11-Hour Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend

We are proud to present Practising Law Institute’s Fourteenth 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 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 important and evolving issues around technology and social media and how these impact and intersect with the securities laws, and revisit the areas of accounting, auditing, and leveraged finance, and the many developments of the past year.  The programme will take a look at how to handle difficult situations during an in-house panel, using hypotheticals to review real-world scenarios and offer best practices for both in-house counsel and those representing them.  This year’s programme will also include a new focus on enforcement efforts both in the U.S. and UK, 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.  M&A is the engine that drives most corporate practices, and the conference will include in-depth discussions of what deals, both big and not so big, are getting done and why, and in particular the role of activist investors. 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 topics and issues and the important implications for European practice, as well as the intersection with EU developments, and useful best practices, on:

  • The current regulatory environment, including new U.S. rulemaking, and the implications on market developments and practice
  • Technology, social media and the securities law
  • The latest accounting and auditing developments
  • The view from in-house counsel: a practical review of the issues
  • Enforcement priorities and programs: what you and your clients or companies need to know
  • Securities litigation developments
  • Leveraged finance — market update
  • Trends in mergers & acquisitions and shareholder activism
  • What every securities 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 Fourteenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe will be the most important and comprehensive securities conference that you can attend in 2014. 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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