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ABOUT the Forum
Shearman & Sterling is proud to host the 2nd Annual Women General Counsel Forum. This year’s theme is Conquering 2020. We will discuss what female General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers need to know to lead their companies into the next decade. We hope you can join us for a day filled with thoughtful discussions, exchange of ideas and networking with your peers.
New York,
October 3, 2019
October 3, 2019
Registration
9:30 – 10:00 am
Opening Remarks
10:00 – 10:10 am
David Beveridge & Donna Parisi
ESG Risks: What Your Board Needs to Know
10:10 – 11:10 am
Gillian Emmett Moldowan & Kristina Trauger
Networking Break
11:10 – 11:30 am
Navigating a Global Investigation: Lessons Learned
11:30 – 12:30 pm
Adam Hakki & Paula Anderson
Lunch
12:30 – 1:15 pm
Emily Martin, Sandra Bang & Theresa Amato
Equal Pay: Strategies to Address the Gender Pay Gap
1:15 – 2:15 pm
Speakers TBA
Breakout Sessions
2:30 – 3:15 pm
• Diversity initiatives that work
• Navigating Board and CEO transitions
• Using performance metrics in managing your team
• Cybersecurity threats and strategies to mitigate
• How to manage through global regulatory changes
Breakout session facilitators
Breakout Session Debriefs
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Fireside Chat
4:00 – 5:15 pm
Dr. Jennifer Golbeck & Donna Parisi
Networking Reception
5:15 – 7:00 pm
AGENDA
Donna Parisi
Global Head of Finance, FinTech Foundry and Shearman Women,
Shearman & Sterling
David Beveridge
Senior Partner,
Shearman & Sterling
Gillian Emmett Moldowan
Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Kristina Trauger
Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Adam Hakki
Global Managing Partner and Global Head of Disputes, Shearman & Sterling
Paula Anderson
Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Emily Martin
Vice President for Education and Workplace Justice, National Women’s Law Center
Sandra Bang
Chief Diversity & Talent Strategy Officer, Shearman & Sterling
Dr. Jennifer Golbeck
Director of the Social Intelligence Lab
Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
Donna Parisi
Partner, Global Head of Finance, FinTech Foundry and Shearman Women
Donna Parisi is the Global Head of Shearman & Sterling’s Finance Business Unit covering bank finance, leveraged lending, project finance, restructuring and insolvency, and structured products and derivatives. She is one of the firm’s Financial Services Industry leaders and also leads Shearman & Sterling’s FinTech Foundry and Shearman Women, the firm’s women’s initiative. Donna is committed to the advancement of women in the workplace. Donna advises clients on the full range of derivatives, structured products, securitization, capital markets and commodities matters. In particular, she helps clients develop and structure new financial products and has extensive experience in the negotiation and documentation of OTC derivative transactions across all asset classes. She has broad and deep knowledge of financial institutions, regulatory requirements and the evolving business landscape. Donna also spearheads the firm’s FinTech Foundry program, which supports the FinTech-related activities of our clients and the wider global FinTech ecosystem including financial institutions, FinTech start-ups, accelerators and incubators, venture capital and private equity investors, and policymakers. In addition, Donna is a prominent thought leader and frequently serves as a moderator or panelist at events organized by the Financial Times, Glass Hammer, Thomson Reuters, FinTech Cocktail Club, WISER, and the Practising Law Institute, among others.
Gillian Emmett Moldowan
Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Gillian Emmett Moldowan is a partner in the Compensation, Governance & ERISA practice. She advises companies, boards of directors, executives and investors on compensation and benefit matters, including equity-based incentives, deferred compensation programs and employment, retention and severance arrangements. Gillian’s practice focuses in particular on issues that arise in securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions transactions. She regularly counsels clients on disclosure, corporate governance, trading rules (including Section 16) and the negotiation of executive employment arrangements. Gillian also advises on the applicability of federal securities law, tax law and general employment-related legal issues. Gillian has a J.D, with Highest Honors, from The George Washington University Law School and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Barnard College, Columbia University.
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H. Sandra Bang
Chief Diversity & Talent Strategy Officer, Shearman & Sterling
Sandra Bang is the Chief Diversity & Talent Strategy Officer at the international law firm, Shearman & Sterling LLP, and leads the diversity and inclusion, professional development, legal recruitment, and partner and counsel services teams and initiatives. Originally from Canada, Sandra began her career in the legal industry as a litigation lawyer both in private law firms as well as in government. Her passion for talent management and career coaching led her from practicing law to managing and developing lawyers, which she has been doing for over 17 years at several different law firms in Canada and the US. Sandra has shared her expertise and experiences by participating as a speaker and panelist at various conferences and panels hosted by, among others, the New York City Bar Association, the Professional Development Consortium, the Professional Development Institute, the Association for Legal Career Professionals, the Center for Talent Innovation and various law schools. Sandra is a certified executive coach, having completed the Advanced Coaching Intensive program at Columbia University. She has also served as the Vice-Chair and board member for Girls Write Now, a not-for-profit organization based in New York City.
