The CLO Summit is an educational forum designed for investors, issuers, underwriters, rating agencies, lawyers and accountants. Mayer Brown’s Arthur Rublin will be speaking on “Navigating the Legal & Regulatory Environment” and Glenn Kunkes will be speaking on “How to Construct a CLO: Building a Portfolio and Negotiating Documents; Documentation Trends”. Mayer Brown is a Gold sponsor.

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InsurtechSF and Plug and Play will co-host a new program “AI Solutions for Insurance” as part of their Winter Silicon Valley Summit at Plug and Play Tech Center in California. The program will bring together an expert lineup of insurance carrier leaders, InsurTech founders, and solution provider leaders.

Mayer Brown partner, Paul Chen, will serve on the “Balancing Generative AI Data Sources with Privacy Needs” panel in a two vs. two debate on artificial intelligence and privacy.

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Mayer Brown is proud to sponsor TP Minds West Coast in San Francisco from December 5-6, 2023. Mayer Brown tax partners will participate in the following panels.

On December 5, Jason Osborn will discuss “Navigating US v. OECD Nuances: Control, DEMPE, Substance and More.”

On December 6, Sonal Majmudar and Elena Khripounova will participate in the discussion, “What Does it Mean to be ‘Audit Ready’ in the Current Environment and What’s New?” Jenny Austin and Paul DiSangro will speak on the “Current Trends in Transfer Pricing Controversies” panel.

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On December 6, 2023, Mayer Brown Tax partners, Brian Kittle and Geoff Collins will participate in a discussion on “What’s Old is New Again: The Return to Anti-Abuse and Substance Over Form to Attack Cross-border Transactions” at TEI’s Sixtieth Annual Tax Symposium in New York.

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On December 6, 2023, Mayer Brown Tax partner Mark Leeds will participate in a panel on “Reporting Issues for Investment Partnerships Panel” at FRA's PIF Tax & Accounting Conference in Miami.

This three-day program from December 6-8, 2023, will focus on the tax issues presented by the entire spectrum of modern major corporate transactions, from single-buyer acquisitions of a division or subsidiary to multi-party joint ventures, cross-border mergers, and complex acquisitions of public companies with domestic and foreign operations, including spin-offs and other dispositions of unwanted operations.

Mayer Brown partner Gary Wilcox will speak on the “Current Issues In M&A” panel session.

For more information, please visit the PLI website.

Mayer Brown will be sponsoring the American Bar Associations’ 2023 Business Law Section Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Winter Meeting. The committee meeting will be held in-person, bringing together practitioners and experts for discussions at our committee and subcommittee meetings, social events, and more.

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It’s time to start preparing for the 2024 proxy and annual report season. Additional time may be required this year because of the substantial scope and pace of relevant changes in law and practice.

During this session, join Mayer Brown partner Jennifer Carlson, counsel Laura Richman, as well as Amanda Buthe, Director, ESG Advisory at Georgeson, as they discuss key issues companies should consider while preparing for the upcoming 2024 proxy and annual report season. Themes to be discussed include, among others:

• Recent Proxy and Annual Report Developments
• Proxy Voting Matters
• Governance Matters
• Environmental and Social Matters
• Additional Annual Report and Proxy Statement Matters

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Practising Law Institute will host a hybrid program, Annual Disclosure Documents 2023: Current Developments and Best Practices on December 12, 2023 featuring Mayer Brown partner Jennifer Carlson, who is co-chair of the event.

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On December 13, 2023, bank regulatory partner Matthew Bisanz will speak on a Strafford event on bank holding companies.

This CLE webinar will examine the pros and cons of operating under a bank holding company or financial holding company vs. a simple stand-alone bank structure.. Matt’s panel will also discuss the logistics of creating or dissolving a holding company and issues to consider in deciding whether to do so.

For additional information on the program, please visit the event webpage.