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Professional Ethics WorkshopJune 12, 2007 Regional Dealer Fixed Income Legal & Compliance RoundtableJune 12, 2007 For more information, contact Mike Nicholas at mnicholas@sifma.org or 202.434.8433. Contact InformationFor further information about the program, please contact: Lynnette Hotchkiss For exhibition & sponsorship information, contact: For general questions or registration information please contact: Tricia Abate |
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Established in 1946 as a single, integrated global partnership, Cleary Gottlieb is a leading international law firm widely recognized for its expertise in finance, mergers and acquisitions, tax, regulatory issues, employee benefits, real estate, and litigation. The firm, which has approximately 950 lawyers admitted to practice in various jurisdictions, represents corporations, banks and other financial institutions engaged in U.S. and international business. The firm also represents sovereign governments, international organizations, individuals, trusts, and nonprofit institutions. Cleary Gottlieb has offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Paris, Brussels, London, Moscow, Frankfurt, Cologne, Rome, Milan, Hong Kong and Beijing. Recent accolades include Global Competition/Antitrust Law Firm of the Year and Latin American Law Firm of the Year by Chambers Global (2006); Best International Securities Law Firm for the third consecutive year by LatinFinance (2006); and U.S. Tax Firm of the Year in Europe by International Tax Review (2006). For additional information on Cleary Gottlieb, please visit www.clearygottlieb.com.
Covington & Burling LLP is a leading international law firm, known for our pre-eminent industry practices, creativity and ability to handle the most challenging transactional and litigation matters. More than 650 lawyers practice from our offices in New York, Washington, San Francisco, London and Brussels. Our firm has consistently been ranked by the American Lawyer on its "A-List" of the country's top 20 law firms based on revenue, pro bono performance, attorney satisfaction and workplace diversity.
Covington is an active participant in the capital markets. Members of our Securities Practice Group regularly advise issuers, underwriters, selling stockholders and other participants in domestic and international transactions ranging from straight debt and equity offerings to the most sophisticated financing instruments. We also regularly advise on a broad range of regulatory and compliance issues under the federal securities laws and listing standards, including frequently appearing before the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world's largest law firms. With more than 1,700 lawyers and 16 offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, we provide a broad range of services to meet the needs of large and small businesses across a multitude of industries, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Our broad transactional practice areas include corporate and securities; mergers and acquisitions; securitization; intellectual property; funds and other pooled investments; bankruptcy and corporate reorganization; bank and commercial lending; public finance; real estate; tax and employee benefits; as well as trusts and estates. We also offer clients extensive litigation experience in regulatory, trial and appellate matters spanning virtually every area of substantive law. Major practice areas include commercial litigation; regulatory and financial litigation; antitrust; white collar criminal defense; patent and other intellectual property litigation; product liability and mass tort litigation; international commercial dispute resolution; and international trade law.
WilmerHale offers unparalleled legal representation across a comprehensive range of practice areas that are critical to the success of our clients. The firm is over 1,100 lawyers strong, with offices in 11 cities around the globe. Our securities practice has successfully resolved some of the most significant and complex securities investigations and litigation of the last two decades. We offer regulatory compliance advice and corporate governance counseling, and are highly regarded for our representation of investment management and broker-dealer businesses. Our financial services practice has played a leading role in shaping the rules that govern the industry in the United States. We have extensive experience across all sectors of the industry, and our thorough understanding of the industry and its regulatory environment helps our clients in each sector achieve their objectives in all four major areas of our practice: regulatory, litigation, transactions and securities. Please visit wilmerhale.com for more information. Gold Level
A leading advisor to the securities industry Bingham McCutchen, with nearly 1,000 lawyers in 13 offices in the U.S. and around the world, including leading financial and regulatory centers such as New York, London, Washington and Tokyo, offers focused, results-oriented and cost-effective representation to the financial services industry. Our premier Securities Area provides a fully integrated set of legal services targeted to the needs of the securities industry, and encompasses over 150 attorneys from our Broker-Dealer, Investment Management, Securities Litigation and White Collar practices. These groups are dedicated to providing counseling, regulatory compliance, enforcement and defense services to broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment managers, investment banks, mutual funds, hedge funds and other private investment funds, accounting firms, insurance companies, public companies, officers and directors. They are complemented by the offerings of our affiliate Bingham Consulting Group, which helps national and global companies create and execute effective multistate political strategies.
