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Released on: Apr. 4, 2013

Taken from the briefing International Banking, Part III: SEC Registration for Foreign Banks recorded March, 2013. Foreign banks seeking to diversify their financing opportunities may consider SEC registration. This briefing will focus on the registration process; disclosure considerations for financial institutions; and compliance, governance and ongoing reporting. Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:05:06] The registration process and ...

Recorded on: Apr. 2, 2013

Taken from the briefing International Banking, Part IV: Foreign Banks Issuing Covered Bonds into the U.S.recorded March, 2013.Despite the sovereign crisis and heightened volatility, the covered bond market remains very attractive.  Foreign banks continue to access the U.S. markets with covered bond offerings.  We will discuss the market environment, the legal and regulatory considerations, and the process for an exempt offering by a ...

Recorded on: Apr. 16, 2013

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Hello, my name is Amy Taub, and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, International Banking, Part Four, Foreign Banks Issuing Covered Bonds into the US. 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 access to materials for this briefing ...

Recorded on: Apr. 7, 2011

DAVID SAKOWITZ: Well, thank you very much, Amy, for the introduction and welcome everyone. And Amy, if you could just turn to the overview slide, please. So I just wanted to so forth a brief outline of what we're going to cover in the short time that we have today. First, I want to talk briefly about the benefits and also some of the drawbacks and hurdles for raising capital in the US for non-US companies, a brief high-level overview of the SEC regulatory ...

Recorded on: Jun. 20, 2011

REBECCA WALKER: OK. So we're going to get started on the last panel of the day. And the last panel of the program. My thanks again to all of you who have been so engaged, and participated so beautifully in this. It's really your questions that make it much more interesting for the panelists. And more fun for me as well. We've talked a lot about various international compliance issues over the course of the last day and a half. We've certainly heard ...

Recorded on: Dec. 12, 2012

JOSEPH YANG: Good morning. Welcome back. Good morning. At this point, it's my pleasure to introduce Bob Stankey, sitting to my right, who will be speaking to us about international licensing. Bob is a partner at Davis Wright firm in Washington, DC, so he's come out to join us from the Eat Coast where his practice areas include technology licensing, data protection, and electronic communications regulatory law. Bob is a graduate of the University ...

Recorded on: Dec. 12, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2012 Recorded December, 2012 in San Francisco International Considerations in Licensing [01:02:04] How to approach the licensing of IP on a worldwide scale Dealing with issues that specifically impact licenses with foreign entities Drafting considerations related to protection and enforcement of rights The purchase price of this segment includes the following ...

Released on: Oct. 3, 2013

Taken from the briefing International Implications of the JOBS Act Amendments Eliminating the Prohibition on General Solicitation and General Advertising Under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D and Rule 144A recorded September, 2013. Experts will lead a panel and discuss the SEC’s newly-adopted and amended rules under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) that allow “general solicitation” and “general advertising” in private placements ...

Recorded on: Feb. 27, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Welcome back, everyone, from lunch. We're going to start with the first of our break out sessions this afternoon. And just as a reminder, this is the session on IP licensing issues in APAC, Asia-Pacific, with a particular focus on China and Japan. And we're very honored and pleased to have with us again this year someone who, in my opinion, is uniquely qualified really walk us through some of the issues that arise in licensing in this ...

From the program: International Litigation 2012

Released on: Jun. 25, 2012

As international business grows and flourishes, more disputes cross national boundaries. Parties involved in international business need to know how to most effectively resolve international disputes, and be aware of the strategic considerations that distinguish international litigation from pure domestic litigation. These considerations include securing the most favorable forum for the suit to be resolved, since more than one forum is likely have ...

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

JOHN FELLAS: OK, welcome back to the final session of the day. And we now address a subject that we have touched on earlier, and that is the practical aspects of obtaining evidence in international litigation. Now, there are two aspects to international discovery. The first situation is where there is a lawsuit in the United States and evidence is located abroad. For example, if you represent a plaintiff in a lawsuit in the United States against ...

Recorded on: May. 16, 2013

SPEAKER: So welcome back to Global Searching and Application Workshop at PLI. We're going to switch now to the international portion of the program. And I'm very pleased to introduce Mary Bagnall, who comes to us from London and practices at Charles Russell there. It's particularly poignant that she's here with us today and not at home, because today is her horse Scooby's birthday. Mary is an accomplished equestrian. And when she's not living in ...

