The Annual Morrison & Foerster Global Capital Markets Seminar: Raising Capital and Achieving Liquidity
Description:
TENTATIVE AGENDA
8:30 Registration and Welcome
9:00 Trends in Capital Transactions and Global Exit Strategies for Israeli Companies
Bruce Mann, Senior Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Bankers Panel: Current trends in capital raising by Israeli companies
- Unregistered private placements in a global market
- 144A offerings by Israeli companies
- Choosing your IPO market – NASDAQ, AIM or TASE
- The use of PIPES and registered direct offerings by F-3 eligible issuers
Jeff Becker, Managing Director, JMP Securities LLC
Joshua Epstein, Director, Cowen and Company
Andrew Kaye, Managing Director, CIBC World Markets
Mo Cheston, Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets, Thomas Weisel Partners
Moderated by Douglas Zakow, Capital Systems
Options in presenting your financial statements
Moshe Peress, partner, Leader of the professional unit, PwC Israel.
Litigation Issues of Concern to Israeli Issuers - How to Reduce the Risk of Being Sued Under the U.S. Securities Laws
Joel Haims, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Coffee Break
Investors Panel: Paths to Liquidity in 2007
- How does the time horizon of fund investors impact the decisions of VC board members
- Policies of VCs regarding taking Board membership and continuing it in connection with an IPO
- How VCs look at the choice between sale or IPO
- The impact of private equity funds on VC investment decisions
- The choice of TASE, AIM, NASDAQ or some other public market for an IPO
- Today’s favorite industries and locations for investment by Israeli VCs
Isaac Applbaum, Founding General Partner, Opus Capital
Edouard Cukierman, Managing Partner, Catalyst Investments
Avishai Silvershatz, Managing Partner, Infinity Equity
Moderated by Cliff Teller, Director of Investment Banking, Maxim Group
Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404- has sanity returned?
Guy Sapir, Partner, internal audit and SOX leader, PwC Israel
Lawyers Panel: Israeli legal issues in today’s public offering market
- The impact of offering reform on Israeli issuers
- Reconciling differences in corporate governance standards under Israeli law and NASDAQ
- The new rules for deregistration by foreign private issuers
- Differences in corporate governance under Israeli and AIM/UK rules,
- Issues related to dual compliance under Israeli, NASDAQ and AIM rules
- The decision to list a TASE traded company on AIM or NASDAQ
Michael Barnea, Partner, Barnea & Co.
David Glatt, Partner, Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein
Aaron Lampert, Partner, Naschitz, Brandes & Co.
Barry Levenfeld, Partner, Yigal Arnon & Co.
Moderated by Oz Benamram, Israel Practice Counsel, Morrison & Foerster LLP
13:00 Lunch
Presentations will be conducted in English.
In lieu of a participation fee, attendees are requested to make a NIS 250 contribution to IVN, 50% tax deductible, to support
The Israel Venture Network.
Space is limited, so please register early.
Click here to register.
For more information please email Israel@mofo.com. For information in Hebrew, click here.
