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Recorded on: May. 3, 2011

ANNA T. PINEDO: OK, we're going to start again with our next series of sessions, and we're going to focus on how a lot of the techniques that developed in connection with private placements have been applied to an even broader set of transactions in recent years, particularly to confidentially marketed public offerings and register directs. So with us this afternoon we have So Young Lee, and she is a director and assistant general counsel in the equity ...

Recorded on: May. 3, 2011

ANNA T. PINEDO: All right, well we're going to get started again. And for the 10:00 to 11:00 hour, we're going to cover two very interesting set of topics, communications in connection with private placements. And both David and Jerry on our first panel, alluded to many of the issues regarding general solicitation. And Jerry provided some insight regarding the staff's review following the exchange with the Hill concerning general solicitations. So ...

Recorded on: May. 3, 2011

ANNA T. PINEDO: And Gerry. DAVID B. H. MARTIN: Great, thank you, Anna. Gerry, can you hear me? GERALD J. LAPORTE: Yes, I can. DAVID B. H. MARTIN: Sounds like maybe he can. I see the mouth moving. Maybe I still have this on mute. Can everybody in the room hear me? OK, let me see if we can pull this off. What Gerry and I want to do in the next 30-35 minutes is to give you a refresher, reminder, primer, however you want to think of it, on Regulation ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2012

ANNA PINEDO: Good morning. If you're joining us on the web, we're going to get started with our next two segments. We're continuing on this morning in our discussion of private placements and exempt and hybrid securities offerings. This morning, we began with a general overview section 4(2), or now 4(a)(2), and the Regulation D safe harbor. As we discussed in our session, the securities that are sold in private placement transactions are restricted ...

Recorded on: Dec. 5, 2012

SPEAKER 1: I don't even know what we're [INAUDIBLE]. SPEAKER 2: I don't either, I don't know what it is either. It's just [INAUDIBLE] CURTIS L. MO: OK, we're in the home stretch. So I mean, exits are obviously a huge topic, and we can go on forever. And we kind of will, because this is the last two hours of the day. But I promise you it'll be packed with content, and you'll get a very good look into the big issues today. And there are more exits ...

From the program: Advanced Venture Capital 2012

Released on: Dec. 18, 2012

Understanding current market practice, deal terms and conditions, transaction documents and applicable securities, tax and ethical issues is critical in the venture capital business. Lecture Topics  [Total time 06:57:25] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Introduction and Market Update [01:00:30] Kathleen Borie, Jay A. Hershey, Katie G. Taormino, Jack Wills Key Investment ...

From the program: Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives 2012

Released on: Oct. 31, 2012

The Dodd-Frank Act establishes a novel, comprehensive framework for the regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and the market participants who transact in these products. The far-reaching effect of the Dodd-Frank Act upon the OTC markets is only now becoming clear. The new regulatory regime touches the activities of all participants in the swaps markets, from end users to major swap participants to swap dealers. The new regulations will ...

Recorded on: Jul. 18, 2013

CLIFFORD KIRSCH: All righty, and we are going to go right into the next panel. And I'm here with Phil Rutledge, and what Phil and I wanted to do was give you an overview, just assume-- put beside the analysis of is someone required to register or not. Someone is required to register. They're doing activity. That's an adviser. What Phil and I wanted to do in this panel is really just set the stage of what does it mean to be registered, what does it ...

From the program: Fundamentals of Investment Adviser Regulation 2013

Released on: Jul. 31, 2013

In the aftermath of the financial crisis and the resulting regulatory reform, the SEC has advanced significant rulemaking to impose a greater degree of controls on investment advisers’ operations. In fact, the SEC has put the regulation of investment advisers under the microscope, establishing new rules related to adviser custody, political contributions and adviser disclosure and has retooled its adviser exam program.In this program, you ...

Recorded on: Jul. 18, 2013

CLIFF: Thanks for sticking with us today. It's been a great audience and a great program. So thanks for your attention throughout. I'm very pleased to introduce our last panel, which is a dedicated panel. We structured this, just because of all the issues that are arising and people are dealing with, a standalone panel on advisors to private funds. And I'm very pleased to welcome, to my right, Peter Rosenblum. Peter has spoken on this program. But ...

Recorded on: Jun. 22, 2010

LORI BOSTROM: We're going to go right into the next panel. And so I'm going to invite Cliff back up and introduce our speakers. So now you're all experts in mutual fund regulation and operation, and so to help you put together all your knowledge going forward, we've invited two of the best investment management legal intellect to pull out crystal balls and talk about what's going to happen in the future with the investment management industry, as ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2013

DAVID M. LYNN: OK, now we're back with the next panel, and in this panel, we're going to shift focus to issues with broker dealers, investment advisers, funds, and more generally, the issues that we see in global capital markets with derivatives regulation. And so I have a great panel here to talk about these issues. To my right is Susan Ervin, who's a partner at Davis Polk and Wardwell, and she has held senior positions at both the SEC and CFTC. ...

