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1 Page 1 of 11 CREDIT Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives 2013 Select a Location: New York, NY Oct , :00 AM Eastern OVERVIEW SCHEDULE FACULTY TRAVEL INFO Overview Why you should attend CLE CREDIT The Dodd-Frank Act establishes a novel, comprehensive framework for the regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and the market participants who transact in these products. That regulatory framework is now being implemented and its effect are becoming clear. The new regulatory regime touches the activities of all participants in the swaps markets, from end users to major swap participants to swap dealers. The new regulations will also affect a broad range of market facilities from clearinghouses to exchanges, to newly- conceived swap execution facilities and swap data repositories. The Dodd-Frank Act imposes registration requirements, mandatory clearing and trading requirements, margin requirements, capital and business conduct standards, and transaction and position reporting, as well as limitations on swap positions. The legislation also established new limitations on the scope of derivatives and proprietary trading activities that may be conducted by certain financial institutions. At this program, our distinguished faculty will provide a comprehensive overview of the new regulatory framework for OTC derivatives and derivatives market participants, and explain how the new regulatory framework will affect these products, the structure of the market for these products and market participants. The program will also cover documentation issues, and recent developments in tax, accounting and litigation related to OTC derivatives, as well as professional responsibility issues associated with derivatives. What you will learn A comprehensive analysis of the new regulatory framework for OTC derivatives: Who is required to register and as what? How is cross-border activity covered under the new regulatory framework? What are the new mandatory clearing and trading requirements? What are the new reporting requirements? What are swap execution facilities? Who must be regulated as a swap execution facility? What are the new margin requirements and to whom do they apply? When must swap dealers be registered as futures commission merchants? INFORMATION s for: CLE-NY s Transitional: No s: Professional Practice: CPE s s: Behavioral Specialized Knowledge and Application: 12. Taxes: 1.00 CPD-UK s s: General: CPD-BC s s: General: CPD-HK s Expiration Date: 10/18/13 s: General: CPD-ON s Status: Pending s: General: 11.00

2 Page 2 of 11 How will banks and their affiliates be affected by new limitations on derivatives and proprietary trading activities? Are new position limits applicable to OTC derivatives? What changes have been made to existing insolvency law? How will the amended federal commodity and securities laws affect brokers, advisors and funds transacting in OTC derivatives? Significant issues relating to credit, equity and commodity derivatives Recent litigation developments related to derivatives Tax and accounting developments applicable to derivatives Professional responsibility and derivatives CPD-QC s s: General: CHECK SPECIFIC STATE CREDIT REQUIREMENTS Who should attend This program is intended for experienced outside counsel, in-house attorneys, government lawyers, documentation managers, compliance officers, bankers, corporate and other end users of swaps, and others involved in advanced structuring, negotiating and executing swap agreements and other derivative products. Counsel to derivatives market facilities and others involved in structuring, negotiating and executing swap agreements and other derivate products will also benefit from attending this program. PLI Group Discounts Groups of 4-14 from the same organization, all registering at the same time, for a PLI program scheduled for presentation at the same site, are entitled to receive a group discount. For further discount information, please contact membership@pli.edu or call (800) 260-4PLI. PLI Can Arrange Group Viewing to Your Firm Contact the Groupcasts Department via at groupcasts@pli.edu for more details. Cancellations All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time. Schedule Day One: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 9:00 Opening Remarks Gary Barnett, Joshua D. Cohn 9:15 Swaps, Security-Based Swaps and Mixed Swaps: CFTC, SEC and Dodd-Frank Implementation Progress The CFTC, the SEC and the Prudential Regulators Potential reach and likely impact on market participants Extraterritoriality Moderators: Gary Barnett, Joshua D. Cohn James R. Burns, Mary Johannes, Sarah Lee, Laura Schisgall, Don Thompson 10:15 Networking Break