Recorded on: Jul. 11, 2013

ANNE HIARING HOCKING: I can't thank Christopher George enough for taking time out of his extremely busy day to come up here all the way from Santa Clara, into the fog and through the traffic to give his, really, an estimable perspective on what global filing strategies look like. Christopher is the managing counsel for trademarks and brands at Intel. He graduated from Emory School of Law, and he came to Intel with a very successful career in private ...

Recorded on: Jul. 11, 2012

SPEAKER 1: I am going to conclude now, because I have a real expert here, Christopher George, who is on the firing lines every day as managing counsel for trademark and brands for Intel Corporation. And in that capacity, he counsels his clients on trademark selection, where to file, and what marks to enforce against. He graduated from Emory School of Law, and we're very fortunate to have here today Chris George. And he's going to take over with the ...

Recorded on: Jul. 13, 2011

FEMALE PRESENTER: In here for your patience and I'm going to continue to stand between you and lunch, but it is worth your while because I have to tell you how lucky we are to have Ruby Zefo present on international filing strategies. Ruby is uniquely qualified, both as a business person and as a lawyer, to give this kind of perspective. Her undergraduate degree was a BS in Business Administration from Cal Berkeley, and after working for a while she ...

From the program: International Tax Issues 2013

Released on: Feb. 14, 2013

As the world’s economies grow increasingly integrated, the international tax laws of the U.S. impact a greater percentage of businesses and transactions.  These international tax rules affect not only large U.S. and foreign-based multinationals, but also increasingly affect mid-sized and smaller firms, financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and other commercial activity.  As a result, a working knowledge of these international ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

PHILIP BERKOWITZ: I'd like to introduce Ed O'Callaghan. He should be up here in a moment. Ed is the moderator of our final panel. And the final panel is on International Whistleblowers, Investigating Corruption Across Borders. Ed is a partner in Clifford Chance's litigation and dispute resolution practice in New York. He has over 15 years of litigation experience in civil and criminal matters. I've known Ed for a number of years now. We practiced ...

Recorded on: Jun. 14, 2013

LAURIE GILBERTSON: Introduce to you the chair of today's program, John Fellas. John is a partner in the New York office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. He's co-chair of the arbitration practice and co-chair of the international practice of that firm, practicing in the fields of international litigation and arbitration. He's practiced in both the US and England, and as well as being a member of the New York Bar, he is also a solicitor of the Supreme ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

CIA DE LAWRENCE: It is now my pleasure to introduce you to the co-chairs of today's program. We'll begin with Austin T. Fragomen. Over the course of his career in immigration, Austin has served as Staff Counsel to the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and International Law. And as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. Austin has testified before Congress on a range of immigration ...

Recorded on: May. 6, 2013

RICHARD W. GRIME: But we've got the last program of the day, so I'd like if you could to have people take their seats and we can then get the program underway. So I think during the most of the day, we've spent our time focusing on the FCPA and looking at its impact, either through cases or through hypotheticals, or looking to see how to set up a compliance program, or ensure that the guidance itself is honed in and understood by employees, understood ...

Recorded on: May. 10, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, ITAR-- Recent Reforms and Compliance Updates. 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 access to materials for this briefing via the course handbook tab in the program ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2010

KAREN J. KIRCHEN: OK. We're going to get started. Our next panel is the Legal and Business Issues Involved in Doing Business Globally. Many of our corporations have expanded globally especially when growth in the US is sluggish, but in emerging economies the growth is far more robust. However it certainly seems to be true that when things go wrong, the consequences can be very different depending where you are and what the legal and regulatory implications ...

Recorded on: Jul. 26, 2011

JOHN DU: All right, welcome back. I know it's a very hot day, and probably some people have not come back yet from lunch. I promise not to cause sleep among you, try to make this as interesting as possible. And today we will talk about the legal framework and regulatory approvals in the BRIC countries. What are the hurdles and government approvals required for doing deals in those countries? We have again four panelists, representing four jurisdictions. ...

Recorded on: Nov. 27, 2012

Taken from the briefing London Investment Company Act Equity Procedures 2012 recorded November, 2012. The Forum for U.S.  in London () has recently launched the London Equity Procedures 2012 (the “Procedures”), which include a menu of procedures and considerations to be used by issuers in the London market taking advantage of the Section 3(c)(7) exemption under  Act of 1940 for equity securities.  ...

Recorded on: Apr. 19, 2011

AMY TAUB: Our speakers for today's briefing are McDermott Will & Emery partners Rick Firestone and Obi Madubuko. You may also be interested in PLI's Enforcement 2011: Multi-agency Enforcement Efforts in the New Decade on April 29 in New York City with a live webcast and groupcast available. In addition, please remember to register for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2011 on May 5 in New York City with a life webcast and groupcasts available. ...