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Simpson Thacher litigation partner Bruce D. Angiolillo and M&A and corporate governance partner Robert E. Spatt will moderate panels at Practising Law Institute’s “Securities Regulation Institute“ in New York City on November 9-11, 2011.  Mr. Angiolillo will moderate the panel “Key Issues in Private Securities Litigation," which will cover key considerations in evaluating and defending a securities class action, the limits of U.S. jurisdictional reach, how both sides can best approach settlement, dealing with related derivative and class actions and effective use of forensic accountants.

Mr. Spatt will moderate the panel “Developments in M&A Practice," which will discuss current trends in the M&A market, an update on Revlon and board obligations, key M&A case law developments, dealing with financing and regulatory execution risk and conditionality, key issues affecting financial buyers and the LBO process and current M&A/tender offer issues at the SEC.

The program will also be available via live webcast. For more on this program, please click here.