IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022

30 Oct - 4 Nov 2022

Room 211, Level 2

Session information

Bridging the divide: good practice principles for cross-border closing opinions - an update on the initial project of the ABA/IBA Joint Task Force on cross-border closing opinions

Thursday 3 November (0930 - 1045)

Room 211, Level 2
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Committee(s)

Banking & Financial Law Committee (Lead)

Description

This session will present an update on the initial project of the ABA/IBA Joint Task Force on cross-border closing opinions. The ABA and IBA formed the Joint Task force to build upon work done under the auspices of the ABA, the IBA and others as well as a number of bar groups in several countries to improve the practices of lawyers in countries throughout the world relating to the giving of, and advising recipients of, closing opinions in cross-border transactions The initial project has focused on developing principles-based guidance on good practices for both opinion givers and opinion recipients for closing opinions in cross-border transactions.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Benedikt Maurenbrecher Homburger AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Ettore Santucci Goodwin Procter, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Speakers

Kersti Hanson BofA Securities, New York, New York, USA
Michael Kutschera BINDER GRÖSSWANG, Vienna, Austria; IBA Council Member, Austrian Bar Association
Esteban Mancuso Citibank, Miami, Florida, USA
Caroline Phillips Slaughter and May, London, England; Treasurer, Banking & Financial Law Committee