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2011 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions Symposium


2.5 CPD Credit Hours Available (England and Wales)

 

3 CLE Credit Hours Available (New York)

Transitional and Nontransitional


Tuesday, February 28, 2012
FNB Conference and Learning Centre
Johannesburg, South Africa


PROGRAM AGENDA

1:30 PM   Registration and Coffee
1:50 PM   Welcoming Remarks
Katherine Darras, General Counsel, Americas, ISDA
2:00 PM  

Overview of the 2011 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions: New Architecture, Framework and Core Concepts

  • Background to Project
  • Architecture of 2011 Definitions
  • Main Book and Appendix Structure
  • Confirmations
  • Adoption of the 2011 Definitions and Next Steps

Katherine Darras, General Counsel, Americas, ISDA

Tess Weil, Partner, Purrington Moody Weil LLP

3:00 PM   Coffee Break
3:15 PM  

Extraordinary Events and Additional Disruption Events: Key Changes and New Events

  • Change in Law and related events including Transaction Illegality, Legal Uncertainty, Inadvisability, Increased Cost of Change in Law
  • New concept of "Avoidance" which may apply to certain Extraordinary Events
  • Hedging Related Additional Disruption Events including Market Wide Hedging Disruption and Hedging Party Hedging Disruption, Increased and Decreased Costs of Hedging
  • New and expanded Extraordinary Events including Nationalization, Merger Event/Reverse Merger Event, Potential Adjustment Event, Index Cancellation/Modification and Governmental Intervention
  • Revised and expanded Cancellation Amount
  • Calculation Agent Dispute Resolution

Katherine Darras, General Counsel, Americas, ISDA

Tess Weil, Partner, Purrington Moody Weil LLP

4:45 PM   Symposium Concludes

Agenda is subject to change

 

Please click here for the Conference Registration Form.

 

FNB Conference and Learning Centre, 114 Grayston Drive, Sandown, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 269 8041


Delegates will receive a copy of the 2011 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions

To obtain more information, please contact the ISDA conference department at +1 212-901-6000 or e-mail conferences@isda.org


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