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IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024

15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024

PALACIO DE CANAL 10, LEVEL E1

Session information

Meme stocks and short attacks: are the inmates running the asylum?

Wednesday 18 September (1615 - 1730)

PALACIO DE CANAL 10, LEVEL E1

Committee(s)

Securities Law Committee (Lead)
Capital Markets Forum

Description

Certain publicly traded stocks have been the target of heightened social media attention, prompting significant retail-based shareholder activism, often against institutional short-selling investors. The session will look at these recent cases and discuss the phenomenon and the regulatory regimes and responses around it.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Christoph Moser	Schoenherr, Vienna, Austria; Co-Vice Chair , Capital Markets Forum
Trevor Norwitz	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, USA

Speakers

Kyung Hwa Moon	Shin & Kim LLC, Seoul, South Korea
Nicholas Pellicani	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, London, England
Manoj Pundit	Borden Ladner Gervais, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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