CONQUERING 2020
Great to be in a room filled with senior female attorneys!
Diverse group of interesting speakers providing good information on the market, politics, and generally items of business and legal interest to GCs.
The range of issues addressed was relevant, timely and interesting.
Women’s Initiatives at The Firm
Promoting gender diversity has always been a priority for us, leading to the establishment of several women-oriented initiatives over the years. Some of these, like the Twitter feed @ShearmanWomen, are among the first of their kind for the legal industry. We believe that investing in these initiatives fosters new and strengthened relationships with our colleagues, clients, alumni and other professional women. These ventures allow us to create an inclusive culture that offers a genuinely collaborative work environment. The women-oriented initiatives we’ve launched provide opportunities for professional devel+opment and to build strong relationships internally, as well as with the larger legal and business communities. Ultimately, our clients benefit from the way we approach their needs. Our inclusive teams provide broader perspectives that can offer unique ways of looking at the issues, which contribute to our goal of providing outstanding client solutions.
Learn more about Shearman & Sterling’s Women’s Initiatives.
Theresa Amato
Counsel, Shearman & Sterling
speakers
Dr. Jennifer Golbeck
Director, Social Intelligence Lab
Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Jennifer Golbeck is a computer scientist, Director of the Social Intelligence Lab, and a professor in theCollege of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.Her research focuses on analyzing and computing with social media and creating usable privacy andsecurity systems. She writes for Slate and The Atlantic and frequently appears on NPR, including as aregular guest host for The Kojo Nnamdi Show.Her TED talk was named one of the most powerful talks of 2014. She received a Bachelor of Arts degreein Economics, a Bachelor of Science degree, a Master of Science degree in Computer Science at theUniversity of Chicago, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Science from the University ofMaryland, College Park.
David Beveridge
Senior Partner, Shearman & Sterling
David Beveridge is Senior Partner of Shearman & Sterling, where he leads the strategic direction and operations of the firm. Prior to assuming this role, David served in various roles across the firm, including as its Global Managing Partner, Regional Managing Partner-Americas and Capital Markets-Americas Practice Group Leader in the firm’s New York office. He also previously headed the Capital Markets-Europe practice in London, where he practiced for over a decade. He represents both issuers and underwriters in the full spectrum of debt, equity and hybrid security offerings, including high yield and IPOs, and has extensive experience with cross-border private equity, acquisition financing and debt restructuring transactions.
Emily Martin
VP for Education and Workplace Justice,
National Women’s Law Center
Emily Martin, Vice President for Education & Workplace Justice, oversees NWLC’s advocacy, policy, and education efforts to ensure fair treatment and equal opportunity for women and girls at work and at school and to forward policy frameworks that allow then to achieve and succeed, with a particular focus on the obstacles that confront women and girls of color and women in low-wage jobs. Prior to joining NWLC, Ms. Martin served as Deputy Director of the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, where she spearheaded litigation, policy, and public education initiatives to advance the rights of women and girls, with a particular emphasis on the needs of low-income women and women of color. She also served as a law clerk for Senior Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge T.S. Ellis, III, of the Eastern District of Virginia; as Vice President and President of the Fair Housing Justice Center in New York City; and previously worked for NWLC as a recipient of the Georgetown Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship. Ms. Martin is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School.
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Senior Manager, Business Development & Marketing
Shearman & Sterling
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2018 Attendees
Theresa Amato
Counsel, Shearman & Sterling
Theresa Amato has spent nearly three decades as a litigator, advisor, general counsel, counsel, of counsel, in-house counsel, or executive director in nonprofit, for profit and political entities. She has experience litigating at all levels of state and federal courts, testifying in front of public bodies, navigating regulatory agencies, and advising on or appearing in various international arbitration proceedings and enforcement disputes. Amato is licensed to practice law in New York, Illinois, and Washington, D.C. and she is committed to the advancement of women in the workplace.
Prior to joining Shearman in 2015, Theresa was elected to the American Law Institute (ALI) and the Chicago Economic Club; she was a Distinguished Scholar in Residence, adjunct professor, and member of the Board of Regents at Loyola University Chicago School of Law; she currently serves on the Advisory Boards of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies and the Consumer Law Review.
Ms. Amato is the first woman in U.S. history to serve as the national campaign manager of two high-profile presidential campaigns outside of the two major parties; The New York Times profiled Theresa in 2000 in its Public Lives section, and she appears in the Sundance-selected documentary, “An Unreasonable Man” (2006), and “The Contenders” (2016), a series on the most influential presidential campaigns of the last 50 years. In 2009, The New Press (New York) published her book on voter choice and the difficulties faced by third parties and Independents. Amato was a Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics in 2002, and in 1999 she was a Wasserstein Fellow at Harvard Law School.
