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  • 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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