This document is an invitation to a conference on "US Securities Class Actions" to be held on April 1, 2015 in Brussels. It provides details on the event, including the agenda, speakers, and registration information. The conference will discuss opportunities for European investors and asset managers to participate in US securities class action lawsuits and settlements. Speakers will include legal experts from the US and Europe who will provide insights into how class actions work, eligibility, and best practices for European businesses and institutional investors. Attendees will learn about actively pursuing lead plaintiff roles or opting out of class actions, as well as the claims process and potential earnings.

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US Securities class actions
A unique European benchmark on best practices
to benefit from this financial legal tool
Invitation
Conference followed by a luncheon
8th
edition
after previous events in
Paris, Geneva & Frankfurt
Cercle de Lorraine, Brussels
April, 1st
2015

2. Class actions are currently in the spotlight:
• on June 2013, the European Commission set out a series of non-binding
principles for collective redress mechanisms renforcing the rights
granted to infringed citizens and companies. The commission asked
member states to put in place appropriate measures by the end of 2015
• this initiative also gave rise to the Directive on Antitrust Damages
Actions, signed into law on 26 November 2014
• in France, an opt-in group action law has been adopted on February
2014.
US Securities class actions is a specific legal tool designed for professionals
in finance, usually unaware of the opportunity to take part in US Securities
class actions. A bulk of payouts under the U.S. securities laws still remains
unclaimed, mostly by European and foreign investors. In fact, fraud-on-
the-market class actions allow buyers in secondary securities markets to
recover losses that they incur from purchasing at inflated prices due to
misstatements by the issuing corporation or fraud by executive managers
from US-listed companies.
However, due to a lack of knowledge of the settlement or due to
an inability to navigate the sometimes confusing labyrinth of the
claims process, European investors and fund managers are still
hesitant to actively pursue this procedure. What are the key criteria
necessary to take part in class actions? What is the procedure? How
does one estimate the potential earnings compared to the cost of the
proceedings?
After 7 successful sessions in Paris, Geneva and Frankfurt, this conference
followed by a luncheon will gather institutional investors, asset managers
and class actions specialists to highlight the opportunities offered by US
securities class actions. You will benefit from the expertise of peers in
Europe and the presence of Jeremy Lieberman, Partner from Pomerantz,
who will especially be travelling from New York to share his insights,
as the firm is acknowledged as one of the leading firms in the area of
securities class litigation and in the defense of institutional investors in
United States.
We look forward to meeting you at this VIP conference-luncheon.
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Speakers
Jeremy A. Lieberman, Partner, Pomerantz LLP-New-York
Jeremy A. Lieberman became a partner with the Pomerantz Firm in January 2010.
As specialist in securities litigation, he has had an active role in a number of high-
profile securities class and derivative actions, including Comverse Technology Sec.
Litig., in which he achieved with his team a historic $225 million settlement, the
second-largest options backdating settlement to date. Mr. Lieberman is working
to craft a response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Morrison v. Nat’l Australia Bank, Ltd.., 130
S. Ct. 2869 (2010). Currently, he is representing several UK and EU pension funds and asset
managers in individual actions against BP PLC in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Texas.
Anne-Marie Jourdan, Chief Legal Officer, Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites
Anne-Marie Jourdan spent a large part of her career in asset management
companies, first at BNP Paribas Asset Management, then as Head of Legal
Department at AGF Asset Management (now Allianz Global Investors). Appointed
in 2005 at the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the French reserved fund,
she contributes in legal terms at its assets management operating through the
delegation of the investment management agreement to European or international investment
companies and selection of French or foreign funds.
Jean-François Poulnais, Head of Data Bases - Head of Fatca Project including
class action settlement, Amundi
Previously in Amundi he was heading the legal Department of Products, Markets
Contracts and Class Actions Settlements. Concerning class action, he was chairing
the working group in the French professional association (AFG); he made
estimonies in Opt out affairs in the US. He is still in charge of all recoveries in
securities class action for Amundi. Before joining the company in January 2009, Jean-François
was head of legal in Allianz Global Investors in France between 2005 and 2009; he was previously
Deputy Head of HSBC Legal Department in France, and head of legal, compliance sales reports
in ING Investment management France between 1999 and 2003.