Theresa graduated with honors from Harvard University and attended NYU School of Law as a Root-Tilden Scholar; she served on the editorial board of the New York University Law Review, and received the Orison S. Marden Medal for moot court and the Vanderbilt Medal. Amato clerked for the Honorable Robert W. Sweet in the Southern District of New York. After law school, she was a litigator at Public Citizen, and the director of its Freedom of Information Clearinghouse in Washington D.C.; in 1993, she founded the Citizen Advocacy Center in Illinois, and in 1997, at age 32, was named by The American Lawyer as one of “the 45 young lawyers under 45 … whose work is changing lives.”
Kristina Trauger
Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Kristina Trauger is a partner in the Capital Markets practice. Kristina concentrates her practice on the representation of publicly traded companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, investment banks and investors in a wide range of complex corporate transactions that includes securities offerings, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, recapitalizations and restructurings. She regularly advises clients in connection with the going public process and various types of securities financings, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, at-the-market offerings, SPACs, convertible bonds, high-yield and other debt offerings. She also advises clients on corporate governance, securities compliance and SEC reporting matters. Kristina represents clients in a wide range of industries in the U.S. and internationally including energy, technology, hospitality, retail branding, healthcare and biomedical technology.
Kristina has served on the board of directors for a performing arts organization and is a regular speaker and contributor on various corporate and securities law topics.
Paula Howell Anderson
Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Paula Anderson is a partner in Shearman and Sterling’s Litigation practice. Her experience is broad, with an international focus, and encompasses a wide range of areas, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations, global anti-corruption, sanctions and AML compliance, complex commercial litigation, cross-border disputes, antitrust, M&A-related litigation, and international arbitration. Her clients have included global leaders in the finance, insurance, automotive, telecommunications, oil and gas, engineering, media and entertainment, consumer goods and manufacturing industries.
Ms. Anderson has taught Advanced Trial Advocacy Training programs for prosecutors at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (where she also worked as a consultant in the Office of the Prosecutor bringing perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide to justice), and at the International Criminal Court. She has also conducted several training programs for prosecutors, judges and law enforcement personnel in Eastern African on investigating and prosecuting cases of human trafficking of women and girls.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Anderson served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Diane Lebedeff, New York Supreme Court in 1999, and the Honorable Donna Mills, Civil Court of Manhattan, New York in 1998. In 2011 and 2012, Ms. Anderson was named a “Rising Star” in the area of international law by SuperLawyers Magazine. In 2013, Ms. Anderson was named to New York Law Journal’s inaugural “2013 Rising Stars” list. In 2012, she was awarded the National Organization of Women’s “2012 Women of Power and Influence Award,” and was named to Crain’s NY Business Magazine’s “40 Under 40” list of top achievers under the age of 40. In 2014, Ms. Anderson was named to Global Investigations Review’s inaugural “40 Under 40” list of the world’s leading young investigations specialists. Ms. Anderson has also been recognized by the Council of Urban Professionals (“CUP”) as a 2014 CUP Catalyst Change Agent in Law for her extraordinary professional achievements and service to the community. In 2018, she was named one of the Most Influential Black Lawyers by Savoy Magazine.
Ms. Anderson is a fellow of the Leadership Council for Legal Diversity, and has served as a longstanding member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
Personal data has become a new precious commodity to mine. With it, companies are not just able to make money. Using this data, companies can also derive deep insights into people's personal lives; manipulate people's emotions, attitudes and behavior; and expand their surveillance across the spectrum from our movements in public to our thoughts in bed. Who should set limits on what can be done with this data? What are the opportunities and risks companies face today?
Hear more during the fireside chat with Dr. Jennifer Golbeck.
Adam Hakki
Global Managing Partner and Global Head of Disputes
Shearman & Sterling
Adam Hakki is the Firm’s Global Managing Partner and Global Head of Disputes, maintaining a full time litigation and government investigation practice, with particular focus on securities, antitrust, and corporate governance matters, both civil and criminal. Adam regularly appears in the courtroom, boardroom and before the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, CFTC, FINRA, and other regulators. With decades of experience, Adam is seasoned in crisis management and a first-choice counsel to the financial industry for major cases and investigations. Adam also frequently represents companies, directors and senior executives in other industries, especially healthcare, energy/oil and gas, technology and media. For two of the last three years, Benchmark Litigation named Adam the sole “Securities Lawyer of the Year” for the entire United States.
Adam Hakki
Global Managing Partner and Global Head of Disputes
Shearman & Sterling
Adam Hakki is the Firm’s Global Managing Partner and Global Head of Disputes, maintaining a full time litigation and government investigation practice, with particular focus on securities, antitrust, and corporate governance matters, both civil and criminal. Adam regularly appears in the courtroom, boardroom and before the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, CFTC, FINRA, and other regulators. With decades of experience, Adam is seasoned in crisis management and a first-choice counsel to the financial industry for major cases and investigations. Adam also frequently represents companies, directors and senior executives in other industries, especially healthcare, energy/oil and gas, technology and media. For two of the last three years, Benchmark Litigation named Adam the sole “Securities Lawyer of the Year” for the entire United States.
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