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Overview
We are delighted to present PLI’s Eighteenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe, on 14-15 March 2019 in the offices of Allen & Overy in London. With a unique focus on the application of U.S. securities law in the EU, the Institute will feature a faculty of leading practitioners, in-house counsel and government regulators from the U.S. and the UK, who will address recent developments in market activity and enforcement and offer practical guidance for companies and financial institutions across Europe, the U.S. and beyond.
The Eighteenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe will be the most important and thorough securities conference you can attend in 2019. This conference is crucial for corporate and securities lawyers in private practice and in-house, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and others in senior management whose decisions are affected by securities laws, and by cross-border mergers & acquisitions, private equity, and shareholder activists.
Topics Include
• The current regulatory environment, including U.S. rulemaking and its implications for market developments and practice
• Market trends and regulatory developments impacting cross-border capital markets
• Deal tips and practice points for structuring cross-border M&A transactions
• Recent developments in accounting and auditing
• Enforcement priorities and programmes: practical strategies for you and your clients
• In-house perspectives tackling thorny day-to-day issues from Brexit to crisis management
• Securities litigation update: key issues for transactional lawyers and corporate counsel
• Fintech: learn which issues are important and why
• What every cross-border lawyer needs to know about ethics
Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.
- Opening Remarks* [00:04:51]
Andrew J. Bagley, John W. Banes, Diana Billik - Regulatory Developments Affecting the Capital Markets in the U.S. [01:22:48]
Sebastian R. Sperber, Nicholas Baumgartner, Michael D. Coco, Peter Castellon, Deborah A. Smith, Erik Morris - Regulatory Developments Affecting the Capital Markets in Europe [00:59:20]
Sachin Davé, David M. Ludwick, Tim Odell, Christos Nifadopoulos, Mark S. Bergman - Executing Cross-Border Capital Markets Deals – Practical Issues and Market Trends [01:16:27]
Laura A. Holleman, Cecil D. Quillen III, Lisa D'Aguiar, Steve Thierbach, Adam Pickard - Practical Strategies for In-House Attorneys [00:50:14]
Andrew J. Bagley, Joe P. Longo, Pansy Wong, Christos Nifadopoulos - Accounting and Auditing Developments for 2019: What Lawyers Need to Know! [01:29:28]
John W. White, Michael J. Gallagher, Sagar S. Teotia, Mary B. Tokar, Kathleen M. Hamm - Keynote Address and Q&A with William H. Hinman, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, SEC [00:45:56]
William H. Hinman, John W. White - Enforcement Programmes and Priorities in the U.S. and UK [01:13:21]
Andrew M. Genser, Sir David Green, Sandra L. Moser, Bradley J. Gans, Jamie Symington - Developments in Securities Litigation for Corporate Lawyers [01:03:09]
Harry Edwards, Jennifer Morrissey, Ravi Nayer, Tony Singla, Charles S. Duggan - Trends in Takeover Defenses and Shareholder Activism in the UK and Continental Europe [00:58:29]
Lorenzo Corte, John Horsfield-Bradbury, Robert Boyle, Lucina Berger, Alexander Kaarls, Marco Ventoruzzo - Mythbusters: The Leveraged Finance Edition [01:00:07]
Michael N. Dakin, Nicholas J. Shaw, Yasmine Bassili, Todd Rothman - Ethical Issues for the Transactional Lawyer in a Global Practice [00:58:50]
William J.F. Roll III, Ewan Brown, Jo Rickard
The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:
- COMPLETE COURSE HANDBOOK
- Michael H. Krimminger, Pamela L. Marcogliese, Colin D. Lloyd, Alexis Collins and Adam Motiwala, Cleary FinTech Update, SEC Divisions Issue Public Statement on Digital Assets and ICOs, Echoing Recent Enforcement Actions (November 20, 2018)
Sebastian R. Sperber - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Statement, Statement on Digital Asset Securities Issuance and Trading (November 16, 2018)
Sebastian R. Sperber - Michael H. Krimminger, Pamela L. Marcogliese, Matthew C. Solomon and Zachary Baum, Cleary FinTech Update, SEC Director of Corporation Finance States That Secondary Market Sales of Ether Are Not Securities Transactions Now, but “Something Else” (June 18, 2018)
Sebastian R. Sperber - Resolution in the UK post-Brexit—Onshoring the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (December 2018)
Sachin Davé - Key Regulatory Topics: 14–20 December 2018 (January 10, 2019)
Sachin Davé - Commission Delegated Regulation amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565, C(2018) 8442 final (December 13, 2018)
