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ITAR compliance forum

February 22nd, 2012
in Legal, Legal Conferences, Legal Conferences, Litigation, Regulatory Compliance and Trade |

C5 2nd Annual ITAR Compliance Forum: UK Edition

is a unique event designed to give you an in-depth understanding of the complexities of ITAR as well as practical compliance strategies you can apply directly to your internal compliance programme. The forum will bring together top regulators and in-house export compliance experts for two days of intensive course on the changing issues facing ITAR compliance with the industry’s best. Get the latest updates on the US Export Control Reform fromRobert Kovac, Managing Director of Defense Trade Controls. Gain insights on industry trends, and discuss pragmatic approaches for tackling even the most difficult compliance challenges.

This course will offer an opportunity for individual participation, hands on exercises, case studiesand Q and A sessions that will help your organisation avoid, prevent, detect and proactively address potential ITAR violations.

Learn the most relevant information including:

Using ITAR exemption 126.18 in practice to reconcile conflicting regulations on foreign national restrictions and European human rights and privacy laws
Identifying what factors the DDTC will look at when investigating your compliance programme
Strategies for securing re-export and retransfer authorisations
Best practices for tracking technical data
Ensuring your suppliers provide you with the correct licences and information
Best practices for assuring that all of your staff that comes into contact with ITAR-controlled items is adequately trained to avoid cost violations

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D&O Liability Insurance

February 21st, 2012
in Insurance and Reinsurance, Legal Conferences, Legal Conferences |

European Sovereign Debt: How can insurers maintain profitability during the crisis?

The latest claims and notifications developments in the UK, Europe, Australia and Canada: adjust your policy structures to reflect looming threats

How to optimise coverage of D&O criminal and regulatory investigations: the 3 things you need to watch for

Reviewing your US exposures in the face of new threats: how to factor in the Dodd Frank Act, FCIA enforcement actions and other key developments across the pond

How can D&Os and their insurers safeguard against the rising tide of European class actions?

How to capitalise on emerging D&O opportunities and overcome challenges when doing business in China, S.Korea, India, Brazil and Russia

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C5’s 2nd Forum on Customs Compliance in Russia & CIS

February 20th, 2012
in Legal Conferences, Legal Conferences, Russia and CIS |

Trade and customs regulatory environment in Russia has recently changed with Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on December 16 2011 after almost 18 years of negotiation.

As a bargain for its accession, Russia has committed to reduce its average bound duties from the currently applicable 10 per cent to 7.8 per cent. The average tariff ceiling for agriculture products will be 10.8 per cent, while those for manufactured goods will be 7.3 per cent. Russia will have to remove all quantitative restrictions on imports, such as quotas, bans, permits, prior authorization and licensing requirements that are incompatible with the WTO. Russia has agreed to make all of its health & safety regulations compliant with the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Measures. Also, technical regulations, standards and certification requirements will be aligned with WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.

While changes brought by WTO membership are waiting to be announced, further steps of Russia’s, Belarus’ and Kazakhstan’s Customs Union integration which goes in line with EurAsES development are on the way. Although challenges with implementation of the new rules postponed many of the anticipated changes, unified rules on customs tariffs and non-tariff measures are slowly taking place and they will greatly facilitate the trade in the region. As a trade and customs executive accountable to your organisations operations in Russia and CIS, you should not only be aware of the latest regulatory developments but also gain the crucial insights as to how they will impact your day –to-day compliance work and what best practices you should implement to reduce your compliance risks.

C5′s Forum on Customs Compliance in Russia & CIS is tailored to ensure that companies will be provided with the most important developments, practical insights and industry’s perspective you need to know to make sure you control your potential customs compliance risks and maximise your returns.

Topics will include:

Practical changes on market access rules brought by WTO membership
Updates on EurAsES development
Practical steps for obtaining the Authorised Economic Operator status under the Customs Union
Unified Technical Regulations and Standards implementation in Customs Union and how they will correlate with WTO rules?
How best to resolve classification and valuation disputes with local customs officials
New transfer pricing rules and how they will affect customs valuation procedures
Implementing and running a compliance procedures related to operations in Russia and CIS

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Russian Ports

February 19th, 2012
in Legal Conferences, Legal Conferences, Russia and CIS |

Liberalization in the regulation of international trade, and Russia’s accession to the WTO are designed to greatly influence the development and investment attractiveness of Russia’s port industry.

