IBA Annual Conference Rome 2018
7 Oct - 12 Oct 2018
Session Room E, Level -1
Session information
LPD Showcase: initial coin offerings (ICOs) - technology meets finance
Tuesday 9 October (0930 - 1230)
Session Room E, Level -1
Committee(s)
Financial Services Section
(Lead)
Legal Practice Division
(Lead)
Technology Law Committee
(Lead)
Asset Management and Investment Funds Committee
Banking & Financial Law Committee
Capital Markets Forum
Closely Held Companies Committee
Securities Law Committee
Description
Over the past three years, technology-based companies have introduced a new means of funding. By selling cryptocurrency (bitcoin, Ethereum or self-produced tokens), companies have raised significant amounts of funding in a currently unregulated territory. Initial coin offerings (ICOs) present new issues and challenges relating to buying and selling technology-based currency, disclosure, regulation, money laundering, payment systems and fraud prevention. The session will bring together experts in technology, banking, capital markets and investment funds, as well as founders of companies who have succeeded in these fundraisings and regulators.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Alexei Bonamin | TozziniFreire Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Membership Officer, Capital Markets Forum |
| Yuval Horn | Gornitzky & Co, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Speakers
| Adrian Ang | Allen & Gledhill, Singapore, Singapore |
| Shy Datika | INX Exchange, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Klas Eklund | Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Theodor Haertsch | Walder Wyss Ltd, Zürich, Switzerland; Special Projects Officer, Capital Markets Forum |
| Joost Linnemann | Izoard, Haarlem, Netherlands; Membership Officer, Technology Law Committee |
| Anthony Provasoli | Hassans International Law Firm, Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Alexandra C Scheibe | McDermott Will & Emery, New York, New York, USA |
| Lee Schneider | Block.One, New York, New York, USA |
| Yuri Suzuki | Atsumi & Sakai, Tokyo, Japan |
| Noreen Weiss | Gunnercooke US LLP, New York, New York, USA; Communications and Publications Officer, Closely Held Companies Committee |
| Sharon Zalewski | EY, Tel Aviv, Israel |