Jamie Boucher, Counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP to Speak at GKC’s The Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Teleconference
New York, NY, June 01, 2006 --(PR.com)-- The Global Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused teleconferences has announced today that Jamie Boucher, Counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, will speak at the upcoming The Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Teleconference for Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 11:00 AM EDT. (For more details on this event, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org.)
The Patriot Act was formed in response to the terrorist attacks against the U.S. on September 11, 2001. This legislation dramatically expanded the authority of U.S. law enforcement for the stated purpose of fighting terrorist acts in the United States and abroad. Its impact has been far-reaching and in some cases has unexpectedly changed the ways in which businesses operate. Nowhere is this more evident than in the financial services industries, particularly in anti-money laundering procedures. The Patriot Act has not only changed the hard rules governing this process, but many of the "soft" rules as well. Seemingly without warning, long-standing financial definitions have changed or have expanded to include new elements. The Global Knowledge Congress has scheduled a teleconference for Tuesday, June 20 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) to analyze this critical legislation.
About Jamie Boucher
Jamie L. Boucher is a counsel in Skadden’s Financial Institutions Regulatory Group with a principal focus on financial institution mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and enforcement matters. Ms. Boucher represents U.S. and non-U.S. banks, thrifts, insurance, securities and investment companies.
In the last several years, Ms. Boucher has worked on regulatory matters including:
AmSouth Bancorporation in a deferred prosecution agreement and regulatory settlement and combined $50 million forfeiture and civil monetary penalty;
Lone Star Funds in its acquisition of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) and in the subsequent restructuring of KEB’s U.S. operations;
Citigroup Inc. in several transactions, including its acquisition of Sears, Roebuck & Co.’s credit card business, its acquisition of Golden State Bancorp and the related merger of California Federal Bank into Citibank (West), FSB, and its acquisition of Banamex;
North Fork Bancorporation in its acquisition of GreenPoint Financial Corp.; and
Franklin Resources, Inc. in the establishment of Franklin Templeton Fiduciary Bank and Trust, Ltd. in the Bahamas.
Ms. Boucher regularly represents financial institutions on compliance and enforcement matters, examinations and voluntary disclosures involving federal and state regulatory and enforcement agencies with respect to the bank regulatory laws. With extensive experience in the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), as amended by the USA Patriot Act, and the economic sanctions laws administered by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC), Ms. Boucher has counseled domestic and foreign financial institutions on numerous issues arising under BSA, OFAC and related laws. She has worked extensively with clients to design and implement internal compliance programs, conduct internal investigations, train company personnel, and monitor and improve corporate compliance posture. Ms. Boucher is a frequent speaker at seminars on financial institution compliance and regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions and enforcement matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Boucher worked for 12 years in government and the private sector on matters involving international trade and investment regulation. She has served as the legislative advisor for international trade and foreign policy to Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; as an advisor to the American League for Exports and Security Assistance on trade and national security issues; and as a committee staff member on the U.S. Trade Representative-Department of Defense trade policy advisory committee, the Defense Policy Advisory Committee on Trade. Ms. Boucher currently serves as the vice-chair of the American Bar Association Banking Law Committee, Subcommittee on Mergers and Acquisitions. She is a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders.
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1996 (cum laude)
B.A., Oberlin College, 1984
About Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One of the world’s leading law firms, Skadden, Arps has approximately 1,750 lawyers in 22 offices around the globe. Skadden was named the best corporate law firm in the United States in Corporate Board Member magazine's most recent survey of "America's Best Corporate Lawyers," in which 1,483 directors and 284 general counsel of publicly traded companies were asked identify the law firms they most admire. In The American Lawyer’s 2006 “Corporate Scorecard,” Skadden tied for first place among law firms, with top-ten rankings in 15 out of 23 league tables. In Corporate Counsel’s fourth “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies?” survey (September 2005), general counsel at Fortune 250 companies polled regarding their choices for outside counsel ranked Skadden first on the lists of both corporate transaction firms and corporate governance firms.
