On-Demand Learning

Corporate & Securities

Recorded on: Aug. 11, 2010

SPEAKER 1: Alright guys, keeping on schedule here, cause we've got a break and we've got one more session after this also, so we want to stay on schedule for all of you. We're going to move into our next section of the day, which is Capital Structure. And we've got two speakers here on the panel with us, Jonathan Isler and Carlos Schmidt. Again, to say a few words here, I'm looking at these lengthy bios with a lot of background and I'm trying to pull ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2011

ERIC B. SLOAN: All right. For-- I can't tell what this screen is telling me to do, but I think we're live. For our next panel, as some have said before, we couldn't be more fortunate to have our two speakers. Immediately to my right is Lew Steinberg. Lew is the managing director and head of strategic advisory in the investment banking department of Credit Suisse, which is an international investment bank. And I should say now, for Lew's benefit, that ...

Recorded on: Oct. 12, 2011

OK. Well, welcome back everybody. Good afternoon. I know at times the after lunch sessions are sometimes difficult to battle through, but hopefully everyone had a nice opportunity to grab a sandwich. And as previewed from this morning, we're going to move into capital structure and really introduce some of the different ways capital structure comes to be, an overview of that, key drivers, common corporate transactions, and really get a little more ...

Recorded on: Jun. 21, 2010

ERIC: All right, so maybe we can just while everyone's taking their seat, and we're getting name tags going. The next panel is on capital structure. And this panel is, as its name implies, going to discuss capital structuring, including a run through of the various alternatives that companies have in raising capital, which obviously informs their capital structure. And they're going to use case studies, which is, I think, a fancy term for examples ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

JAMES J. AGAR: Welcome back, everybody. I hope you had a great lunch that will sustain you through an information-packed afternoon and that you had an opportunity to do a little bit of networking during the lunch break. Just a couple housekeeping things. This session will last one hour, and our next module will begin immediately at 2:30 Eastern. That portion of the program will go until 3:45 Eastern, when there will be a 15-minute networking break ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

ERIC SLOAN: ALL right, we're going to get started again. Hopefully everyone has coffee because, you know, at around 3 o'clock is when the caffeine is really needed. But we have a great panel today to keep you awake and interested. So we're going to focus on capital structure considerations in financing. And to do that we have another great panel. To my immediate right is Bill Brentani. Bill is a partner at Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett in Palo ...

Recorded on: Aug. 1, 2012

L. KEVIN SHERIDAN JR.: We're in the last hour, called the home stretch, and Dave is going to take us out with a discussion to finish off the method piece about good writing, and in particular, focusing on organization of drafting, use of proper language, active voice, and some of the plain English rules, both as they're reflected in some SEC guidance on that, but more generally, as the common person would think of it as plain English. We have one ...

Recorded on: Jan. 17, 2013

ADAM EMMERICH: Hi. Good morning again. I'm Adam Emmerich. As Warren mentioned-- one of the co-chairs today-- we're going to talk on this panel about some case studies-- REIT Acquisitions in a Globalizing World. And we're fortunate to have-- I guess it's as was mentioned in the first panel kind of some sort of ageist criteria to participate today. Because everybody on this panel also has upwards of 25 years of experience in the REIT and Real Estate ...

From the program: Real Estate M&A and REIT Transactions 2013

Released on: Jan. 24, 2013

Do you know the best negotiating strategies in the current real estate M&A market? What are the “hot buttons” for seller, buyer and lender requirements, in the board room, the courts and with the SEC?  What are the factors and legal issues you should analyze with respect to investing in distressed situations? How do the nature and ownership of the entity, and the characteristics of its property and the structuring of the acquisition ...

From the program: Writing for Transactional Lawyers 2012

Released on: Aug. 14, 2012

In this program you will learn principles of effective writing and drafting that will enhance your transactional practice. Particular emphasis will be given to the perspectives of the end users:  your clients and those who litigate commercial disputes. Lecture Topics  [Total time 02:56:29] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Introduction* [00:02:48] L. Kevin Sheridan, ...

Recorded on: Dec. 6, 2012

MARY MULLANY: Ron will be back to join us. Folks, we have now have gone through the entire panel and had introductions. So, I just join Debbie, Gary, Rich, Ron, even though he's not here, and Doreen-- Rick, Ron, and Doreen in thanking you for sticking around for this final panel. And we're gonna start with a question that the gentleman had at the end of the last panel. AUDIENCE: I asked Gary's thoughts what [? these ?] issuers could do to increase ...

Recorded on: Dec. 19, 2011

MARC FOLLADORI: Everybody, if we could return and address the last topic for the program today. Before we get into it, I want to mention two things. One, that there are some handouts. One in particular you'll need. It's a description of the case study that we're going to go through. The other is, again, please, I make a personal plea to all of you, fill out your evaluations. It's just so important that we could have that feedback so we can improve ...

