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Recorded on: Mar. 19, 2013

GRACE E. O'HANLON: It's my pleasure to introduce you to the chair of today's program, Vincent Martorana. Vinny is counsel in the corporate and securities group with Reed Smith's New York office. His practice includes the representation of clients in domestic and cross border mergers, stock an asset acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing arrangements, corporate restructuring, private equity investments, and security ...

From the program: Fundamental Concepts in Drafting Contracts: What Most Attorneys Fail to Consider 2013

Released on: Apr. 2, 2013

The reduction to writing of an agreed-upon understanding among parties can sometimes be viewed as a cursory step in formalizing a business relationship. Yet the manner in which concepts are expressed on a page is often as important as the concepts themselves. Solid contract-drafting skills are therefore essential tools to any professional who deals with transactions or business relationships. Unfortunately, although contract counterparties might have ...

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 Accounting for Lawyers 2012: What Every Practicing Lawyer Needs to Know

Released on: Jun. 26, 2012

DVD's from the program Basics of Accounting for Lawyers 2012: What Every Practicing Lawyer Needs to Know, held May, 2012.

Recorded on: Dec. 5, 2012

Taken from the briefing Basics of Export Controls 2012 recorded December, 2012. U.S. and multinational corporations are increasingly affected by the range of U.S. laws and regulations governing international trade. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), and the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) each plays an ...

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

Recorded on: Apr. 30, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Basics of Mutual Funds and Other Registered Investment Companies 2013 recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [01:03:27]Current Trends and Developments  [01:03:27] Will ETFs displace mutual funds as the pooled investment vehicle for the retail investor Will hedge funds displace registered funds as the preferred 21st century investment? What other changes are afoot in the mutual fund industry? The ...

Recorded on: May. 8, 2012

RICHARD GRIME: OK, everybody. We're in the home stretch. And I realize I'm competing with Mexican food, and I'm going to lose. So maybe we'll wait for a few stragglers to come in. This is the benchmarking session. We have about 30 questions that we want to get through. We recognize we're not going to have a dialogue on everything, because we've spent a long time over the last day and a half talking about many of these topics. So there's going to ...

Recorded on: May. 9, 2012

Taken from the Web Program The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and International Anti-Corruption Developments 2012 Recorded May, 2012 in New York Benchmarking: Key Anti-Corruption Issues [01:11:45] Assess your anti-corruption program against your competitors Understand new trends and best practices Determine answers to critical questions on training, diligence, entertainment of foreign officials, facilitation payments and commercial ...

Recorded on: Nov. 12, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Ethics and Law Department Management 2012: A View From the Inside Recorded November, 2012 in New York Best Practices and Ethical Considerations in Corporate Compliance (Part 1) [02:07:39] Using a hypothetical, we will walk you through the various steps and ethical issues that arise when setting up your multinational corporation’s legal department and compliance office, and upon learning of a potential crisis.    ...

From the program: Fundamentals of Swaps & Other Derivatives 2012

Released on: Oct. 29, 2012

Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are key elements in many of our financial markets. The Dodd-Frank Act is substantially changing how these important instruments are regulated and transacted. This program will introduce you to both the instruments and their new environment. A derivative is a financial instrument that allocates the risks and price exposures associated with a designated reference asset or entity between the parties thereto. Derivatives ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: So we're going to start now with the next session. This afternoon we're going to cover program structure and board oversight, auditing and assessment of the program, and then do a recent developments, hot topics, and a section on reporting procedures. So a lot to cover, but as I said, we have one hour, and then we're going to have a short break, and then we'll go to the last two panels of the day. Program structure, reporting procedures, ...

From the program: Bridge-the-Gap: Basic Skills for Newly Admitted Illinois Attorneys 2012

Released on: Nov. 29, 2012

Taught by a faculty of expert practitioners from varied practice areas, this program will help you to “bridge the gap” between your law school education and the real world skills and knowledge needed for success in law.  Topics have been selected for their relevance and importance to legal practice, and to enable you to complete first year Minimum Continuing Legal Education Basic Skills requirements for newly admitted attorneys admitted ...

Recorded on: Feb. 22, 2013

CLIFFORD KIRSCH: Great. All righty, welcome back. And Anna gave the lead-in for this session. Our next panel is going to look at advertising developments. And as I said at the outset, we wanted to spend an hour working through the material here, because there really are very, very significant changes both on the broker-dealer side and the adviser side. And I have a great panel to walk us through, Stephanie Nicolas and Jesse Kanach. Stephanie is a ...

From the program: Broker-Dealer and Adviser Regulatory Compliance Forum 2013

Released on: Mar. 6, 2013

Brokerage and advisory firms' compliance programs are under intense regulatory scrutiny. In this program, you will be provided with expert analysis regarding today’s hot topics impacting the relevant regulatory framework, as well as practical considerations regarding the design and implementation of such programs. A distinguished faculty of practitioners and regulators will review current regulatory initiatives and recent examination ...

From the program: Broker/Dealer Regulation and Enforcement 2012

Released on: Nov. 7, 2012

More than three years since the financial crisis erupted, there continues to be heightened regulation and enforcement of the securities laws - by the DOJ, SEC, CFTC, states and SRO’s.  A number of significant rules have been promulgated in the last year to implement various provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, enacted in 2010, while other rules have been proposed but not yet finalized.  The Dodd-Frank ...

From the program: Hedge Fund Compliance & Regulation 2013

Released on: Feb. 12, 2013

Nearly one-third of the investment advisers that registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act manage private funds.  As a result, the SEC’s examination staff has developed new strategies and processes to address the risks presented by hedge funds and other private funds.  In this program, three distinguished panels of experts will discuss the regulatory and compliance challenges facing ...

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: 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 ...