From the program: Global Capital Markets & the U.S. Securities Laws 2013: Raising Capital in an Evolving Regulatory Environment

Released on: Jun. 19, 2013

Capital markets are adjusting to a wide range of evolving regulatory standards which affect the way in which offerings are conducted around the world. At the same time, issuers around the world are subject to changing accounting and corporate governance standards, while market participants navigate new ground in derivative product regulation. Issuers and market participants also face an increasingly active global enforcement environment targeting ...

Recorded on: Mar. 7, 2012

LAUREN ESPOSITO: Program attorney with the Practicing Law Institute. It's my pleasure to welcome you to how to prepare an initial public offering 2012. A welcome to our webcast attendees as well. Before we begin today's program, I'm excited to announce that PLI has installed iPad tablets at each attendee seat in the conference room. This electronic tablet has been designed to supplement and enhance our programs. You'll be able to access various program ...

Recorded on: Apr. 11, 2013

LAUREN E. NOCHTA: It is now my pleasure to introduce each of the chairs of today's program, Laird Simons and Deanna Kirkpatrick. Laird is a partner at Fenwick and West where he is a member of the securities group. He concentrates his practice in initial public offerings for both domestic and foreign corporations, follow on offerings for already public companies, and ongoing securities advice and counseling for public companies. Deanna is a partner ...

From the program: How to Prepare an Initial Public Offering 2013

Released on: Apr. 24, 2013

Understanding the IPO process is an essential skill for both legal and business advisors.  With the improvement in the markets, IPOs are happening with increasing frequency.  In addition, last April, Congress enacted  IPO “on ramp” provisions in the JOBS Act that made becoming a public company even easier for “emerging growth companies,” which represent almost 90% of the IPO market.  If you have not worked on an IPO recently, now ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2012

ANNA PINEDO: Thanks for a wonderful panel. And we're going to move right along and continue into our next session. So we invite our speakers to join us. Our next session covers communications issues arising in connection with private placements and hybrid offerings. And with us this morning we have three panelists. Marty Dunn, and Marty is a partner at O'Melveny's Washington, D.C., office and a member of the corporate finance and capital markets ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2012

ANNA PINEDO: Joining us this morning for our first session, providing an overview of the basic provisions that guide private placements, Section 4(2), Regulation D, and introspective compensatory stock grants, Rule 701, are David Martin and Carol McGee. David Martin is the co-head of the securities practice at Covington & Burling. And he's joined us in the past a number of times. And has done a wonderful job providing a very thorough overview ...

Recorded on: Jun. 22, 2010

LORI: Terrific overview, we obviously have a lot to cover today. And you've now made reference to Mary Joan half a dozen times. So let me introduce Mary Joan Hoene, who is counsel at that Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal and also is a specialist in investment management law and regulation focusing on a wide range of funds and other investment products. Mary Joan's career has spanned both private practice, both at financial institutions and at law ...

Recorded on: Jun. 9, 2011

LAURIN BLUMENTHAL KLEIMAN: That was really a great introduction to a lot of the fundamental principles we're going to be talking about throughout the day. And if you don't appreciate that now, I think as you listen to the speakers talk about some of these issues that Karrie laid out, you will truly appreciate how comprehensive an overview of the principles Karrie outlined. But to truly understand the operation and regulation of investment companies, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 11, 2012

CLIFFORD E. KIRSCH: And we are ready to begin the first panel discussion. And what we plan to do in this next hour is to give you a historical perspective on the mutual fund industry and mutual fund regulation, and really look at how we got to where we are today. And to lead our discussion, I'm very pleased to introduce Mary Joan Hoene and George Martinez. Mary Joan is counsel at Carter, Ledyard, & Milburn in New York. And George is Executive ...

Recorded on: Oct. 7, 2011

LAUREL FITZPATRICK: We apologize in advance. It's always hard to know exactly where to pitch these kinds of things. I see people in the audience that could as easily be giving this presentation as us, and I'm sure that there are people for whom hedge funds are a new topic. So this first session is sort of pitched as the introduction. And we're going to kind of go over the basics-- which again may be repetitive for some people-- and then try to talk ...

Recorded on: Sep. 10, 2012

MICHAEL TREISMAN: But if you don't satisfy that exemption, you still have to register as a registered investment company. 7(d) is really what applies to just offshore entities, not onshore entities. On the Investment Advisers Act side, as Dan mentioned, obviously, there has been heightened requirements for purposes of managers needing to register. And generally speaking, if you have more than $100 million in assets under management with some clients ...

From the program: Hedge Funds 2012: Strategies and Structures for an Evolving Marketplace

Released on: Sep. 19, 2012

In 2012, hedge funds and their managers face their first year of operations under new regulations enacted under Dodd-Frank.  The Dodd-Frank Act has triggered a massive change in the regulatory framework for the entire financial industry that significantly alters the registration and reporting requirements for hedge fund managers and many of their trading activities.  The hedge fund industry continues to grow, with a reported $2 trillion ...

From the program: Basics of Mutual Funds and Other Registered Investment Companies 2013

Released on: May. 8, 2013

This program is designed to provide you with a basic overview of the legal, regulatory and operational issues affecting “registered investment companies” – the universe of publicly offered pooled investment vehicles that include mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and others. You will learn the fundamentals of the extensive regulatory framework that dictates the structure and operations of retail investment funds ...