UPCOMING MASTER CLASSES

Master classes are open to all New York Law School students and faculty but space is limited.  Please RSVP for upcoming classes to cblp@nyls.edu.

PAST MASTER CLASSES

"Revlon Duties Updated: Go-Shop Clauses and Reverse Break-Up Fees"
Speaker: Stephen Fraidin
November 29, 2007

Mr. Fraidin is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.  His practice focuses on the representation of major companies and investment groups, acquisitions, proxy contests, and the representation of special committees and board of directors regarding mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and other matters.

"White Collar Defense:
Reflections of a Veteran Litigator"
Speaker: Anthony Capetola '70
March 21, 2007

Anthony A. Capetola '70 joins us to share his experiences as a white-collar defense attorney. Mr. Capetola began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in Nassau County and since then has been admitted to many federal jurisdictions across the country because of his extensive background in criminal law. One of Mr. Capetola's most notable clients was Henry Hill, immortalized in Martin Scorcese's film Goodfellas. 

Mr. Capetola has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Widener University School of Law and has lectured extensively about all phases of criminal and civil litigation. Mr. Capetola also serves on the New York Law School Board of Trustees.

"Securities Arbitration: 
Level Playing Field or Stacked Deck?"
Speakers:  Professor Aleta G. Estreicher 
                   Professor Howard S. Meyers
November 29, 2006

To view full event announcement, please click here.

See photos from Securities Arbitration master class.

Professors Aleta G. Estreicher and Howard S. Meyers discussed securities arbitration as an increasingly important tool for investors seeking redress for their stockbrokers' misconduct. As co-directors of New York Law School's Securities Arbitration Clinic, they discussed whether the securities arbitration process is inherently fair to investors. Clinic students also shared their experiences and further discussed the securities arbitration process.

Professor Estreicher is a recognized authority on securities regulation and corporate law and has been teaching Corporations, Securities Regulation, and Property at New York Law School since 1984.

Professor Meyers is an arbitrator on behalf of the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers, and previously served as a staff attorney in the Northeast Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement.

"The Nuts and Bolts of Corporate
Financial Restructurings"
Speaker: Allan S. Brilliant
October 4, 2006

To view full event announcement, please click here.

Allan Brilliant is a partner in Goodwin Procter's Business Law Department and serves as co-chair of the Financial Restructuring Practice. Mr. Brilliant concentrates his practice in bankruptcy reorganizations and non-judicial workouts and restructurings representing debtors, bank groups, bondholder committees, asset acquirers and unsecured creditors' committees in large complex restructurings and reorganizations throughout the United States. He is also an accomplished bankruptcy litigator who has successfully handled contested confirmation hearings, fraudulent transfer and preference litigation and numerous bankruptcy appeals. Mr. Brilliant has lectured and written numerous articles on bankruptcy issues. He is the coordinating editor of a four-volume treatise on insolvency law, Fletcher Corporate Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Dissolution (Clark Boardman Callahan 1992).

"Due Diligence in Public Offerings:
The Problem of Detecting Fraud"
Speaker: Stuart H. Gelfond
April 27, 2006

To view full event announcement, please click here.

See photos from Stuart H. Gelfond master class.

Stuart H. Gelfond is a corporate partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York. Mr. Gelfond concentrates his practice in corporate finance transactions but also represents clients in private equity and acquisition transactions. He acts as counsel to corporations and broker-dealers on securities, corporate governance and other regulatory issues. Mr. Gelfond has been a guest lecturer at New York University’s Stern School of Business and speaks regularly on securities law and corporate governance topics for the Practising Law Institute and the New York City Bar.
To view Recommended Reading for this Master Class, please click here.

"Negotiations and Dispute Resolution:
A View from the Trenches"
Speaker: James C. Freund
February 9, 2006

To view full event announcement, please click here.

See photos from James C. Freund master class.

James C. Freund is a former partner of, and now counsel to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. His focus throughout his career has been on representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, a subject on which he has written and lectured extensively.  He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law, teaching a course on negotiating. 

"Who are the Real Shareholders
in Corporate Transactions?"
Speaker: Lawrence Zicklin
October 24, 2005

To view full event announcement, please click here

Lawrence Zicklin served for 24 years as CEO of Neuberger Berman, LLC and as Chairman of the Board for four years. His classes at The Stern School of Business and in the M.B.A. program at Wharton focus on the relationship between business, law and ethics.