3 Page 3 of 11 10:30 Clearing and Trading; End-Users; Margin for Cleared and Uncleared Transactions; Client Money Segregation; Default Management Mandatory clearing and trading requirements SEFs and trading facilities, including definitions, exceptions, regulation and registration Margin, segregation, default management and focus on CCP default funds: current state of play of models Moderator: Kathryn M. Trkla Michael D. Bopp, William A. Curran, William Thum 12:00 Lunch Break Afternoon Session: 1:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 1:15 Swap Execution, Reporting and Giveup; Cleared and Uncleared Swaps Execution Give-up arrangements and the model FIA Execution Agreement/ Futures Agreement Addendum PB and asset manager allocation issues SDR status Moderator: Joshua D. Cohn Geoffrey B. Goldman, Paul Gottlieb, Christopher L. Ramsay, Lauren Teigland-Hunt, Kathryn M. Trkla 2:15 Networking Break 2:30 Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants: Who Are They and How Will They be Regulated? Reporting, Position Limits, Business Conduct Rules, Capital Swap Dealers, Major Swap Participants: who qualifies? Major internal changes: reporting and conduct Margin and capital requirements and effect on liquidity Frank N. Fisanich, Richard A. Ostrander, Christine Trent Parker, Kenneth M. Raisler, Thomas J. Smith 4:00 Regulation of Other Swap Market Participants under the CEA and Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Clearinghouses, Clearing Members, and the Swap Activities of Banks CCPs Brokers and clearing members Advisors and funds Geoffrey B. Goldman, Thomas J. Smith, Kathryn M. Trkla 5:00 Adjourn Day Two: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 9:00 Recap and Introduction to Day Two Gary Barnett, Joshua D. Cohn 9:15 Regulation of Swap Market Participants Aspects of bank regulation Fund issues The role of the NFA Swap dealer and intermediary compliance and examinations Substituted compliance by foreign entities

4 Page 4 of 11 Douglas E. Harris, Kevin C. Piccoli, Jamila Piracci, Erik F. Remmler 10:15 Networking Break 10:30 Regulation of Swap Market Participants (continued) Matthew K. Kerfoot, Rita M. Molesworth, Amanda Olear 11:00 Tax and Accounting Final FATCA regulations Congressional proposals to change taxation of derivatives Cutting edge issues in FX hedging Mark H. Leeds, Matthew Stevens 12:00 Lunch Break 1:15 Derivatives and Professional Responsibility Representing an organization SEC Rule of Professional Responsibility for Issuer s Counsel Reporting wrongdoing up the ladder within an organization Reporting a client s fraud to regulators Lawyer s role in complex structured finance transactions Title VII creates new professional responsibility challenges and metadata issues Michael S. Sackheim 2:15 Networking Break 2:30 Principal Issues for Consideration and Negotiation in Derivatives Documentation-Cleared and Uncleared Swaps generally Commodity Swaps, Equity Swaps and CDS Legal and contractual considerations Noah P. Melnick, David Z. Moss 3:30 Litigation & Insolvency and Resolution Authority: Netting Opinions; Safe Harbors; Orderly Liquidation Review of recent cases of interest to the OTC derivatives market Fraud prosecutions (synthetic structures and Rule 10b-5), rating agencies and banks What the recent orders and judgments issued mean for the OTC derivatives market Changes introduced by financial reform (FDIC-modeled provisions of Orderly Liquidation Authority can now apply to entities otherwise subject to the Bankruptcy Code or SIPA) Differences between Orderly Liquidation Authority, the Code and SIPA Potential effect on various stakeholders shareholders, creditors and counterparties Moderator: Joshua D. Cohn David Aman, Locke R. McMurray, Harold S. Novikoff, Jonathan E. Pickhardt, R. Penfield Starke 5:00 Adjourn Faculty Co-Chair(s) Gary Barnett ~ Director of the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Joshua D. Cohn ~ Mayer Brown LLP

