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International Investors Conference

November 10, 2015 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 pm

International Investor Rights: Tokyo

Tokyo
2015, November 10, Tuesday
8:30am - 11:30am

Emerging strategies for improving investment returns

The Institutional Investor Educational Foundation (IIEF) is hosting a conference focusing on emerging opportunities for institutional investors. Invited participants will include portfolio managers, general counsels, CIOs, investment & fund attorneys.

Discussion Topics:

Appraisal Actions Worldwide - 8:30-9:30am

Moderator: Michael Leavitt, Executive Director, IIEF, Massachusetts, USA

Panelists:

  • Geoffrey Jarvis, Esq, Director, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Delaware, USA
  • Kazuhiro Kawamura, Partner, Nijubashi Partners, Tokyo
  • Guus Warringa, Esq, Director, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Netherlands

Shareholder Activism as an Investment Strategy and the new Japanese Stewardship Code - 9:30-10:30am

Moderator: Martin Yupangco, Managing Director, Optima Strategies Limited, Singapore

Panelists:

  • Hirohito Akagami, Esq. Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo
  • Hiroshi Komori, Associate General Manager, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd, Tokyo
  • Shuichi Seo, President, CFA Society Japan, Tokyo

Asset Recovery Through Litigation and Arbitration in the United States and Around the Globe - 10:30-11:30am

Moderator: Sean Handler, Partner, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Pennsylvania, USA

Panelists:

  • Darren Check, Partner, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Wim Hazeleger, President and General Counsel, APG Asset Management Asia, Hong Kong
  • Geoffrey Jarvis, Esq, Director, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Delaware, USA
  • Anders Månsson, Legal Counsel to Sjunde-AP Fonden (AP7), Stockholm, Sweden

Qualified Attendees Register Online