Taylor Wessing is the sole legal sponsor of the AIM Conference 2006, hosted by the London Stock Exchange

09-Jun-2006  |  Corporate
 

Taylor Wessing is the sole legal sponsor of the AIM Conference 2006, hosted by the London Stock Exchange (LSE), on 12 June 2006.

AIM remains the world’s leading market for smaller, growing companies. Since its launch, almost 11 years ago, more than 2,000 companies have floated on AIM, creating a growing community of innovative and entrepreneurial organisations.

Corporate partner Tim Stocks, who will be addressing the conference commented, “Balancing the high standards of AIM with the needs for a global market for growing companies requires everyone to discharge their duties responsibly. The conference is a timely reminder of the good things about AIM, and the threats and opportunities for practitioners and issuers."

At this one-day conference, a multidisciplinary group of experts in their fields drawn from across the LSE’s AIM team and the co-sponsors will discuss the latest issues affecting AIM through a series of interactive panel sessions and presentations. Speakers will examine current market trends, latest regulatory developments and key invest relations techniques, to guide delegates on maximising the potential of being a publicly quoted company.

Amongst the issues that will be addressed are:

  • Current market conditions
  • Recent and forthcoming rule changes
  • Development of the FTSE AIM indices
  • Internationalisation of AIM
  • Corporate governance best practice
  • Impact of IFRS on financial reporting requirements.

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If you would like to attend the conference or require further information please contact Taylor Wessing's Media Relations on 020 7300 4930/ 4925  or email s.lee@taylorwessing.com.

Taylor Wessing is a major European law firm of 550 lawyers with offices in London, Cambridge, Berlin, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Paris and Shanghai.

Taylor Wessing’s highly regarded stand-alone Securities Group is one of the largest in Europe. Over the last 12 months, the Securities Group has advised on 7 IPOs & 9 secondary issues, raising over £500 million total.

AIM is at the heart of Taylor Wessing’s corporate practice and its core strategy. Corporate partner Tim Stocks leads the Securities Group which advises issuers, nominated advisers, brokers and investment banks on a range of equity capital market transactions especially involving AIM and AIM-quoted companiesacross a broad sector spread that includes media, telecoms and technology, with strong niches in burgeoning industry sectors such as carbon trading and climate exchange trading platforms. Taylor Wessing’s AIM practice has been featured in a number of trade publications including Financial News, The Deal, Business Law Review and Legal Week, and is ranked in top tier league tables.

As head of the Securities Group at Taylor Wessing, Tim Stocks has given presentations to leading industry figures on various AIM-related topics, including conflicts of interest in investment research and on the new Prospectus Directive. He has over 23 years of experience in corporate finance and is the author of Corporate Finance Law and Practice. www.taylorwessing.com

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