5 Page 5 of 11 Speaker(s) David Aman ~ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Michael D. Bopp ~ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP James R. Burns ~ Deputy Director, Division of Trading and Markets, US Securities and Exchange Commission William A. Curran ~ Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Frank N. Fisanich ~ Chief Counsel, US Commodity Futures Trading Comm Geoffrey B. Goldman ~ Shearman & Sterling LLP Paul Gottlieb ~ Vice President, Senior counsel, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Douglas E. Harris ~ Managing Director, Promontory Financial Group, L.L.C. Mary Johannes ~ Senior Director and Head of U.S. Public Policy, ISDA Matthew K. Kerfoot ~ Dechert LLP Sarah Lee ~ Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Global Head of Fl Derivatives and Reg Reform, Bank of America Mark H. Leeds ~ Mayer Brown LLP Locke R. McMurray ~ Jones Day Noah P. Melnick ~ Linklaters LLP Rita M. Molesworth ~ Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP David Z Moss ~ Purrington Moody Weil LLP Harold S. Novikoff ~ Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Amanda Olear ~ Associate Director, US Commodity Futures Trading Comm Richard Ostrander ~ Managing Director, Legal & Compliance, BlackRock Christine Trent Parker ~ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Kevin C. Piccoli ~ Deputy Director, Examinations, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Jonathan E. Pickhardt ~ Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Jamila Piracci ~ Vice President, OTC Derivatives, National Futures Association Kenneth M. Raisler ~ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Christopher L. Ramsay ~ Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Global Transaction Management, Citadel LLC Erik F. Remmler ~ Deputy Director, Registration and Compliance, US Commodity Futures Trading Comm Michael S. Sackheim ~ Sidley Austin LLP Laura Schisgall ~ Managing Director, Global Markets Legal Group Head/AMER, Societe Generale Americas Thomas J. Smith ~ Deputy Director, Capital, Margin and Segregation, US Commodity Futures Trading Comm R. Penfield Starke ~ Assistant General Counsel, FDIC Matthew A. Stevens ~ EY Lauren Teigland-Hunt ~ Teigland-Hunt LLP Don Thompson ~ Managing Director and Assoicate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co. William Thum ~ Principal, Legal Department, The Vanguard Group, Inc. Kathryn M. Trkla ~ Foley & Lardner LLP Program Attorney(s) Lauren E. Nochta ~ Program Attorney, Practising Law Institute Travel Info New York City Seminar Location PLI New York Center, 810 Seventh Avenue at 53rd Street (21st floor), New York, New York Message Center, program days only: (212) New York City Hotel Accommodations The New York Hilton & Towers, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY block from PLI Center. Reservations HILTONS or, NYC-HILT. Please mention that you are booking a room under the Practising Law Institute Corporate rate and the Client File # is You can also make reservations online to access Practising Law Institute rates. The Warwick New York Hotel, 65 West 54th Street New York, NY block from PLI Center. Reservations or, hotel direct Please mention that you are booking a room under the Practising Law Institute Corporate rate. Reservations on line at Click reservations in menu bar on left. Select desired dates. In 'Special Rates' drop down window select Corporate Rate. In 'Rate Code' enter

6 Page 6 of 11 PLIN. Click search and select desired room type and rate plan. Or, you may reservation requests to: res.ny@warwickhotels.com Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, 811 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019, or (212) When calling, please mention Practising Law Institute and mention SET# You may also book online. CLE PLI programs qualify for credit in all states that require mandatory continuing legal education for attorneys. Please be sure to check with your state and the credit calculator to the right for details. Please check the CLE Calculator above each product description for CLE information specific to your state. Special Note: In New York, newly admitted attorneys may receive CLE credit only for attendance at "transitional" programs during their first two years of admission to the Bar. Non-traditional course formats such as on-demand web programs or recorded items, are not acceptable for CLE credit. Experienced attorneys may choose to attend and receive CLE credit for either a transitional course or for one geared to experienced attorneys. All product types, including on-demand web programs and recorded items, are approved for experienced attorneys. Please Note: The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. PLI programs may qualify for credit based on the requirements outlined in the MCLE Regulations and Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. Rule 45. If you have already received credit for attending some or the entire program, please be aware that state administrators do not permit you to accrue additional credit for repeat viewing even if an additional credit certificate is subsequently issued. will be granted only to the individual on record as the purchaser unless alternative arrangements (prearranged groupcast) are made in advance. OVERVIEW SCHEDULE FACULTY CLE CREDIT Overview This is a webcast of the live New York session. Why you should attend The Dodd-Frank Act establishes a novel, comprehensive framework for the regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and the market participants who transact in these products. That regulatory framework is now being implemented and its effect are becoming clear. The new regulatory regime touches the activities of all participants in the swaps markets, from end users to major swap participants to swap dealers. The new regulations will also affect a broad range of market facilities from clearinghouses to exchanges, to newly- conceived swap execution facilities and swap data repositories. The Dodd-Frank Act imposes registration requirements, mandatory clearing and trading requirements, margin requirements, capital and business conduct standards, and transaction and position reporting, as well as limitations on swap positions. The legislation also established new limitations on the scope of derivatives and proprietary trading activities that may be conducted by certain financial institutions. At this program, our distinguished faculty will provide a comprehensive overview of the new regulatory framework for OTC derivatives and derivatives market participants, and explain how the new regulatory