Noah R. Wortman, Chief Operations Officer, Americas, Goal Group
Noah joined Goal Group in 2013 with over fifteen years of experience assessing
and analyzing potential corporate misconduct in the financial markets, in
addition to helping to find litigation solutions in jurisdictions across the globe
for investors worldwide. In 2001, Noah joined Kessler Topaz Meltzer Check LLP,
a Philadelphia law firm that focuses on securities class action litigation where he developed a
concentration in lead plaintiff jurisprudence. In 2006, Noah joined Rigrodsky Long, P.A. as
its Case Development Director where he was responsible for the identification, research and
initiation of shareholder class action lawsuits arising from possible breaches of fiduciary duties
by corporate boards in MA transactions and violations of the federal securities laws. In 2012,
Noah was part of the team that established the Investor Protection Litigation department for
London-based Stewarts Law LLP. Noah was responsible for identifying, researching, developing,
marketing and initiating shareholder class actions arising from possible breaches of fiduciary
duties and violations of the American federal securities laws. Noah also regularly directed and
assisted international investors in analysis of transactional data to determine eligibility in
class action and/or opt-out litigation.
Prof. Dr. Axel Halfmeier, Professor, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg - Germany
Axel Halfmeier is Professor of Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative
Law at Leuphana University Lüneburg. One of his main research interests is the law
of collective litigation, including consumer and investor protection, in particular
in transnational situations. In 2009, he was in charge of the academic evaluation
of the German «Kapitalanleger-Musterverfahrensgesetz» (KapMuG), commissioned by the German
Federal Ministry of Justice. He also testified in 2012 before the German parliament as an expert
on the KapMuG. His publications include commentaries and articles on the KapMuG and other
collective procedures, on transnational litigation, and on the relationship between US and Dutch
class action procedures with German law.
11.30 am Welcome address
12.00 pm Chairman’s opening keynote address
12.10 pm How do US securities class actions work?
- Institutional Investors, Fund Managers, Fund Valuers:
who is eligible?
- Active approach (lead plaintiff), passive (absent class
member) or statement out of the class action (opt out):
clear insight into different ways to become a plaintiff
- The different steps of the procedure: a focus on the
settlement
• Jeremy A. Lieberman, Partner,
Pomerantz LLP-New-York
12.40 pm European Panel discussion: what are the real impacts of
US Securities class actions on Business? What are the
best practices in Europe?
Concrete examples and perspectives for asset managers,
institutional investors and trustees
• Anne-Marie Jourdan, Chief Legal Officer,
FONDS DE RESERVE POUR LES RETRAITES
• Jean-François Poulnais, Head of Data Bases – Head of
Fatca Project including class action settlement, Amundi
• Noah Wortman, Chief Operations Officer, Americas,
Goal Group
• Philippe Kerdoncuff, Head of Global Custody Product
Management, BNP Paribas Securities Services
• Prof. Dr. Axel Halfmeier, Professor,
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg - Germany
13.40 pm Luncheon
Agenda
Philippe Kerdoncuff, Head of Global Custody Product
BNP Paribas Securities Services
Philippe Kerdoncuff has been with BNP Paribas Securities Services since 2001
and had several positions with the Bank including Global Relationship Manager
of AXA Group and Head of New Markets Development team between 2006 and
September 2010 where he was in charge of the geographical expansion of
BNP Paribas Securities Services. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, Philippe has spent twelve years
at Société Générale within the Securities Services division where he had various assignments in
France, Spain, USA (Location Manager) and Ireland (Managing Director of Société Générale Asset
Management Ireland). Philippe is a French citizen and holds a Master degree in Economics and a
post-graduate degree in Bank and Finance from University Paris-Dauphine.