DVD Seminar for Understanding Legal Issues for Venture Capital Investments with Michael Rennock of Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Business Wire, August 18, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b3c948/understanding_lega) has announced the addition of the "Understanding Legal Issues for Venture Capital Investments: Video Leadership Seminar with Michael Rennock of Steptoe & Johnson LLP" report to their offering.

The 45-minute video seminar on "Understanding Legal Issues for Venture Capital Investments" is led by Michael Rennock of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and can be downloaded to your computer or iPod, and is sent to you on DVD. This seminar is guaranteed to enhance your current strategies with new ideas and key points that will have an immediate impact on your client strategies that you can begin using right away in your practice.

The video seminar focuses on:

- A detailed look at the most up-to-date and successful VC law best practices and client strategies

- What clients look for when hiring a lawyer/firm for such situations

- New strategies being used to evaluate legal exposure and new ways to proceed

- Analyzing the latest changes in applicable laws and how to capitalize on them

- Case studies of other cases and what they mean for current clients

Personalize the insights of the keynote speaker in this video to enhance your own best practices, develop ideas for landing more clients, and stay up to date on the latest thought leadership.

About the Seminar Leader:

Michael J.W. Rennock is a partner in the New York office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Corporate, Securities, and Finance group. He is a transactional attorney whose practice focuses primarily on corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity/venture capital. He represents issuers, investors, and investment banks in a variety of financing transactions, including public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities. He regularly advises buyers and sellers in a broad array of industries in both public and private mergers, acquisitions, asset sales and other divestitures. He has worked on convertible and high-yield debt financings, Rule 144A offerings, various financing transactions in Latin America, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, project financings, spinoffs, secured and unsecured borrowings and joint ventures. He also counsels corporate clients on a regular basis with respect to corporate and securities law matters. Mr. Rennock represents public and private companies in a wide variety of industries, including telecommunications, wireless communications, electronic data transmission, retail, healthcare, child care, banking, energy, and transportation.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b3c948/understanding_lega