7 Page 7 of 11 framework will affect these products, the structure of the market for these products and market participants. The program will also cover documentation issues, and recent developments in tax, accounting and litigation related to OTC derivatives, as well as professional responsibility issues associated with derivatives. What you will learn A comprehensive analysis of the new regulatory framework for OTC derivatives: Who is required to register and as what? How is cross-border activity covered under the new regulatory framework? What are the new mandatory clearing and trading requirements? What are the new reporting requirements? What are swap execution facilities? Who must be regulated as a swap execution facility? What are the new margin requirements and to whom do they apply? When must swap dealers be registered as futures commission merchants? How will banks and their affiliates be affected by new limitations on derivatives and proprietary trading activities? Are new position limits applicable to OTC derivatives? What changes have been made to existing insolvency law? How will the amended federal commodity and securities laws affect brokers, advisors and funds transacting in OTC derivatives? Significant issues relating to credit, equity and commodity derivatives Recent litigation developments related to derivatives Tax and accounting developments applicable to derivatives Professional responsibility and derivatives Who should attend This program is intended for experienced outside counsel, in-house attorneys, government lawyers, documentation managers, compliance officers, bankers, corporate and other end users of swaps, and others involved in advanced structuring, negotiating and executing swap agreements and other derivative products. Counsel to derivatives market facilities and others involved in structuring, negotiating and executing swap agreements and other derivate products will also benefit from attending this program. PLI Group Discounts Groups of 4-14 from the same organization, all registering at the same time, for a PLI program scheduled for presentation at the same site, are entitled to receive a group discount. For further discount information, please contact membership@pli.edu or call (800) 260-4PLI. PLI Can Arrange Group Viewing to Your Firm Contact the Groupcasts Department via at groupcasts@pli.edu for more details. Cancellations All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time. Schedule All times are E.D.T. Day One: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (E.D.T.)

8 Page 8 of 11 Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (E.D.T.) 9:00 Opening Remarks Gary Barnett, Joshua D. Cohn 9:15 Swaps, Security-Based Swaps and Mixed Swaps: CFTC, SEC and Dodd-Frank Implementation Progress The CFTC, the SEC and the Prudential Regulators Potential reach and likely impact on market participants Extraterritoriality Moderators: Gary Barnett, Joshua D. Cohn James R. Burns, Mary Johannes, Sarah Lee, Laura Schisgall, Don Thompson 10:15 Networking Break 10:30 Clearing and Trading; End-Users; Margin for Cleared and Uncleared Transactions; Client Money Segregation; Default Management Mandatory clearing and trading requirements SEFs and trading facilities, including definitions, exceptions, regulation and registration Margin, segregation, default management and focus on CCP default funds: current state of play of models Moderator: Kathryn M. Trkla Michael D. Bopp, William A. Curran, William Thum 12:00 Lunch Break Afternoon Session: 1:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (E.D.T.) 1:15 Swap Execution, Reporting and Giveup; Cleared and Uncleared Swaps Execution Give-up arrangements and the model FIA Execution Agreement/ Futures Agreement Addendum PB and asset manager allocation issues SDR status Moderator: Joshua D. Cohn Geoffrey B. Goldman, Paul Gottlieb, Christopher L. Ramsay, Lauren Teigland-Hunt, Kathryn M. Trkla 2:15 Networking Break 2:30 Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants: Who Are They and How Will They be Regulated? Reporting, Position Limits, Business Conduct Rules, Capital Swap Dealers, Major Swap Participants: who qualifies? Major internal changes: reporting and conduct Margin and capital requirements and effect on liquidity Frank N. Fisanich, Richard A. Ostrander, Christine Trent Parker, Kenneth M. Raisler, Thomas J. Smith 4:00 Regulation of Other Swap Market Participants under the CEA and Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Clearinghouses, Clearing Members, and the Swap Activities of Banks CCPs Brokers and clearing members Advisors and funds Geoffrey B. Goldman, Thomas J. Smith, Kathryn M. Trkla 5:00 Adjourn

