International D&O Liability: Foreign Exposure, Indemnification & Insurance
May 29, 2008
8:30am - 9:00am Registration & Breakfast
9:00am - 11:00am Seminar
Garden Court Hotel
520 Cowper Street
Palo Alto, CA
Given the increasingly global nature of business, many US public and private companies find it advantageous to incorporate subsidiaries in jurisdictions outside of the United States. Conventional wisdom has long stated that officers and directors of these foreign subsidiaries face little risk of personal liability. Unfortunately, conventional wisdom is, in this case, increasingly unreliable. Join us for a panel discussion on where and why the legal landscape is changing, and how your directors and officers can be better protected.
Areas of Discussion
- Discussion focus on China, Europe and India
- Exposures to directors and officers of subsidiary companies
- Emerging areas of litigation: product quality, environmental negligence and corporate manslaughter
- New areas of concern: labor practices/relations, tax violations and corruption charges
- Indemnification and advancement of legal fees: solution or problem?
- D&O insurance: why your US D&O policy may not respond
Featured Speakers
Denise Amantea, Partner, Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.
Carmen Chang, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Raj Judge, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Jonathan Shapiro, Partner, WilmerHale
Jo Smith, Partner, Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.
Continuing Education
Two hours of MCLE credit through the State Bar of California*
Two hours of CPE credit through the California Board of Accounting
For more information, or to RSVP, please email Woodruff-Sawyer Seminars.