Tobias L. Knapp, Partner, Jenner & Block to Speak at Knowledge Congress’ Event on SOX Update - Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: New Guidelines on 03/04/08
The Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused teleconferences has announced today that Tobias L. Knapp, Partner of Jenner & Block will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming teleconference entitled: “SOX Update - Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: New Guidelines.” This 2-hour event is scheduled for March 4, 2008, Tuesday, from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST.
New York, NY, January 13, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused teleconferences has announced today that Tobias L. Knapp, Partner of Jenner & Block will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming teleconference entitled: “SOX Update - Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: New Guidelines ”. This 2-hour event is scheduled for March 4, 2008, Tuesday, from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST. (For further details of the event and an updated list of panelists, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2007_SOX.html)
Sarbanes-Oxley continues to be an item of interest on the radar of most corporate accountants and finance directors. The Knowledge Congress has scheduled an update for September of 2007 to its successful June SOX event. On the agenda, will be up-to-the-minute changes and real-world examples of the ups and downs of SOX implementation particularly as it pertains to smaller publicly traded firms. Includes discussion of Sections 302 and 404 and "significant deficiency".
The Knowledge Congress has assembled panel of distinguished experts to help make these policies clear to the organizations most impacted. The panel will present their findings, which include “Best Practices” in a two-hour teleconference.
About Mr. Tobias L. Knapp
Tobias L. Knapp is a partner in Jenner & Block’s New York office. He is a member of the Firm’s Corporate, Securities, Private Equity/Investment Management and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices. He represents clients in public and private capital raising, business combination and investment transactions and advises on corporate governance and securities law compliance.
In his securities transactions practice, Mr. Knapp has represented issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of debt, equity and derivative securities. He has recently represented clients such as General Dynamics Corporation and General Motors Acceptance Corporation in over $10 billion in SEC-registered securities offerings and a publicly traded technology company in its approximately $160 million convertible debt exchange offer.
Mr. Knapp’s private equity/investment management practice has included the recent formation of a $650 million fund of funds and representation of institutional investors investing in various private funds. Mr. Knapp regularly represents General Motors Asset Management in connection with its private fund investments. He has also advised clients with respect to compliance with the Investment Company Act, Investment Advisors Act and other regulatory regimes affecting investment vehicles.
Mr. Knapp has also represented public and private companies and special committees in a variety of merger, acquisition and divestiture transactions. His recent transactions include asset and stock acquisitions for clients such as Wolters Kluwer and General Dynamics Corporation and the going-private merger of Minuteman International, Inc. with Hako-Werke International. He has also represented sellers of companies and business units in a variety of stock and asset transactions.
Prior to joining Jenner & Block in 2003, Mr. Knapp practiced corporate and securities law with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York. He received his B.A, cum laude, from Amherst College in 1991 and his J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Boston University Law Review in 1997. Mr. Knapp also received his M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1997. Mr. Knapp has experience working in the former Soviet Union and is proficient in Russian. Mr. Knapp is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, New York and Massachusetts.
About Jenner & Block
Founded in 1914, Jenner & Block consistently delivers outstanding results in corporate transactions and secures major litigation victories for clients from the trial level through the United States Supreme Court. Their more than 460 attorneys located in Chicago, Dallas, New York and Washington, DC offer substantial experience in a broad range of legal areas. They have grown and prospered because of their dedication and unwavering commitment to their clients, to the Bar, to their people and to public service. Clients from around the world trust Jenner & Block with their most complex and challenging matters.
Their lawyers have argued many matters before the United States Supreme Court, all of the 13 United States Circuit Courts of Appeals and dozens of other federal and state courts across the country.
Among Jenner & Block’s trial attorneys are 12 Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, 10 former United States Supreme Court clerks, 44 former United States Court of Appeals clerks, numerous state appellate court clerks, two former U.S. Attorneys and numerous former Assistant U.S. Attorneys. They have members of the bars of every United States Court of Appeals and members of state bars throughout the country. Several former Jenner & Block lawyers currently serve as federal judges, maintaining a remarkable history of judicial service by members of the Firm.
The Firm has a substantial transactional and corporate practice, which focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities, finance, private equity, real estate, tax, environmental, insurance, commercial law, technology, intellectual property, bankruptcy and reorganization, labor and employment, executive compensation, government contacts, health care and associations.
Jenner & Block has traditionally served as a leader in public service and pro bono advocacy, having been consistently ranked as one of the top ten pro bono firms in the country by The American Lawyer magazine. Many organizations have recognized the Firm for its longstanding pro bono commitment. They have received the Pro Bono Institute’s John H. Pickering Award, Public Interest Law Initiative's Pro Bono Initiative Award, DC Bar’s Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award, the prestigious Pro Bono Publico Award from the American Bar Association, and many more.
