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Download the seminar programme and the registration form.
Monday, September 13, 2010
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08:30-09:00
09:00-09:15
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REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Welcome and Opening of the Seminar; Introduction
Corrado DE MARTINI, UIA President, Studio Legale De Martini, Rome, Italy Carl-Olof BOUVENG, NYSBA International Section Chair, Advokatfirman Lindahl, Stockholm, Sweden
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09:15 - 09:45
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Presentation by Michael C. MILLER , Executive VP, General Counsel & Secretary of Monster.com outlining Monster’s key considerations and experience of cross-border investments & establishments.
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09:45 – 11:00
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Establishing Businesses/Investments in the US:
Inward investment to the US: key issues surrounding the green-field formation of business entities (and financing arrangements relating thereto), subsidiaries, and joint ventures in the U.S. (including tax aspects, differences between States, employment laws, liabilities issues, licensing and permitting, etc.) Eberhard H. RÖHM, Panel Chair, Duane Morris LLP, New York, NY Richard E. ANDERSEN, Patten Boggs LLP, New York, NY Johannes K. GABEL, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, New York, NY Leslie R. KELLOGG, Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo, NY
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11:00 – 11:15
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COFFEE BREAK
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11:15 -12:30
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Establishing Businesses/Investments Offshore:
Outward investment in countries outside the US: key issues around the formation of business entities and joint ventures abroad (illustrated by examples and also to cover tax developments). Pedro Pais De Almeida, Panel Chair, Abreu Advogados, Lisbon, Portugal Antonio M. Prida Peón del Valle, Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP, Mexico City, Mexico Michal Barlowski, Wardynski & Partners, Warsaw, Poland Lourdes PÉrez-Luque, Salans, Madrid, Spain
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12:30 – 02:00 PM
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LUNCH
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02:00 – 03:15 PM
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Fundamental Considerations for Cross-Border Transactions - Part I: A practical guide to cross-border transactions designed to help to identify the appropriate questions and issues to be addressed including major substantive legal and business considerations for cross-border mergers, acquisitions and similar transactions, navigating different legal systems and avoiding pitfalls and planning strategies for optimum tax efficiency.
James GRENNAN, Panel Chair, A & L Goodbody, Dublin, Ireland
Ariel J. DECKELBAUM, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY Dr. Daniel LEHMAN, Bar & Karrer AG, Zurich, Switzerland Patricia LOPEZ AUFRANC, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina Jeffrey Trinklein, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY Maurizio Levi-Minzi, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY
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03:15 - 03:30 PM
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COFFEE BREAK
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03:30 – 04:45 PM
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Fundamental Considerations for Cross-Border Transactions - Part II: This panel will continue the discussion from Part I, with an emphasis on drivers for cross-border projects (including recent developments), deal trends in the current economic environment (and the new challenges these present for legal advisors), and the impact of recent and contemplated regulatory, enforcement and political developments on cross-border projects.
James GRENNAN, Panel Chair, A & L Goodbody, Dublin, Ireland Ariel J. DECKELBAUM, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, James KELLY, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, NY Dr. Daniel LEHMAN, Bar & Karrer AG, Zurich, Switzerland Patricia LOPEZ AUFRANC, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina Maurizio Levi-Minzi, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY
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04:45 – 05:35 PM
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Private Investment Funds and Other Cross-Border Investment Vehicles: Brief introduction and discussion of current or contemplated regulatory changes on fund structures, transactions and investment activity.
Alyssa A. Grikscheit, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY Ricardo W. DAVIDOVICH, Tannenbaum, Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt, LLP, New York, NY Jorge MARTI MORENO, Uría Menéndez, Valencia, Spain Silvestre Tandeau de Marsac, Fisher, Tandeau de Marsac, Sur & Associés, Paris, France
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05:35 – 05:45 PM
| Closing Remarks Christopher J. KULA, NYSBA International Section Meeting Co-Chair, Phillips Nizer LLP, New York, NY
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06:00 PM
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COCKTAIL RECEPTION & DINNER (Ticketed Event)
The Penn Club; 30 West 44th St. New York, NY
(within a 2 block walking distance of the Yale Club)
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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08:00 - 08:45
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Continental Breakfast
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08:45 - 09:00
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REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
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09:00 - 09:15
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CASE STUDY INTRODUCTION
Steven A. HAMMOND, UIA Meeting Co-Chair, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York, NY
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09:15 – 10:00
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Case Study: Description of the objectives of the transactions or deals concerned, description of the issues and possible solutions. Discussion of alternative approaches to those actually taken. Presentation to including banking, tax, corporate and securities issues.
Gregory E. OSTLING, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY Stephan KOENIG, Oppenhoff & Partner, Cologne, Germany
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10:00 – 11:15
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Case Study: Comparative Law Issues: Panel discussion arising from the complex case study, with particular emphasis on comparative law issues e.g. if the transaction were to have occured in different countries, what would the issues have been, would the solutions have been different, would a different outcome have been possible?
Gregory E. OSTLING, Panel Co-Chair, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY Stephan KOENIG, Panel Co-Chair, Oppenhoff & Partner, Cologne, Germany Christoph R. RAMSTEIN, Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry Zurich AG, Zurich, Switzerland Judit BUDAI, Szecskay Attorneys at Law, Budapest, Hungary Fernando HERNANDEZ GOMEZ, Hernandez, Barbosa & Huerga, Guadalajara, Mexico Miguel Torres, Ebame & Associats, Barcelona, Spain
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11:15 – 11:30 PM
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COFFEE BREAK
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11:30 - 12:45 PM
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Cross-Border Deal Trends: Concluding presentation on likely trends in foreign investment/M&A activity from a financial prespective in view of the current economic conditions and financial reform in the U.S. and abroad.
Eric J. ROTH, Director, Lazard Middle Market, New York, NY Brain MCDONALD, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey, New York, NY
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12:45- 01:00 PM
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Closing Remarks
Steven A. HAMMOND, UIA Meeting Co-Chair, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York, NY
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