Sachin Davé - Mairéad Duncan-Jones and Catherine Wade, Linklaters, Debt Issuance from 2019—What to Expect? (January 9, 2019)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, UK IPOs (July 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, Overview of UK IPO Process (PowerPoint slides)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, “No Vote, No Deal? What Do ECM Practitioners Need to Think About Now?” (December 14, 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, Brexit: Overview of Withdrawal Agreement (November 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, Brexit Planning: The Withdrawal Agreement (November 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, Brexit: Approving the Withdrawal Agreement (November 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, Brexit: Overview of Political Declaration on the Framework for the Future Relationship (November 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, Looking Ahead: Five Issues for Financial Sponsors and Their UK Portfolio Companies (April 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, Topical Issues: LMA Drafting for LIBOR Discontinuation (May 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Catherine Wade, Linklaters, SONIA—The Alternative Floating Rate (November 23, 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, Update: U.S. Resolution Stay Final Rules and the Impact on Special Purpose Vehicles Used in Securitizations, Repackagings and Other Structured Products (September 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, U.S. Securities Law Briefing: SEC Proposes Easing Financial Disclosure Requirements for Offerings of Guaranteed Securities (July 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, Ninth Circuit Holds That Rule 10b-5 Could Apply to Unsponsored ADRs Traded Over the Counter (July 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, U.S. Securities Law Briefing: SEC Adopts Numerous Small Amendments to Streamline Disclosure Rules (August 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, U.S. Securities Law Briefing: Yahoo Pays US$35m Penalty in SEC’s First Cybersecurity Disclosure Action (May 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Linklaters, U.S. Securities Law Briefing: SEC Warns Public Companies to Reassess Internal Accounting Controls in Light of Cyber Scams (October 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - U.S. Securities Law Briefing: SEC to Review the Quarterly Reporting Model (December 2018)
Cecil D. Quillen - Lex et Brexit—The Law and Brexit, Issue 13 (November 21, 2018)
John W. Banes - Top Financial Services Issues of 2018 (December 2017)
Michael J. Gallagher - Audit Analytics, Are Companies Really Seeing Revenue Growth, or Is It an Accounting Adjustment?
John W. White - Audit Analytics, Accounting Quality Insights: Impact of New Revenue Recognition Rule Adoption for Russell 3000 Companies
John W. White - Sagar Teotia, Deputy Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Speech, Progress Is Being Made: Continued Focus on Addressing Implementation Matters, Remarks Before the 37th Annual SEC and Financial Reporting Institute Conference (June 7, 2018)
John W. White - Wesley Bricker, Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Speech, Remarks Before the 2018 Baruch College Financial Reporting Conference: “Working Together to Advance Financial Reporting” (May 3, 2018)
John W. White - Wesley R. Bricker, Chief Accountant, Office of the Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Speech, Statement in Connection with the 2017 AICPA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments (December 4, 2017)
John W. White - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations, Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Last Update: April 4, 2018)
John W. White - Joey Bonaldi, Audit Analytics, SEC Comment Letters: A Seven Year Trend (July 13, 2018)
John W. White - Don Whalen, Olga Usvyatsky and Derryck Coleman, Audit Analytics, Corporate Implementation of SEC’s Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures (December 2017)
John W. White - Michael P. Dusza, Professional Accounting Fellow, Office of the Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Speech, Remarks Before the 2017 AICPA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments (December 4, 2017)
John W. White - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, 17 CFR Part 211, Release No. SAB 118 (Modified: February 27, 2018)
John W. White - William Hinman, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Speech, Keynote Address at the PLI’s Seventeenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe
John W. White - Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Staff Guidance, Changes to the Auditor’s Report Effective for Audits of Fiscal Years Ending on or After December 15, 2017 (Updated as of August 23, 2018)
John W. White - Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, PCAOB Adopts New Standard to Enhance the Relevance and Usefulness of the Auditor’s Report with Additional Information for Investors (June 1, 2017)
John W. White - Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Fact Sheet: Adoption of an Auditing Standard on the Auditor’s Report (June 1, 2017)