According to the Ministry of Transport, Russian seaports cargo turnover in 2016 will grow by 46% compared to 2010. and will reach 770 million tons, however, it is estimated agencies, capacity of sea ports of the Russian Federation to 2016. amount to only 15% of the reserve. In this regard, the state and the market is the problem of balanced development of the logistics infrastructure in Russia and increase the capacity of the road transport sector.

“.. up to 2015. the development of Russian ports will invest 430 billion rubles., of which 300 billion rubles. amount to extra-budgetary funds, “Igor Levitin, Minister, Ministry of Transport of Russia

in the long term growth in world trade is almost inevitable, but whether Russia’s transport infrastructure is ready for a new economic boom? Before the Russian port industry task is to prepare for post-crisis growth in trade volumes.

5th International Forum “Russian and CIS Ports” will bring together representatives of Governments, port operators, stevedoring and container companies, cargo owners and shippers, Russian and international investors and financiers to discuss critical challenges facing the sector:

How to prepare for future growth in trade, goods transported by sea
How to ensure integrated development of ports and adjacent areas
How to increase the efficiency of land use ports: the creation of industrial and free trade zones
What features will appear in logistics after the crisis?
How to organize effective information interaction of state bodies and traders

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5th China Summit on Anti-Corruption

February 18th, 2012
in Anti-Corruption / FCPA, Legal Conferences, Legal Conferences, Litigation |

Over the last four years, there is a reason why ACI’s summit was successful year after year.

Co-chaired by Stephen Maloy, General Counsel, Asia Pacific from General Electric and Gangliang Qiao, General Counsel for North East Asia from Siemens, 2011 China Anti-Corruption summit had the pleasure of welcoming corporate ethics and compliance executives, attorneys and government officials dedicated to anti-corruption issues in China.

We are now thrilled to announce 5th China Summit on Anti-Corruption with a pre-brochure rate for our past attendees to book the seats now.

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Emerging Europe Deal Forum

February 17th, 2012
in Legal Conferences, Legal Conferences, Private Equity |

By demonstrating strong resilience to the market volatility, private equity in CEE is rapidly becoming an asset class of choice for many forward thinking investors. Strategies are back and exits becoming easier. With several prominent deals announced in 2012 is expected to be the busiest year in the last three years.

However, with many restrictions on the lending side and much tightened regulation, both LPs and GPs are in need of careful guidance like never before: How much room should be made for this asset class in your investment portfolio? What returns does it promise? What are the risks? What should be your firms’ key points of differentiation within an increasingly competitive universe of the CEE private equity? How to locate strategic or financial partners and convert proposals into real deals?

If you, like many of your colleagues, are facing the challenges of ensuring that you have the most effective and well-defined investment strategy in this maturing market while boosting your deal origination opportunity – then you should register for C5’s new

EMERGING EUROPE DEAL FORUM
Your expert guidance on best investment and fundraising strategies in downturn
12– 13 June 2012 | Vienna

Build on success of C5’s CEE Private Equity Forum we strive to create a perfect networking platform and secure the participation of most influential GPs, LPs, lenders and industry partners to get to the root of the issues affecting your deal making and fundraising opportunities and strategies.

5 main reasons to attend or send your team to this event:

Locate new investors and financial sponsors.

Benchmark your strategies against those of the high performers’ to develop value-creating, carefully targeted investment plans.

Avoid costly pitfalls and minimize legal costs by learning from the experiences and “war stories” of the region’s leading dealmakers.

Obtain “need-to-know” tips on sensitive issues, helping you to devise the most effective transactional strategies and partnership agreements.

Learn how to make your fund terms more “LP-friendly”, helping you to succeed in an extremely challenging fundraising market.

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Anti-Corruption London

February 16th, 2012
in Anti-Corruption / FCPA, Legal, Legal Conferences, Legal Conferences, Litigation |

Upgrading your Compliance Programme, Detection Strategies and Internal Controls in the New Era of Heightened Enforcement

Fully Updated Agenda

Every June, chief compliance officers, general counsel, forensic accountants from global companies and their advisors attend C5’s Forum on Anti-Corruption in London.

Reserve your seat today for what is regarded as THE must-attend event in Europe that shapes the anti-corruption community.

