Corporate End-Users of Financial Derivatives and Dodd-Frank: A New Paradigm
Brian Korn, of counsel and resident of Pepper's New York, Los Angeles and Orange County offices, practices in our corporate and securities group and is a member of the firm's Financial Services Reform Response Team.
Brian recently gave a presentation to the New York City Bar on changes to swaps and derivative products for corporate end-users resulting from the Dodd-Frank Wall St. Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Brian spent a few minutes with us to discuss the highlights of his presentation, including what companies need to do now to prepare themselves for the changes brought about by the Dodd-Frank regulations.
PDF file of the PowerPoint slides from the presentation.
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The JOBS Act and Public Offerings - Six Months Out
The "Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act" (JOBS Act, or the act) has been law for six months now. In this podcast, Pepper securities attorneys Robert A. Friedel and Brian S. Korn discuss the impact of the JOBS Act, including advantages that emerging growth companies have under the act, the impact the act has had on lock-up release and waiver practices, the aspects of the JOBS Act that have impacted public offerings and how the SEC and other regulators have responded to the act.
Bob is a partner in the Philadelphia office and Brian is of counsel in our New York office. Brian is a recent addition to the firm, joining Pepper from Barclays, where he was director and head of equity capital markets and equity syndicate compliance.
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What Every CFO Needs to Know About the Changes to the HSR Act Premerger Notification and Report Form
Recently Pepper Hamilton hosted a breakfast breakout session in conjunction with the CFO Alliance. The topic of the breakfast was “What Every CFO Needs to Know About the Changes to the HSR Act Premerger Notification and Report Form.”
In late 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding a number of long-anticipated changes to the HSR Act Premerger Notification and Report Form.
Some of these changes will require companies to provide new or additional information and documents that could prove to be burdensome and expensive. The new rules will also require companies to be more cautious when drafting internal documents, even those unrelated to transactions, as these documents will now be captured by some of the new HSR requirements. The final rules will likely take effect in Q3 or Q4 of 2011.
In this session Barbara Sicalides, a Pepper partner and incoming Chair of the American Bar Association, Business Law Section's Antitrust Committee, discussed this fast-changing environment and the important steps companies should take to prepare for the new requirements, minimize risks and maximize opportunities for efficiently navigating the premerger review process.
This podcast features Barbara’s presentation.
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What CFOs Need to Know About the Changing Employment Picture and its Effect on Corporate Decision Making
Recently, Pepper Hamilton hosted a Breakfast Breakout Session in conjunction with the CFO Alliance. The roundtable topic was “What CFOs Need to Know About the Changing Employment Picture and its Effect on Corporate Decision Making.”
In this session, Amy McAndrew, discussed the latest developments in labor and employment law, including legislation in the pipeline; the focus of administrative agencies under the Obama administration; the newly enacted Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and recent amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Richard Reibstein then lead a discussion about the changing landscape of independent contractor misclassification law and aggressive government enforcement initiatives at both the national and state levels.
This podcast features both Amy’s and Richard’s presentation.
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Time to Step Out
Over the last couple of years we have experienced the stock market crash, real estate market crash, federal bail-out of banks and high unemployment. In this podcast, Pepper attorney Michael Weiner, a partner in the Princeton office of Pepper Hamilton, is joined by Mark Taffet, Founder and CEO of Mast Advisors, and Allen Kohan, a Managing Director of Mast Advisors, to discuss how this is a good time for businesses that have survived the economic turmoil to step out and pursue investment opportunities.
Topics they cover include three factors that companies should be thinking of when making a strategic move as well as the factors from a legal perspective that companies should be considering when making strategic investments.
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Distressed M&A Outlook - Market Conditions to Produce Significant M&A Opportunities
Recently Pepper hosted a breakfast discussion that was entitled “Distressed M&A Outlook - Market Conditions to Produce Significant M&A Opportunities.”
To gain perspective on the current distressed M&A market, Pepper Hamilton and Carl Marks Advisory Group commissioned mergermarket to survey a diverse group of corporate executives, private equity practitioners, hedge fund investors and lawyers regarding the foremost issues facing distressed investors today.
Moderated by Pepper partner Jim Rosener, this podcast features the panel discussion of Todd Feinsmith, partner from Pepper Hamilton, Warren Feder, partner from Carl Marks Advisory Group and Lawrence Klaff , principal from Gordon Brothers Group as they discussed the findings of our survey on the distressed M&A market and how the landscape has changed since the survey was conducted, including the Chrysler/GM effect, the imposition of politics on the financial markets and the repercussions of CIT.
Download a copy of the PPT slides from the event.
Download a copy of the report.
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Innovative Deal-Making
In this podcast with Matt Gilman, a member of the firm’s Boston office and Corporate and Securities Practice Group, he focuses on innovative deal-making, specifically, how getting stockholder pre-approval of discounted financing transactions can provide some much needed flexibility in difficult economic times.
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Internal Battle Over Trademarks in Today’s Business Climate
In this podcast, Mike Rule, partner in Pepper’s Orange County office with particular experience in the representation of clients’ trademark portfolios, discusses the internal battle that a company’s marketing and legal departments sometime go through over trademarks in today’s business climate. Mike has maintained and protected more than 1,000 marks in more than 100 jurisdictions.
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Addressing Shareholder Activism
Steve London and Matt Gilman are partners with Pepper Hamilton’s rapidly growing Boston office and have formed the firm’s Shareholder Activism Team. This podcast describes how shareholder activism grew in 2007 and is expected to substantially increase in 2008 and the steps directors need to take to be more proactive in addressing this activism.
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