John W. White - Chairman Jay Clayton, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Statement, Statement on SEC Approval of the PCAOB’s New Auditor’s Reporting Standard (October 23, 2017)
John W. White - Center for Audit Quality, CAQ Alert No. 2017-06, The Auditor’s Report—New Requirements for 2017 (October 2017)
John W. White - Center for Audit Quality, Critical Audit Matters, Key Concepts and FAQs for Audit Committees, Investors, and Other Users of Financial Statements (July 2018)
John W. White - William D. Duhnke, Chairman, PCAOB, Speech, PCAOB Transitions for the Future (May 17, 2018)
John W. White - Press Release No. 2017-230, SEC Appoints New Chairman and Board Members to PCAOB (December 12, 2017)
John W. White - Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Standard-Setting Update—Office of the Chief Auditor (June 30, 2018)
John W. White - Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, PCAOB Seeks Input into Its 2018–2022 Strategic Planning Through a Public Survey (April 17, 2018)
John W. White - Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, PCAOB Draft Strategic Plan 2018–2022 (August 10, 2018)
John W. White - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Corporation Finance, Financial Reporting Manual, Section 9510—Goodwill Impairment
John W. White - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement, 2018 Annual Report
Andrew M. Genser - Herbert Smith Freehills on Class Actions, The In-House Lawyer (Summer 2018)
Kirsten Massey - Governance Implications of CFIUS Reform for US Investment Funds with Foreign Investors (October 30, 2018)
Lorenzo Corte - Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Market Abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) (April 16, 2014)
Lorenzo Corte - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Semiannual Risk Perspective: From the National Risk Committee (Fall 2018)
Nicholas J. Shaw - Hypothetical I
William J.F. Roll - Hypothetical II
William J.F. Roll - Hypothetical III
William J.F. Roll
Presentation Material
- Regulatory Developments Affecting the Capital Markets in the U.S.: Additional Materials
Peter Castellon, Sebastian R. Sperber - Regulatory Developments affecting the Capital Markets in Europe
Mark S. Bergman, Sachin Davé, David M. Ludwick, Christos Nifadopoulos, Tim Odell - Preparing for a hard Brexit – ten points relevant to mainstream debt capital market issuance
Sachin Davé - Brexit Lexicon: Update
Mark S. Bergman - The EU and the UK Publish Guidance on Prospectuses Applicable in the Event of No-Deal Brexit
Mark S. Bergman - SEC Chair Reminds Reporting Companies of the Importance of Brexit-Related Disclosures
Mark S. Bergman - Executing Cross-Border Capital Markets Deals – Practical Issues and Market Trends
Cecil D. Quillen III - Accounting and Auditing Developments for 2019
John W. White - Accounting and Auditing Developments for 2019: Handouts
John W. White - Developments in U.S. Securities Litigation
Charles S. Duggan - Trends in Takeover Defenses and Shareholder Activism
Lorenzo Corte, John Horsfield-Bradbury - Ethics Hypotheticals
William J.F. Roll III
We are delighted to present PLI’s Eighteenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe, on 14-15 March 2019 in the offices of Allen & Overy in London. With a unique focus on the application of U.S. securities law in the EU, the Institute will feature a faculty of leading practitioners, in-house counsel and government regulators from the U.S. and the UK, who will address recent developments in market activity and enforcement and offer practical guidance for companies and financial institutions across Europe, the U.S. and beyond.
The Eighteenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe will be the most important and thorough securities conference you can attend in 2019. This conference is crucial for corporate and securities lawyers in private practice and in-house, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and others in senior management whose decisions are affected by securities laws, and by cross-border mergers & acquisitions, private equity, and shareholder activists.
Topics Include
• The current regulatory environment, including U.S. rulemaking and its implications for market developments and practice
• Market trends and regulatory developments impacting cross-border capital markets
• Deal tips and practice points for structuring cross-border M&A transactions
• Recent developments in accounting and auditing
• Enforcement priorities and programmes: practical strategies for you and your clients
• In-house perspectives tackling thorny day-to-day issues from Brexit to crisis management
• Securities litigation update: key issues for transactional lawyers and corporate counsel
• Fintech: learn which issues are important and why
• What every cross-border lawyer needs to know about ethics
Special Features
• Two networking luncheons
• Keynote speakers kicking off the programme each day, including William H. Hinman, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Day 1
• Important U.S. regulator and practitioner perspectives
• Earn one hour of Ethics credit