Symposium:
The “Going Private” of U.S. Capital Markets
Friday, February 29, 2008
9:00 am—3:00 pm
Co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law in partnership with The Securities and Exchange Historical Society and theThe Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law
CLE Credit Available
As U.S. capital markets increasingly “go private,” the securities industry is changing dramatically. At the symposium, panels will address various aspects of this phenomenon, including:
- whether Sarbanes-Oxley is causing public companies to go private and start-up companies to stay private;
- the growth of trading markets designed for securities that are not registered on securities exchanges; and
- the role of hedge funds in these transactions and systems, and, in particular, their role as unregulated financial participants within private markets.
Speakers will also explore the implications of this “going private” activity for market and financial regulators and for Congress, as well as the consequences of this activity for the U.S. political system. The papers of the symposium will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law.
This symposium is one of a series of educational and celebratory events marking the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society, a non-profit organization, has been asked by the SEC to coordinate the commemoration and is partnering with Brooklyn Law School on this symposium.
The SEC Historical Society preserves and shares SEC and securities history through its virtual museum and archive at www.sechistorical.org, which is free and accessible worldwide at all times. For more information on other anniversary events, please visit the Commemoration page at the archive beginning January 1st.
Speakers and Agenda
Agenda in Brief
Registration, Continental Breakfast: 8:30 am
Panel 1: 9:15 am - 10:45am
Panel 2: 11:00am - 12:30 pm
Luncheon: 12:30 pm
Panel 3: 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Participants
Robert P. Bartlett, III
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Georgia School of Law
William Wilson Bratton
Peter P. Weidenbruch Jr.
Professor of Business Law
Georgetown University
Law Center
James A. Fanto
Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
Kent Greenfield
Professor of Law
Boston College Law School
Daniel J. H. Greenwood
Professor of Law
Hofstra University
School of Law
Faith S. Kahn
Professor of Law
New York Law School
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Lawrence E. Mitchell
Theodore Rinehart Professor
of Business Law
The George Washington
University Law School
Dale A. Oesterle
J. Gilbert Reese Chair
in Contract Law
Moritz College of Law
Ohio State University
Peter B. Oh
Associate Professor of Law
University of Pittsburgh
School of Law
Alan R. Palmiter
Professor of Law
Wake Forest University
School of Law
Troy Paredes
Professor of Law
Washington University
School of Law
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