For more information, about Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, please visit: http://www.skadden.com
About The Global Knowledge Congress
The Global Knowledge Congress is an organization that produces teleconferences that examine regulatory changes across a variety of industries. “We bring together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour teleconferences to study the impact of changing regulations.” To contact, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org
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The Patriot Act was formed in response to the terrorist attacks against the U.S. on September 11, 2001. This legislation dramatically expanded the authority of U.S. law enforcement for the stated purpose of fighting terrorist acts in the United States and abroad. Its impact has been far-reaching and in some cases has unexpectedly changed the ways in which businesses operate. Nowhere is this more evident than in the financial services industries, particularly in anti-money laundering procedures. The Patriot Act has not only changed the hard rules governing this process, but many of the "soft" rules as well. Seemingly without warning, long-standing financial definitions have changed or have expanded to include new elements. The Global Knowledge Congress has scheduled a teleconference for Tuesday, June 20 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) to analyze this critical legislation.
About Jamie Boucher
Jamie L. Boucher is a counsel in Skadden’s Financial Institutions Regulatory Group with a principal focus on financial institution mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and enforcement matters. Ms. Boucher represents U.S. and non-U.S. banks, thrifts, insurance, securities and investment companies.
In the last several years, Ms. Boucher has worked on regulatory matters including:
AmSouth Bancorporation in a deferred prosecution agreement and regulatory settlement and combined $50 million forfeiture and civil monetary penalty;
Lone Star Funds in its acquisition of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) and in the subsequent restructuring of KEB’s U.S. operations;
Citigroup Inc. in several transactions, including its acquisition of Sears, Roebuck & Co.’s credit card business, its acquisition of Golden State Bancorp and the related merger of California Federal Bank into Citibank (West), FSB, and its acquisition of Banamex;
North Fork Bancorporation in its acquisition of GreenPoint Financial Corp.; and
Franklin Resources, Inc. in the establishment of Franklin Templeton Fiduciary Bank and Trust, Ltd. in the Bahamas.
Ms. Boucher regularly represents financial institutions on compliance and enforcement matters, examinations and voluntary disclosures involving federal and state regulatory and enforcement agencies with respect to the bank regulatory laws. With extensive experience in the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), as amended by the USA Patriot Act, and the economic sanctions laws administered by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC), Ms. Boucher has counseled domestic and foreign financial institutions on numerous issues arising under BSA, OFAC and related laws. She has worked extensively with clients to design and implement internal compliance programs, conduct internal investigations, train company personnel, and monitor and improve corporate compliance posture. Ms. Boucher is a frequent speaker at seminars on financial institution compliance and regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions and enforcement matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Boucher worked for 12 years in government and the private sector on matters involving international trade and investment regulation. She has served as the legislative advisor for international trade and foreign policy to Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; as an advisor to the American League for Exports and Security Assistance on trade and national security issues; and as a committee staff member on the U.S. Trade Representative-Department of Defense trade policy advisory committee, the Defense Policy Advisory Committee on Trade. Ms. Boucher currently serves as the vice-chair of the American Bar Association Banking Law Committee, Subcommittee on Mergers and Acquisitions. She is a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders.
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1996 (cum laude)
B.A., Oberlin College, 1984
About Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One of the world’s leading law firms, Skadden, Arps has approximately 1,750 lawyers in 22 offices around the globe. Skadden was named the best corporate law firm in the United States in Corporate Board Member magazine's most recent survey of "America's Best Corporate Lawyers," in which 1,483 directors and 284 general counsel of publicly traded companies were asked identify the law firms they most admire. In The American Lawyer’s 2006 “Corporate Scorecard,” Skadden tied for first place among law firms, with top-ten rankings in 15 out of 23 league tables. In Corporate Counsel’s fourth “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies?” survey (September 2005), general counsel at Fortune 250 companies polled regarding their choices for outside counsel ranked Skadden first on the lists of both corporate transaction firms and corporate governance firms.
For more information, about Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, please visit: http://www.skadden.com
About The Global Knowledge Congress
The Global Knowledge Congress is an organization that produces teleconferences that examine regulatory changes across a variety of industries. “We bring together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour teleconferences to study the impact of changing regulations.” To contact, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org
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www.knowledgecongress.org
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