Partner Matthew Bersani (Hong Kong-Capital Markets) spoke at a panel titled “What Every Securities Lawyer Needs to Know About Ethics” at Practising Law Institute’s Corporate & Securities Law seminar in Hong Kong on May 24. Matthew and the other speakers discussed the recent developments addressing the following issues: 

• Which ethics rules apply to lawyers in global firms?
• Responsibility to prospective clients and “pre-deal” advice
• Managing conflicts of interest for global firms – best practices
• Communications with persons represented by counsel
• Duties of confidentiality and treatment of client information