As part of our ongoing effort to educate and update today’s corporate attorneys on the practices and procedures related to the securities processing industry, Computershare and Georgeson will be preparing a series of CLE program topics to offer to your law firm. The program time is typically 1 hour and will provide 1 CLE credit.

Our program is ideal for a lunch meeting of corporate and/or securities lawyers at a firm and can be completed in your office. Computershare and Georgeson will work with your firms' CLE education coordinator to accredit the program, present the content and manage the allocation of materials.

Available topics:

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    Demystifying M&A securities processing: A behind the scenes look at shareholder services in M&A

    In this session, the following topics are addressed from the perspective of a securities processing agent: 

    • Overview of share ownership including ownership directly with a transfer agent (registered), ownership through a nominee entity (beneficial) and private securities ownership.

    • Overview of the types of M&A transactions most prevalent in today’s market.

    • Related services such as paying & exchange agent, tender agent, information agent, escrow agent as well as full corporate entity management.

    • Transaction process execution.

    • Discussion of timely topics, issues, and trends.

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    Unclaimed Property Implications: The risk of unidentified liabilities

    This session provides:   

    • An overview of unclaimed property & common types of assets that could be at risk for escheatment by individual states, compliance requirements, and reporting deadline rules.

    • How non-compliance can present a liability to the acquiring company in an M&A transaction and how proactive due diligence can be utilized to avoid any potential penalties.

    • Discussion of other timely topics, issues, and trends.

Please complete this form and a member of our team will reach out to discuss the availability of CLE courses in your area.