TOPIC
Please join C. Ian Kyer, just returned from Bangalore, India, as he presents the New Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) international Banking regulatory initiative and its impact on multi-jurisdictional outsourcings. Basel II is a complex new standard for measuring risk in financial services firms that has been published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which is a committee of the Bank for International Settlements (located in Basel, Switzerland).
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
C. Ian Kyer
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Ian Kyer is a partner practicing corporate/commercial law with an emphasis on serving information technology companies. He advises buyers and sellers of technology on acquisitions, licensing, outsourcing and technology-related legal disputes. Ian is regularly retained by the federal and the Ontario provincial government with respect to computer-related transactions and disputes.
The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory (see www.lexpert.ca) has stated that Ian is one of the most consistently recommended “leading practitioners – Toronto”. He has been listed for several years in The Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and has twice been rated one of the top 25 IT lawyers in the world in Euromoney’s The Best of the Best. Ian is also listed in Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. He has been given the highest rating by Martindale Hubbell and has recently been chosen to be in Canadian Who’s Who. Ian has written and spoken extensively on computer and telecom-related legal issues both in Canada and internationally. Ian is the Co-Editor of Outsourcing Transactions: A Practical Guide, to be published shortly by Canada Law Book. He has also co-authored books on the history of legal education in Ontario and on computer-related legal agreements.
COST FOR ATTENDANCE
Cost for lunch: $10 for members and students, $15 for non-members, payable at the meeting. Receipts will be available. Cheques should be made payable to the Toronto Computer Lawyers’ Group.
REGISTRATION
REGISTER BEFORE 5:00 p.m., Thursday, February 9, 2006.
REGISTRATIONS WILL NOT BE CONFIRMED UNLESS THE LUNCH IS FULLY BOOKED.
Cancellations also accepted before 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 10, 2006. Substitutions are permitted anytime. Registrants who do not attend and do not cancel or send a substitute may be invoiced for lunch.
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