Growth Opportunities in Emerging Markets: US-Polish IT Forum: On Thursday, May 17th the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York,partnering with the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce organized and jointly hosted an international US-Polish IT Forum. The Forum objectives included identifying current global market trends, opportunities that stem from highly advanced Polish IT companies potentially partnering with similar American companies and specific changes worldwide,which occurred during past few years in the technology sector. Poland, recognized as one of...

The Spring edition of Quintessence is now available on iPad! Our thought-leadership magazine brings together the expertise of industry specialists and BNP Paribas’ experts to explore and analyse the latest regulatory developments and industry trends impacting your business and securities services across the investment cycle. The new "Quintessence magazine" app is the perfect digital partner to your print magazine: it includes extra content you'll only find on the iPad edition, including an exclusive video interview with Jacques de Larosière, former governor...

Following an insightful panel discussion about "Developing UCITS Strategies Beyond Europe: Opportunities arising in Asia and Latin America" that took place on April 26th BNP Paribas is pleased to distribute an Executive Report that summarizes the findings. EACC member Carine Feipel, of Arendt & Medernach was among the panelists.

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak is chair of iGlobal Forum's 3rd Annual Alternative Investments Summit being held in New York City on May 30. Mr. Nowak will also speak on the panel, "How Is Global Financial Reform Legislation Playing Out?" The panel will discuss: update on financial reform legislation including Dodd-Frank, Volcker Rule, AIFM and Basel III evolution of AI industry in the face of these reforms-registration, investment restrictions, and other requirements impact on banks, private equity firms and hedge funds-to what extent have they already...

The Irish Minister of Finance has approved, in principle, legislative proposals for a new form of corporate structure for funds, (the “Irish SICAV”). A SICAV or “Societé d’Investissement á Capital Variable” is an open-ended collective investment scheme common in countries such as Luxembourg and Switzerland. It is an open-ended vehicle with variable capital equal to the net asset value of the Fund. Investment funds in Ireland which use a corporate structure are incorporated as public limited companies (“plc”) under the Companies...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) is seeking comments on an interim rule that amends its regulations governing the importation of merchandise bearing recorded trademarks or recorded trade names.  That interim rule becomes effective on publication in the Federal Register. The interim rule provides CBP with expanded authority to disclose to an intellectual property rights holder information appearing on merchandise or its packaging for the purpose of assisting CBP in determining whether the merchandise bears a counterfeit mark. CBP will...

The European Commission has adopted its Monitoring Report on Croatia’s accession preparations today. This is a part of the regular 6-monthly monitoring as foreseen by the Accession Treaty. The Monitoring Report assesses the progress made by Croatia in its preparations for accession to the European Union. It covers the period between the 1st September 2011 and 29th February 2012, provides an overall assessment of the level of preparedness for membership, and highlights the areas where further efforts are necessary in order...

EACCNY Member DE BRAUW BLACKSTONE WESTBROEK provided us with a brief overview of some of the key features of the laws against bribery in the home states of the contributing firms: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (together, the “Six States”; individually, a “State”) and some practical guidance on the use of a single set of procedures which might be designed to prevent bribery so as to avoid or mitigate liability in each of them. It...