For more information about Tobias Knapp and Jenner & Block, please visit: http://www.jenner.com
About The Knowledge Congress
The 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 or to register to an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.
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Sarbanes-Oxley continues to be an item of interest on the radar of most corporate accountants and finance directors. The Knowledge Congress has scheduled an update for September of 2007 to its successful June SOX event. On the agenda, will be up-to-the-minute changes and real-world examples of the ups and downs of SOX implementation particularly as it pertains to smaller publicly traded firms. Includes discussion of Sections 302 and 404 and "significant deficiency".
The Knowledge Congress has assembled panel of distinguished experts to help make these policies clear to the organizations most impacted. The panel will present their findings, which include “Best Practices” in a two-hour teleconference.
About Mr. Tobias L. Knapp
Tobias L. Knapp is a partner in Jenner & Block’s New York office. He is a member of the Firm’s Corporate, Securities, Private Equity/Investment Management and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices. He represents clients in public and private capital raising, business combination and investment transactions and advises on corporate governance and securities law compliance.
In his securities transactions practice, Mr. Knapp has represented issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of debt, equity and derivative securities. He has recently represented clients such as General Dynamics Corporation and General Motors Acceptance Corporation in over $10 billion in SEC-registered securities offerings and a publicly traded technology company in its approximately $160 million convertible debt exchange offer.
Mr. Knapp’s private equity/investment management practice has included the recent formation of a $650 million fund of funds and representation of institutional investors investing in various private funds. Mr. Knapp regularly represents General Motors Asset Management in connection with its private fund investments. He has also advised clients with respect to compliance with the Investment Company Act, Investment Advisors Act and other regulatory regimes affecting investment vehicles.
Mr. Knapp has also represented public and private companies and special committees in a variety of merger, acquisition and divestiture transactions. His recent transactions include asset and stock acquisitions for clients such as Wolters Kluwer and General Dynamics Corporation and the going-private merger of Minuteman International, Inc. with Hako-Werke International. He has also represented sellers of companies and business units in a variety of stock and asset transactions.
Prior to joining Jenner & Block in 2003, Mr. Knapp practiced corporate and securities law with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York. He received his B.A, cum laude, from Amherst College in 1991 and his J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Boston University Law Review in 1997. Mr. Knapp also received his M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1997. Mr. Knapp has experience working in the former Soviet Union and is proficient in Russian. Mr. Knapp is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, New York and Massachusetts.
About Jenner & Block
Founded in 1914, Jenner & Block consistently delivers outstanding results in corporate transactions and secures major litigation victories for clients from the trial level through the United States Supreme Court. Their more than 460 attorneys located in Chicago, Dallas, New York and Washington, DC offer substantial experience in a broad range of legal areas. They have grown and prospered because of their dedication and unwavering commitment to their clients, to the Bar, to their people and to public service. Clients from around the world trust Jenner & Block with their most complex and challenging matters.
Their lawyers have argued many matters before the United States Supreme Court, all of the 13 United States Circuit Courts of Appeals and dozens of other federal and state courts across the country.
Among Jenner & Block’s trial attorneys are 12 Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, 10 former United States Supreme Court clerks, 44 former United States Court of Appeals clerks, numerous state appellate court clerks, two former U.S. Attorneys and numerous former Assistant U.S. Attorneys. They have members of the bars of every United States Court of Appeals and members of state bars throughout the country. Several former Jenner & Block lawyers currently serve as federal judges, maintaining a remarkable history of judicial service by members of the Firm.
The Firm has a substantial transactional and corporate practice, which focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities, finance, private equity, real estate, tax, environmental, insurance, commercial law, technology, intellectual property, bankruptcy and reorganization, labor and employment, executive compensation, government contacts, health care and associations.
Jenner & Block has traditionally served as a leader in public service and pro bono advocacy, having been consistently ranked as one of the top ten pro bono firms in the country by The American Lawyer magazine. Many organizations have recognized the Firm for its longstanding pro bono commitment. They have received the Pro Bono Institute’s John H. Pickering Award, Public Interest Law Initiative's Pro Bono Initiative Award, DC Bar’s Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award, the prestigious Pro Bono Publico Award from the American Bar Association, and many more.
For more information about Tobias Knapp and Jenner & Block, please visit: http://www.jenner.com
About The Knowledge Congress
The 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 or to register to an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.
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