Scott Bennett Chairs PLI’s 2018 Securities Offerings Conference

Cravath partner D. Scott Bennett participated in “Securities Offerings 2018: A Public Offering from Start to Finish”, a program presented by the Practising Law Institute and held March 2, 2018 in New York City. Scott served as the program Chair and spoke on four panels, the first entitled “Important Financial Statements, Accounting Disclosures and Key Securities Offering Documentation”, which discussed topics including challenging areas related to financial disclosure and accounting relevant to securities offerings and best practices in preparing underwriting agreements. The second panel was entitled “Ethics, Due Diligence and the Offering Process”, which focused on the importance of ethics in due diligence in the offering process and in the underwriting process.

Additionally, Scott spoke on panels entitled “Introduction to the Law of Securities Offerings” and “Working Effectively with the SEC: Preparing Your Registration Statement.”