulators from the U.S. and the UK presenting on the latest developments and participating in the panels.

This year’s programme will focus on new U.S. rulemaking and the implications on market developments and practice for companies and financial institutions across Europe, the U.S. and further afield.  We will also take an in-depth look at the current state of the European equity capital markets and regulatory developments affecting those markets, and provide a practical update on recent accounting and auditing developments.  Our prominent in-house panel will focus on conflicts and franchise management, using hypotheticals to review real-world scenarios and offer best practices for both in-house counsel and those advising them.  This year’s programme will also include a new emphasis on enforcement efforts both in the U.S. and across Europe, with a panel on enforcement priorities and the approaches of the relevant regulatory agencies, as well as panel focused on securities litigation developments important to transactional attorneys and corporate counsel.  The leveraged finance market remains central to much of the cross-border deal execution in Europe, and a panel of legal practitioners and bankers will cover the latest developments.  The M&A business has been recovering strongly and the programme will include a detailed discussion of the latest issues impacting the M&A market.  You will come away with the latest information and best practices to use in service of your clients.

 

What You Will Learn

The programme will provide an update on key U.S. securities law issues and the important implications for executing cross-border deals in Europe, as well as recent EU developments and views on best practices, including the following:

  • The current regulatory environment, including new U.S. rulemaking, and its implications for market developments and practice
  • The state of European equity capital markets, executing IPOs and other deals and regulatory developments affecting the markets across Europe
  • The latest accounting and auditing developments
  • The view from in-house counsel, with a focus on conflicts and franchise management
  • Enforcement priorities and programs: what you and your clients or companies need to know
  • Securities litigation developments: what matters for transactional lawyers and corporate counsel
  • Leveraged finance: market update and latest innovations
  • Trends in mergers & acquisitions and shareholder activism
  • What every cross-border lawyer needs to know about ethics

 

Special Features

This important event will feature:

  • Two networking luncheons
  • Keynote speakers to kick off the programme each day
  • Important U.S. regulator and practitioner perspectives
  • CPD, CLE and CPE credits

 

Who Should Attend

The Fifteenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe will be the most important and comprehensive securities conference that you can attend in 2016. This conference is crucial for corporate and securities lawyers in private practice and in-house, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs and others in senior management whose decisions are affected by securities laws, and by cross-border mergers & acquisitions, private equity and shareholder activists.

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