9 Page 9 of 11 Day Two: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (E.D.T.) 9:00 Recap and Introduction to Day Two Gary Barnett, Joshua D. Cohn 9:15 Regulation of Swap Market Participants Aspects of bank regulation Fund issues The role of the NFA Swap dealer and intermediary compliance and examinations Substituted compliance by foreign entities Douglas E. Harris, Kevin C. Piccoli, Jamila Piracci, Erik F. Remmler 10:15 Networking Break 10:30 Regulation of Swap Market Participants (continued) Matthew K. Kerfoot, Rita M. Molesworth, Amanda Olear 11:00 Tax and Accounting Final FATCA regulations Congressional proposals to change taxation of derivatives Cutting edge issues in FX hedging Mark H. Leeds, Matthew Stevens 12:00 Lunch Break 1:15 Derivatives and Professional Responsibility Representing an organization SEC Rule of Professional Responsibility for Issuer s Counsel Reporting wrongdoing up the ladder within an organization Reporting a client s fraud to regulators Lawyer s role in complex structured finance transactions Title VII creates new professional responsibility challenges and metadata issues Michael S. Sackheim 2:15 Networking Break 2:30 Principal Issues for Consideration and Negotiation in Derivatives Documentation-Cleared and Uncleared Swaps generally Commodity Swaps, Equity Swaps and CDS Legal and contractual considerations Noah P. Melnick, David Z. Moss 3:30 Litigation & Insolvency and Resolution Authority: Netting Opinions; Safe Harbors; Orderly Liquidation Review of recent cases of interest to the OTC derivatives market Fraud prosecutions (synthetic structures and Rule 10b-5), rating agencies and banks What the recent orders and judgments issued mean for the OTC derivatives market Changes introduced by financial reform (FDIC-modeled provisions of Orderly Liquidation Authority can now apply to entities otherwise subject to the Bankruptcy Code or SIPA)

10 Page 10 of 11 Differences between Orderly Liquidation Authority, the Code and SIPA Potential effect on various stakeholders shareholders, creditors and counterparties Moderator: Joshua D. Cohn David Aman, Locke R. McMurray, Harold S. Novikoff, Jonathan E. Pickhardt, R. Penfield Starke 5:00 Adjourn Faculty Co-Chair(s) Gary Barnett ~ Director of the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Joshua D. Cohn ~ Mayer Brown LLP Speaker(s) David Aman ~ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Michael D. Bopp ~ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP James R. Burns ~ Deputy Director, Division of Trading and Markets, US Securities and Exchange Commission William A. Curran ~ Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Frank N. Fisanich ~ Chief Counsel, US Commodity Futures Trading Comm Geoffrey B. Goldman ~ Shearman & Sterling LLP Paul Gottlieb ~ Vice President, Senior counsel, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Douglas E. Harris ~ Managing Director, Promontory Financial Group, L.L.C. Mary Johannes ~ Senior Director and Head of U.S. Public Policy, ISDA Matthew K. Kerfoot ~ Dechert LLP Sarah Lee ~ Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Global Head of Fl Derivatives and Reg Reform, Bank of America Mark H. Leeds ~ Mayer Brown LLP Locke R. McMurray ~ Jones Day Noah P. Melnick ~ Linklaters LLP Rita M. Molesworth ~ Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP David Z Moss ~ Purrington Moody Weil LLP Harold S. Novikoff ~ Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Amanda Olear ~ Associate Director, US Commodity Futures Trading Comm Richard Ostrander ~ Managing Director, Legal & Compliance, BlackRock Christine Trent Parker ~ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Kevin C. Piccoli ~ Deputy Director, Examinations, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Jonathan E. Pickhardt ~ Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Jamila Piracci ~ Vice President, OTC Derivatives, National Futures Association Kenneth M. Raisler ~ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Christopher L. Ramsay ~ Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Global Transaction Management, Citadel LLC Erik F. Remmler ~ Deputy Director, Registration and Compliance, US Commodity Futures Trading Comm Michael S. Sackheim ~ Sidley Austin LLP Laura Schisgall ~ Managing Director, Global Markets Legal Group Head/AMER, Societe Generale Americas Thomas J. Smith ~ Deputy Director, Capital, Margin and Segregation, US Commodity Futures Trading Comm R. Penfield Starke ~ Assistant General Counsel, FDIC Matthew A. Stevens ~ EY Lauren Teigland-Hunt ~ Teigland-Hunt LLP Don Thompson ~ Managing Director and Assoicate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co. William Thum ~ Principal, Legal Department, The Vanguard Group, Inc. Kathryn M. Trkla ~ Foley & Lardner LLP Program Attorney(s) Lauren E. Nochta ~ Program Attorney, Practising Law Institute Travel Info

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