Clifford Chance is a truly integrated global law firm, which operates as one organization throughout the world. With offices in 20 countries* and approximately 3,500 legal advisors, we help businesses and individuals realize their ambitions in the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In the US, we advise many of the world's leading financial institutions and multinational companies, providing coordinated US and international legal services for both transactions and litigation. Our approach to litigation and dispute resolution is practical, aggressive and results-oriented. We are trial lawyers, as well as business advisors serving our clients' business objectives. Because litigation risks should be addressed well before claims are made, we work closely with clients to develop compliance programs and other policies to manage their full range of legal obligations and risks. We offer a highly experienced team of lawyers focused on regulatory compliance, securities litigation and white collar defense work.
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One of the world's leading law firms, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has approximately 2000 lawyers in 22 offices around the globe. Drawing on unparalleled administrative, policy and litigation experience, Skadden attorneys regularly represent clients at every level and in every type of dispute resolution process with taxing authorities -- audits, fast-track appeals, trial and appellate litigation, and regulatory proceedings -- across a wide range of industries. The firm regularly provides legal services and financial support to many public interest law organizations, lends attorneys to work full-time for groups providing necessary free legal services and supports the Skadden Fellowship Foundation. The Foundation provides 25 or more two-year fellowships to recent law school graduates, to help them begin their careers in public interest law. For more information please visit www.skadden.com.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP conducts a global practice through 12 offices on four continents. The Firm distinguishes itself in its intense dedication to achieving successful outcomes for many of the world’s most prominent corporations, financial firms and individuals. Our success derives from the quality of our lawyers: we offer clients a unique diversity of experience, exceptional professional judgment and a demonstrated history of innovation. Our litigators continue to be retained as lead counsel in many of the highest-profile, most complex litigation matters before courts, arbitration panels and regulators worldwide. In 2006, our Firm secured favorable outcomes for clients in numerous significant securities, corporate, antitrust, intellectual property, arbitration and environmental litigation matters. Sullivan & Cromwell also has undertaken complex and challenging assignments for a growing number of corporate and individual clients in white collar criminal defense and regulatory matters and internal investigations, including cross-border investigations. For more information, please visit www.sullcrom.com.
A 158-year-old law firm that focuses on the capital markets and financial services industries, Thacher Proffitt advises domestic and global clients in a wide range of areas, including corporate and financial institutions law, securities, structured finance, international trade matters, investment funds, swaps and derivatives, cross-border transactions, real estate, commercial lending, insurance, admiralty and ship finance, litigation and dispute resolution, technology and intellectual property, executive compensation and employee benefits, taxation, trusts and estates, bankruptcy, reorganizations and restructurings. The Firm has over 300 lawyers with five offices located in New York City, NY, Washington, DC, White Plains, NY, Summit, NJ and Mexico City, Mexico. The Firm was named "Best Legal Advisor for North America" by Global Finance magazine, and was ranked #1 for "Top 10 Growth Leaders" by The National Law Journal. It was named top issuers' counsel and #1 for securitizations (Thomson Financial, year-end 2005 rankings), and #1 in asset-backed securities for both issuer's and underwriter's counsel by The New York Law Journal. Thacher Proffitt is on the Web at www.tpw.com. Silver Level
Complinet, Inc. is a leading provider of business-critical compliance information and software services to the global financial services industry. Combining compliance expertise with leading-edge technology, Complinet offers a unique range of services including compliance news and know-how, regulatory rules and legislation, client screening services, policy management solutions and compliance training. At Complinet we combine expert content with leading edge solutions to help our clients actively reduce the risk of regulatory failure. Our products and services not only reduce the cost of compliance but they also help firms to develop a compliance culture that promotes best practice throughout their business. Our customers include some of the world's leading regulatory and government bodies as well as the major financial services firms, lawyers and consultants.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is a full-service law firm with approximately 980 lawyers in 18 offices. Orrick lawyers are committed to high-quality, innovative, solution-oriented legal work. We work together as a team-across offices and across practice areas-to deliver comprehensive and thoughtful legal services to achieve our clients' goals. Orrick's Finance group is regularly recognized by leading trade and ratings publications in the principal markets we serve in the United States, Europe and Asia. Orrick consistently ranks as the top public finance firm in the United States. Clients include municipal issuers, non-profit corporations, Indian tribes, underwriters, private borrowers, credit providers, investment providers, swap/derivative product providers, and others, in both primary and secondary market transactions. Orrick's Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement group is a leader in defending issuers and underwriters in disputes and government inquiries related to bond and debt securities offerings. For more information, visit www.orrick.com.
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