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Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

JOHN DU: All right, thank you. We are going to move to the next panel, which is antitrust. We have talked about how to do due diligence in the emerging markets as well as on negotiations. And antitrust is one of the primary concerns in structuring a deal. So today, we have three panelists here. And all of them are M&A lawyers with a focus, for Janet and Mariana, in antitrust. So today, I'm going to introduce the speakers first. And then we'll ...

From the program: Doing Deals in and with Emerging Markets: BRICs and Beyond 2013

Released on: Jul. 25, 2013

With emerging markets players, like those of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries, playing an ever greater role in the global economy, attorneys and other professionals facilitating cross-border transactions need to familiarize themselves with their perspective on inbound and outbound investments. According to a recent Office for Economic Co-operation and Development study, emerging markets will account for over 60% of global economic ...

Recorded on: Jul. 23, 2013

Taken from the briefing Chinese Investment and U.S. National Security Reviews -- in 3D [Three Different Perspectives] recorded July, 2013.The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee that conducts national security reviews of in-bound foreign investments.  Deals not approved by CFIUS can face significant risks, including the risk that the deal may be blocked before closing or even the ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

PAULO C. ARAGAO: Good morning. It's a pleasure to be here. And although definitely I'm not the political scientist, let me talk a little bit about what we think is happening in Brazil-- we're not sure, but what we think is happening there. We have a line in our national anthem, written 200 years ago, that talks about a sleeping giant. I think the giant is awakening. We have a country with 200 million inhabitants with now a very powerful middle class, ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

JOHN DU: So we're moving to the next topic of ethics. This has been a traditional topic for the past, at least seven years for this program. And the predecessor of this program. And very often, it has led to great discussion and a lot of participation from the audience. We hope to repeat our success in the past sessions. And we're still missing one panelist. And he emailed. And he should be here very, I believe, momentarily. But PLI has its rules, ...

From the program: Fundamentals of Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace 2013

Recorded on: Jul. 11, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Fundamentals of Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace 2013 recorded July, 2013 in San Francisco.Lecture Topics  [00:59:10]International Searching and Filing Strategies  [00:59:10] Seeking protection in different jurisdictions CTM and Madrid Protocol - alternatives to national filings Working with foreign counsel to clear marks Strategies for in-house counsel - what marks should be registered? The purchase ...

Released on: Jul. 31, 2013

Taken from the briefing Growing Criminal Risks of Intermediaries for Cross-Border Financial Crimes recorded July, 2013.In the last couple of decades the U.S. and the world have experienced growing prosecutions of intermediaries for cross-border financial crimes.   A U.S. bank was convicted by a Spanish court for moving money in the Pinochet criminal investigation instead of freezing it.  The U.S. and State of New York have brought criminal ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

MAURIZIO LEVI-MINZI: Welcome back for our last panel. You've survived the day. You're almost there. Our last session is one of the most lively usually, because we get to hear from in-house counsel. And usually it turns into a spirited discussion with the outside lawyers, and we all learn a few things from the process. So who do we have here today? We have here with us, Fred Lowenfels. Fred is general counsel and executive vice president and a director ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

JOHN DU: All right. Good afternoon. Welcome back to this program, Doing Business in Emerging Markets, the BRICs. And this afternoon we are going to have three panels. We're going to start with inbound investment from emerging markets. Well, we have talked a lot about doing business in the emerging markets, in the BRICs. And this panel, we are going to talk about doing business with emerging markets. As we have increasingly noticed, the geographic ...

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, 2013

Taken from the briefing Remedies for Victims of Human Trafficking recorded July, 2013.The newly reauthorized Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPRA) is the cornerstone of federal anti-trafficking law. This legislation provides a variety of remedies for victims and survivors of human trafficking, including providing immigration status as a form of humanitarian relief.Listen to Ivy O. Suriyopas, Director of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

JOHN DU: All right, so this panel, we are going to talk about resolving international disputes. Well, no talk on doing business internationally can omit an international dispute discussion. So today we are fortunate to have several distinguished panelists from different jurisdictions to talk about how to resolve international disputes. Dietmar is going to introduce the panel because I'm very bad at pronouncing Latin names. DIETMAR W. PRAGER: Well, ...