Key topics include:

Minimising risks when interacting with government officials – Case studies in real-world problems and practiced solutions
Being prepared for potential private rights of actions arising from corruption-related misconduct
Avoiding debarment for potential violations of the FCPA and UKBA
Leveraging internal controls to detect corrupt payments and track sensitive expenses
Latest developments in the implementation and enforcement of the UK Bribery Act: A year in review, including the potential use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) with the introduction of the UK Bribery Act

Your First Chance to Hear from the New Director of the

Serious Fraud Office, David Green

Speakers already confirmed include:

Fabio De Pasquale, Public Prosecutor, Court of Justice of Milano
Jean-Bernard Schmid, State Prosecutor, Republic and Canton of Geneva
Jose Villodre Lopez, Judge – Chief Magistrate, The Court of First Instance, Barcelona
Knut Mager, Head Group Legal Country Organisations, Novartis International AG
John Freeman, Vice President & General Counsel, Technip USA, Inc.
Edwardo Lazzarini, EMEA Compliance Officer, Biomet
Nicola Bonucci, Director Legal Department, OECD
Pascale Dubois, Sanctions Evaluation and Suspension Officer, The World Bank
Hassan Hassan, Associate General Counsel, Mars Corporation UAE

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Pharma Patent Lifecycles

February 15th, 2012
in Legal, Legal Conferences, Legal Conferences, Pharmaceuticals / Biotech / Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech |

Patent life cycle management is becoming more crucial for pharmaceutical companies with the cost of research and drugs continually rising and companies constantly trying to obtain the maximum financial benefit from existing patent terms. In addition to protecting existing IP rights and seeking methods to extend current patent lifecycles, pharmaceutical companies are faced with the challenge of inventing new drugs and diversifying portfolios to replace sales on older and generic drugs.

The 2012 Pharma Patent Lifecycles Forum will focus on recent cases across Europe and the US and their impact on the latest regulatory developments and strategies for patent lifecycle extensions. Our outstanding panel of experts will provide you with practical guidance on the most effective ways to successfully apply for patent term extensions and overcome the strategic challenges when dealing with the various patent offices and regulatory authorities. In addition, key regional experts will examine the current legal and regulatory processes and procedures to extend patent lifecycles in the BRIC countries, providing you with the information you need to maximise the scope of your patent portfolio.

C5’s 11th Annual Forum on Pharma Patent Lifecycles brings together eminent in-house counsel from the world’s largest pharma and biotech companies and their expert advisors from a range of jurisdictions, including the US, Europe and Asia.

Be where your industry will be on 20th and 21st June 2012 and don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to hear from and network with prominent judicial authorities, regulatory experts and industry specialists.

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ITAR Compliance in Europe

February 14th, 2012
in Legal Conferences, Legal Conferences, Litigation, Regulatory Compliance and Trade |

Over the last four years, C5 has had the pleasure of welcoming ITAR specialists, compliance executives, lawyers and government officials dedicated to ITAR compliance to the annual Munich Edition, now the largest and most valued conference of its kind in Germany. I would like to thank those of you who attended the 2011 forum and extend a special thanks to our world class faculty, sponsors, and event partners for the many roles they played in making the conference a tremendous success.

We are now thrilled to announce the 2012 dates for the 5th Advanced Forum on ITAR Compliance in Europe.

Join us in Munich on 19-20 June 2012 for the leading ITAR Compliance event where compliance specialists and in-house counsel gather every year in Munich.

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Hi-Tech Patent Litigation & IP Strategies

February 13th, 2012
in Legal, Legal Conferences, Legal Conferences, Litigation, Telecoms & Technology |

Hi-tech patent law continues to evolve rapidly with significant case law developments arising from infringement actions and injunctive relief being sought across Europe and beyond. Given the highly competitive and lucrative nature of the industry, it is more important than ever that patent/IP departments and patent attorneys stay abreast of recent court decisions on a global level, as well as current litigation tactics, to ensure they are implementing the most competitive strategies to protect and defend their patent portfolios and maximise revenues when entering or consolidating their place in the market.

The 2012 Hi-Tech Patent Litigation and IP Strategies forum will focus on the latest case law developments on hi-tech patents across Europe and the US and how decisions in the various national courts will inevitably impact on the litigation strategies you employ. You will walk away with fresh insights, tactics and tools to strategise your litigation techniques and remain competitive in today’s constantly changing patent landscape.

C5’s Forum on Hi-tech Patent Litigation and IP Strategies brings together key regulators and judicial authorities, distinguished in-house counsel from the world’s largest hi-tech companies, and their expert legal advisors from across Europe and the US. Based on their first-hand experience in recent litigation, the expert panel will provide you with important case law updates and invaluable strategies to use in licensing negotiations and in maximising revenue from your IP portfolio.

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