Zug Commodity Association Thursday, 28 September 2017 12:15 18:00 Management Training This seminar follows on from our advanced shipping operations seminar and provides a comprehensive training for managers whether in banking, trading, legal, compliance or corporate roles. We lead off by taking a look at borrowing base facilities and whether financing Russian commodities is coming back, then move into a session on joint ventures covering: why and how to control a joint venture; tips for reconciling the interests of majority and minority partners; puts, calls, drags, tags, piggybacks and shotguns demystified and winning strategies for securing one's exit from a joint venture. The session continues with a sanctions tour du monde, taking participants through an overview of the time limits applicable to raising loans and trade finance under the EU/US/Swiss SSI regime to the shipping implications of the Qatar crisis, an update on where we are in Iran, Russia and Cuba, and concluding with pointers for compliance with business and human rights law. We move on to a session drawing on experience from a former General Counsel, who will give his tips on crisis management and how to deal with contentious matters including defamation and dawn raids. CFOs/COO, trade finance teams, operations managers, compliance officers, trading, in-house legal and banking teams are encouraged to attend. In cooperation with
Program, Thursday 28 September 2017 Management Training 12:15 13:30 - Networking Lunch 13:30 14:30 / Mr. Olivier Bazin, Partner Borrowing Base facilities : are they bouncing back after Transmar? Financing Russian commodities: coming back from the cold 14:30 15:30 / Mr. Georges Racine, Partner, HFW Joint Ventures Why and how to control a joint venture Key tips for reconciling the interests of majority and minority partners Puts, calls, drags, tags, piggybacks and shotguns demystified Basic principles for protecting your participation in a joint venture Avoiding / breaking deadlocks at the decision-making level Winning strategies for securing one's exit from a joint venture Special considerations applicable to international joint ventures 15:30 15:45 / Networking coffee break 15:45 16:45 / Ms. Sarah Hunt, Partner, HFW A sanctions tour du monde, taking participants through an overview of the time limits applicable to raising loans and trade finance under the EU/US/Swiss SSI regime to the shipping implications of the Qatar crisis, an update on where we stand on Iran, Russia and Cuba, concluding with pointers for compliance with business and human rights law. 16:45 17:45 / Mr. Simon Clark, Partner, HFW Experience from a former General Counsel: crisis management and what to do when you have bet the company and how to deal with contentious matters including defamation and dawn raids 18:00 - Drinks with the team at Restaurant MEATING
Speakers Advanced Shipping Operation Training Olivier Bazin, Partner olivier.bazin@hfw.com Olivier is a finance lawyer with over 15 years experience in trade, commodities and emerging markets. He specialises in cross-border finance, structuring and negotiating transactions in the agri, oil & gas, and metals & mining sectors, and advising on debt restructuring and work-out situations. He has worked both in a leading law firm and most recently in-house at BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA in Geneva Georges Racine, Partner georges.racine@hfw.com Georges is a civil and common law trained international lawyer admitted to practice in Switzerland, England and Wales, and Canada (Quebec). He has acted as lead counsel in international projects and transactions in over 25 countries worldwide, including in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Georges has wideranging experience in corporate, commercial and international business law, including joint ventures, M&A, projects, venture capital, public-private partnerships, privatisations, concessions, trade finance, risk/compliance management, corporate governance and international trade regulation. He has advised clients across a broad range of industry sectors, including commodities, construction, energy, infrastructure, ICT, life sciences, luxury products and real estate. Georges has been consistently recognized in the Legal 500, Chambers' Global and Who's Who Legal Switzerland. He served on the Executive Committee of the Geneva Bar Association's Foreign Lawyers' Section for a number of years.
Sarah Hunt, Partner - sarah.hunt@hfw.com Sarah acts for a range of trading companies, charterers and owners in shipping and international trade law disputes, involving petroleum products, cement, coal, ethanol, and soft commodities. Sarah lectures regularly in-house on shipping and international trade law topics and sanctions for universities and clients. Sarah has worked closely with banks in multi-party chains where payments have been blocked due to overnight imposition of sanctions. She has clarified sanctions questions between parties where trade has been curtailed, with successful outcomes. She frequently deals with trading cases involving banking or physical fraud and is experienced at arresting assets and bank accounts as part of a solution using multi-jurisdictional tools including English, Swiss and foreign law remedies to bring criminal and civil claims against defaulting counterparties. Her reported cases include the Proton case, a Commercial Court breach of contract case where breach of contract was proven and a case confirming hedging losses can be claimed as damages, the Prem Mala. Simon Clark, Partner - simon.clark@hfw.com Simon was formerly General Counsel and Executive Committee Member at a leading City financial services company. He understands and knows how to promote the marketing and maintenance of client relationships. Simon specialises in complex commercial and employment disputes worldwide, team moves, covenant issues, injunctions, liquidated damages claims and advises on corporate and regulatory investigations, crisis management, social media issues, defamation and press/investor relations. He has advised on at least three "bet the company" issues he sued the Financial Times for defamation to prevent the cataclysmic deterioration in a company's share price; has defended a $2 billion claim alleging data theft, defended two well orchestrated 100 personnel plus employee raids in London/New York and successfully litigated to a $100 million settlement.
Venue Hochschule Luzern Wirtschaft, Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen Zug, IFZ Room Helsinki, Grafenauweg 10, 6302 Zug Date & Time Thursday, 28 September 2017 12.15 13.30 Fingerfood-Lunch / 13.30 17.45 Seminar Registration Deadline 18 September 2017 Admission fee per person Participants from ZCA member firms CHF 300.-, every further person CHF 150-. Non-members CHF 400.-, every further person from the same company CHF 200-. Registration Please register on our Website or by sending the form by e-mail until 18 September 2017. I will attend on Thursday, 28 September 2017 including lunch without lunch Name/Surname Company Street, No. Postal Code/City Email Phone Once the deadline for applications has expired, the ZCA will decide whether or not it will be confirmed. In the event of too few applications, the ZCA can postpone or even cancel the course. Should this occur, applicants will be informed shortly after the deadline for applications has expired. The fee becomes payable once it has been confirmed that the course is running. The fees remain payable in their entirety in the event of withdrawal following confirmation that the course is running. Zug Commodity Association / Grafenauweg 10, PO Box 7344 / CH-6302 Zug T: +41 41 757 67 70 / F: +41 41 757 67 00 / E: info@zugcommodity.ch