Recorded on: Mar. 28, 2012

CHAD RUCKER: So the next section that we will start on is talking about the cash flow statement. One of the things with any business what we really have to do is we have to take a business and break it down into its simplest component. And really when we break a business down into its simplest component, a business is nothing else other than a cash generator. We can't spend net income. We can't spend really the items on the balance sheet unless it's ...

Recorded on: Sep. 11, 2012

Taken from the briefing Catching Up on Clawbacks recorded September, 2012. Since the introduction of compensation recovery (“clawback”) requirements in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, corporate America has been moving inexorably towards mandatory clawback policies. Not only have institutional investors and their advisors promoted the adoption of these policies, the recent spotlight on managing compensation-related risk ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2011

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Greetings, my name is Amy Taub and I am a program attorney with PLI, and I would like to welcome you to today's briefing: CFTC's Proposed Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers, Cost and Consequences to Swap Dealers and Plans. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

AUSTIN T. FRAGOMEN JR: So our next topic deals with family immigration. And obviously, this is an area we've more than touched on, when it comes to all the different aspects of representing children in every context imaginable, right? So we've already been through children in great detail, but now, we're going to talk about family immigration. And we'll talk about children in the more traditional sense of media relative petitions and things of that ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

Taken from the Web Program 45th Annual Immigration & Naturalization Institute Recorded November, 2012 in New York Challenges for Families Coming to the United States [01:00:24] Backlogs and timing Child Status Protection Act, and K visa options: are these sufficient relief valves? The “DREAM Act” executive order - progress to date Affidavit of Support issues Conditional residency and its removal The ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

CYNTHIA J. LANGE: Well, welcome back. We'll be rounding off the afternoon here with a couple of excellent panels. Right now, we'll be having Bernie Wolfsdorf and Stephen Yale-Loehr will talk to us about challenges to entrepreneurs coming to the United States. There's so much happening in this area, and we really appreciate the work that they've put into this. Robert Divine had planned on being here, and I think help work on the material but due to ...

Recorded on: Apr. 25, 2013

Taken from the briefing Choices of Law in Acquisitions Agreements: U.S. vs. U.K. recorded April, 2013.What are the key differences between U.K. and U.S. law with respect to acquisition agreements? These days the M&A community is ever more focused on this question, as these differences are becoming of increasing commercial and strategic importance in sale processes, particularly auction sales where seller often gets to select the governing ...

Recorded on: May. 24, 2012

Taken from the briefing Civil Enforcement Cases: Emerging Trends and Issues in the Wake of the Financial Crisis recorded May 2012. In recent years, many practitioners have anticipated criminal prosecutions related to the Financial Crisis.  Often overlooked, however, are the significant civil enforcement actions that have been brought in this area.   Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:06:42] Discovery tools available ...

From the program: New Jersey Basic CLE Marathon 2012

Released on: Jun. 12, 2012

Satisfy part of the newly instated mandatory continuing legal education requirements in New Jersey and hone your legal professionalism with PLI’s New Jersey Basic CLE Marathon program.  In accordance with New Jersey’s requirements, this program will include New Jersey-specific instruction and discussion on topics authorized by the Supreme Court of New Jersey Board of Continuing Legal Education. Lecture Topics  [Total time 06:13:38] Segments ...

Recorded on: Oct. 19, 2012

GARY BARNETT: OK, welcome back. We're going to move into our next session now, clearing and trading, grandfathering, end users, margin posting for cleared and uncleared transactions, client money segregation, loss mutualization. And our moderator is Kathryn, or Katie, Trkla. I'm going to introduce her, and then let her introduce the rest of the panel. Katie's a partner with Foley & Lardner. She's a member of Foley's securities, commodities, and ...

Released on: Jul. 31, 2012

Taken from the briefing Climate Change and Insurance: What's Ahead? recorded July, 2012. Climate change has become a leading issue in scientific, political, and legal circles, and this has profound implications for insurance. As the science and politics continue to evolve, climate change continues to emerge as a risk. Emitters of greenhouse gases may face climate change-related claims, while insurers face potential enterprise liability and ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

EWA KNAPIK: Hello, again. At this time, I would like to introduce our last panel of today. This is the Closing Business Transactions panel. And it is my pleasure to introduce our speakers. Both of them are founder and senior managing directors of Pharus Advisors. Michael Goodman is, as I said, the founder and senior managing director. His experience includes significant operational experience in technology companies, M&A and deal making from ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

ERIC B. SLOAN: So while our panelists are getting settled, this is our last panel of the day. This is a panel on closing business transactions. And before I let these guys get started, first let me introduce them. Drew Buechley is sitting to my immediate right. And to my far right is Michael Goodman. Drew and Michael are Senior Managing Directors, essentially partners, at Pharus Advisors in San Francisco and New York, respectively. Pharus is, I think, ...