This report analyzes best-practices shared by general counsel participants during the 2015 Lex Mundi Summit in Amsterdam.
In this guide, explore fundamental elements such as the regulatory body, registration and exemption requirements, securities marketing regulations, sponsor or agent engagement requirements as well as any disclosure requirements and relevant considerations when dealing with the diverse mix of societies, cultures and economies within the Asia/Pacific region.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses whether a company should pay a closing bonus to outside counsel as a "thank you" at the close of a M&A transaction when the outside counsel has been paid hourly rates for service throughout the contract. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Corporate & Securities ACC Network.
This is a supplemental presentation for this session.
Unprecedented documentation of human thought, decisions, and actions defines this era. People and entities leave a digital imprint of a large proportion of every thought and action. This indelible imprint profoundly affects corporations and in-house counsel. Extracting useful information from the digital deep sea takes knowledge and skill. In-house counsel with the agility and skill to effectively and efficiently retrieve and distill critical information from electronic media can be an astonishing strategic advantage to their corporations. This session will outline the strategic, advantageous use of analytics in a variety of legal contexts to extract key facts better, faster, and more cost-effectively. Presentation of case studies from litigation, investigations, antitrust, and mergers and acquisitions will highlight the benefit of applied analytics. The program will close with a discussion of emerging uses of analytics and predictive analytics as tools for predicting corporate misconduct.
M&A transactions reached a record high of $5 trillion in volume in 2015, including announcements of four out of the 25 largest deals in history. In addition to predictable anti-competition scrutiny in the US and EU, these transactions often face regulatory hurdles on six continents as emerging markets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America begin to play a more vital role in the future of global companies across industries. Join this Chair's Choice session to hear from experienced deal team members as they discuss the challenges faced and lessons learned by navigating major mergers & acquisitions.
Corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, sales, spinoffs, and joint ventures, are becoming increasingly common across industries. These transactions have significant workforce implications. Leading your company through myriad labor and employment issues that will come up throughout a transaction is a crucial role. Spotting issues is critical; missing them is consequential. This panel of experts will address strategic considerations and hidden liabilities with regard to deal structure, benefit plans, unionized workforces, and other crucial labor and employment issues.
Experienced merger-and-acquisition practitioners will discuss critical terms in cross-border deals, including practical aspects of multijurisdictional deals and key differences between US and European law. The panel will discuss empirical data on selected deal terms, such as insurance solutions, indemnification caps, baskets, escrows, and survival periods; different structural approaches such as "lockbox" transactions; metrics of purchase price adjustments; and other terms. For example, many cross-border deals contain material adverse change clauses that have a clear meaning under Delaware law in the United States, but their application in Europe is less clear. The panel will discuss differences in various deal terms that are not always fully appreciated given the convergence in documenting cross-border deals as well as the increasing importance of insurance solutions in cross-border deals. The program is directed to those seeking a better understanding of such differences when advising executives or negotiating with foreign parties.
Learn how results can be multiplied when you put together any combination of in-sourcing, unbundling, alternative legal service providers, process improvement, value-based fees and technology. Whether you're looking for solutions to improve client satisfaction and cost control in litigation, M&A or patent management, these Value Champions will share proven tactics you can use.
Learn how results can be multiplied when you put together any combination of in-sourcing, unbundling, alternative legal service providers, process improvement, value-based fees and technology. Whether you're looking for solutions to improve client satisfaction and cost control in litigation, M&A or patent management, these Value Champions will share proven tactics you can use.