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Leading Securities Law Experts Will Advise Wolters Kluwer Law & Business As Regulatory Reform Reshapes the Financial Markets
(RIVERWOODS, ILL., October 15, 2008) – Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (CCH and Aspen Publishers) is pleased to announce the establishment of a Securities Regulation Advisory Board chaired by Ralph C. Ferrara, former SEC General Counsel and now a partner with Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. Composed of eminent authorities in the practice of securities law, the new Securities Regulation Advisory Board also features three former SEC General Counsel, two former SEC Enforcement Directors, a former Director of the SEC’s Corporation Finance Division and a former head of the SEC’s New York Regional Office. In addition, the Board includes distinguished clinicians who have devoted their careers to practice under the federal securities statutes for public companies across the company and of every size. Finally, the Board's work will be complemented by experts in the field of corporate governance, Delaware law and public relations. Their input will provide invaluable guidance to the overall direction and focus of the CCH and Aspen securities product line.
The Board's formation is especially timely given current upheavals in the financial markets and the resulting implications for regulatory reform. The volatile and changing landscape makes the Board’s assistance in navigating this rapidly shifting environment particularly valuable.
“Not only is this a great group to advise the CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter, but we are all likely to learn a great deal from each other. Rarely, does such a distinguished group have an opportunity to convene to reflect on how the problems we are solving for our clients today will shape the future – a future that CCH will document and preserve for us all,” said Ferrara.
“In addition to being an incubator for ideas, we see the Board as a forum for dynamic discussions of trends and issues that will aid us in providing coverage of developing events and guidance for practitioners that may result in future products,” said Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Associate Publisher Susan Chazin. “Board members will play a key role in identifying the impact of market conditions, a fluid regulatory environment and a shifting political landscape on the work of securities lawyers with an emphasis on finding solutions to problems that they, their clients and other members of the community experience.”
Board Members
Ralph C. Ferrara, a partner with Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, will serve as the Board’s founding chair. Other board members are:
- Alan Beller, Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP;
- Andrew A. Bernstein, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP;
- James Doty, Baker Botts;
- Joele Frank, Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher;
- Stephen M. Graham, Fenwick & West LLP;
- Vice Chancellor Stephen P. Lamb, Delaware Chancery Court;
- Carmen J. Lawrence, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP;
- Simon M. Lorne,Vice Chairman, Chief Legal Officer Millennium Partners LP;
- William R. McLucas, Wilmer Hale;
- Louise Parent, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, American Express Company;
- Larry W. Sonsini, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati;
- Richard Walker, General Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG;
- William J. Williams, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; and
- Ann L. Yerger, Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors.
“As Congress contemplates comprehensive reform of the entire regulatory regime for the financial markets and the regulated community, we are indeed extremely fortunate to work with this impressive group of securities experts to provide informed and timely guidance to our customers. Ideas emanating from all the participants will enrich our reporting, analysis and research tools, as well as the overall focus of our publishing,” said Jim Hamilton, JD, CCH Principal Securities Law Analyst and author of Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation (jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com).
About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.
Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services globally for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2007) of €3.4 billion ($4.8 billion), maintains operations in over 33 countries across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific and employs approximately 19,500 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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