- Legal Developments in the Bermuda Market
May 31, 2012
Program: A 90 minute overview of the latest developments in the legal regime governing Bermuda insurance companies; issues that are key to Private Equity and Hedge Fund investors in these companies; and insight into significant U.S. Tax issues.
Speaker(s):
Peter A. Furci,
Ethan T. James,
Nicholas F. Potter,
Seth L. Rosen,
Michael D. Devins
Organizer: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- 401(k) Plan Expenses: A "How To" on Prudence, Process and Plan Expenses
June 12, 2012
Program: The seminar will focus on ways to avoid expensive mistakes in addressing plan expenses by learning how to:
- Identify when an employee owes ERISA fiduciary duties to a plan and what those duties are.
- Comply with ERISA fiduciary duties by following a proper process and why it is so important to do so.
- Incorporate good processes into plan documents and stay clear of damaging plan provisions.
- Navigate around traps for the unwary.
Speaker(s):
Lawrence K. Cagney,
Joseph P. Moodhe,
Alicia C. McCarthy,
Charles E. Wachsstock
Organizer: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- English v. U.S.-Style Stock Purchase Agreements: Key Differences
June 14, 2012
Program: Cross-border M&A transactions increasingly are being governed by English law and English-style documentation. Significant differences exist between English-style and U.S.-style documents, and participants in such transactions need to understand the legal and business ramifications.
This seminar, given by experienced U.S. and English M&A experts, analyzes these differences, including:
- Overall approach to documentation.
- Differences between English and NY law as to warranties; scope and style of warranties.
- Amounts recoverable by buyer for warranty breaches: indemnification vs. breach of contract damages.
- Limitations on buyer's recovery: disclosure against data room, "boxing" and other matters.
- Time at which business risk passes to buyer: bringdown of warranties to closing, material adverse change clauses, interim operating covenants and other matters.
- Effect of buyer's knowledge of inaccuracy of warranties: ability of buyer to close and sue for breach.
- Differences between an asset and a stock deal.
- Waiver of consequential damages and other waivers by buyer.
- Assignability of warranty claims by buyer.
- English privity rules and third-party beneficiaries.
- Dispute resolution issues.
- Other relevant provisions.
Speaker(s):
Stephen R. Hertz,
Jeremy G. Hill,
John M. Vasily
Organizer: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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