13-Hour Program

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Overview

Why you should attend

PLI has offered the most comprehensive continuing legal education seminars in the United States for more than eighty years, primarily in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C.  Based on our success in the U.S., PLI expanded to London and have been offering our Institute on Securities Regulation for more than twelve years.  We are excited about our expansion into Asia and invite you to join us in April.

Our First Annual Institute on Corporate & Securities Law in Hong Kong 2013 will feature a faculty composed of leading legal and business practitioners active in the Asian, U.S. and U.K. corporate and securities law fields, as well as key government regulators, prominent investment bank professionals and distinguished general counsel who will provide timely, practical guidance on the most critical issues facing corporate and securities law practitioners today.  Attend this program to gain clarity and unique insight into current business and legal climates, and receive up-to-the-minute guidance on the latest corporate and securities law developments, including regulatory and enforcement initiatives.  Learn from our experts the best practices for serving your clients and corporations most effectively.

What you will learn

  • Regulatory Overview and Update: A complete analysis of the latest corporate and capital markets regulatory developments in Asia, the U.S. and the U.K.
  • Market Overview: A review of key developments in and important differences among listing regimes; a discussion of the treatment of shareholders across borders; JOBS Act implications for foreign issuers; and issues arising as a result of foreign currency controls. 
  • Private Equity and Hedge Funds: Explore the best options for issuing equity without triggering compliance with takeover regimes; Approaches to taking private and recent activity; PIPEs in the context of Asian markets; Fund formation; and Changes in the regulation of investment advisers under Dodd-Frank. 
  • Debt Markets: Learn about the impact of developments in the U.S. and EU on Asian debt markets; Current trends; and New products. 
  • Mergers & Acquisitions: Examine recent M&A structures and processes in Hong Kong; Outbound M&A by Chinese corporates; Hostile M&A considerations in an Asian context; Spinoffs in compliance with Hong Kong rules; Pitfalls, Competition law and Other red flags. 
  • Capital Markets: Evaluate the new Hong Kong sponsor regime; consider recent new deal activity, including hot issues in various frontier economies; Compare and contrast common practices in India, China, Korea and Singapore.
  • Corporate Governance Issues: Understand the impact of U.S. and U.K. proprietary trading laws on corporate governance; Director liability considerations; best practices or box ticking -  a consideration of U.S. and U.K. developments and their adoption in Asian markets.
  • In-House Counsel Roundtable: Gain inside insight into the issues that keep General Counsel up at night and how in-house counsel are coping with the complexities of global operations.
  • Enforcement Issues Today: Analyze current U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong enforcement efforts including U.K. Bribery Act and FCPA enforcement practices; The impact of OFAC on doing business in Asia; and Insider trading in the U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong.
Special Features
  • All-new PLI program!
  • Keynote addresses by Ashley Alder, Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission and David Graham, Chief Regulatory Officer and Head of Listing, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
  • Earn CLE, CPE, CPD - Hong Kong, CPD - United Kingdom, CPD - British Columbia, CPD - Ontario and CPD - Toronto credit, including one full hour of Ethics credit

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