The International PIPEs Conference

May 25-26, 2010   •   Hyatt on the Bund   •   Shanghai, China





Platinum Sponsor

Rodman & Renshaw

Rodman & Renshaw is a full-service investment bank dedicated to providing corporate finance, strategic advisory and related services to public and private companies across multiple sectors and regions. Rodman also provides research and sales and trading services to institutional investors. Rodman is the leader in the PIPE (private investment in public equity) and RD (registered direct offering) transaction markets. According to PrivateRaise, Rodman has been ranked the #1 Placement Agent in terms of the aggregate number of PIPE and RD financing transactions completed every year since 2005 including 2009.


Gold Sponsor

West Park Capital

WestPark Capital, Inc. is a leading full-service investment bank dedicated to providing innovative, professional financial services to emerging growth companies. WestPark has extensive experience in reverse mergers and PIPE transactions, culminating in the development of the WRASP. A WRASP is a process in which a Company becomes publicly traded through a reverse merger and trades directly onto a Senior Exchange – AMEX or the NASDAQ, completely bypassing the OTCBB. WestPark's WRASP blends components of a Public Offering and a Reverse Merger, encompassing the cost effectiveness and timeliness of a Reverse Merger while also retaining the increased market awareness and liquidity of a traditional Public Offering.


Cocktail Reception Sponsors

Feldman Weinstein & Smith LLP

Feldman LLP, founded in 1996, specializes in corporate and securities law, litigation, technology, digital media and intellectual property, tax and trusts & estates. The firm's founder, David Feldman, is considered one of the leading attorneys in alternatives to traditional IPOs, including reverse mergers and self-filings. The second edition of his book, Reverse Mergers and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO (Bloomberg Press), was released in 2009. His Reverse Merger & SPAC Blog (www.reversemergerblog.com) is visited by thousands of professionals each month, and he also writes about entrepreneurship for Slate.com.

China Select Capital Partners

China Select Capital Partners is a Canada-based investment management firm focused on managing and facilitating foreign investment in the private equity RMB fund industry in China. We invest in leading private and public companies whose businesses involve later-stage alternative energy, environmental technology or other selected sectors and an identified exit strategy.


Marketing Sponsors

Lowenstein Sandler - Attorneys at Law

Lowenstein Sandler PC is a nationally recognized law firm with nearly 300 attorneys. The firm's Specialty Finance Group handles PIPE, RD, reverse merger and SPAC transactions for a wide array of investment funds, leading national investment banks, and issuers, in deals worldwide. In 2006, the Specialty Finance Group assisted in over $750 million in transactions and continuously ranks as one of the top law firms in the nation for the number of PIPE transactions handled for lead investors, according to The PIPES Report and PrivateRaise.com.

Loeb & Loeb LLP is a national law firm with nearly 300 attorneys focusing on select core industries and practice areas, rather than endeavoring to be all things to all clients. The firm represents multi-national, Fortune 100 companies in their mid-market transactions and litigation matters, and serves as primary outside counsel to a multitude of mid-market clients. The firm also represents clients ranging from high tech start-ups to high net worth individuals and families. Loeb & Loeb has five offices located in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Nashville and Washington, DC, and has applied to open a representative office in Beijing to service a rapidly growing number of Asian clients.

Anslow & Jaclin

Anslow + Jaclin serves diverse clients worldwide (including China, India, Canada and Europe) on unique and sophisticated securities and corporate matters, reverse mergers, PIPEs, corporate finance and M+A. Anslow + Jaclin's global clients include mainly publicly held corporations, emerging and development stage companies, entrepreneurial start up enterprises and other business entities across a broad range of industries. Anslow + Jaclin has consistently been ranked as one of the top (ranked 1st in 2008 and tied for first in 2009) law firms in the United States by SEC New Registrations Report for the number of pre-effective IPO registrations advised. In addition, Deal Flow Media, Inc.'s The PIPEs Report ranks Anslow + Jaclin as one of the top 10 Issuers and Investors Legal Counsel for number of placements advised.

Schulte Roth & Zabel

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP represents investors and investment banks in PIPE transactions and related products, such as reverse mergers, SPACs, equity lines, registered direct and Rule 144A offerings, including numerous cross-border deals involving firms in China, other Asian countries, Europe, Latin America and Canada. SRZ has been ranked the No. 1 most active investor counsel in the PIPEs market for each of the past five years by both PrivateRaise and PlacementTracker. Based in New York with offices in Washington DC and London, SRZ's 450 lawyers provide advice and representation across all major practice areas, from corporate finance, capital markets and securities transactions to M&A, investment management, insolvency and complex commercial litigation.

Greenburg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig's 1,750 plus lawyers in 31 offices worldwide provide clients a global scope of resources complemented by local market knowledge and experience. Greenberg's PIPEs practice is a top ranked group in the League Tables published by PrivateRaise and PlacementTracker, based on the number of 2009 PIPEs transactions for investors and issuers. Greenberg was also named USA Law Firm of the Year by Chambers and Partners in 2007.

Second Market

With offices in New York and Silicon Valley, SecondMarket is the largest secondary market for illiquid assets, including warrants/restricted stock, private company stock, limited partnership interests, structured products and bankruptcy claims. Since its founding in 2004, SecondMarket has conducted more than $2 billion in transactions and has over 7,500 participants, including global financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity firms, mutual funds, corporations and other institutional and accredited investors.

KL Gates

K&L Gates is a leading global law firm with over 1,800 attorneys. The combination of the strength of our securities practices in our 23 U.S. offices, plus that of our 6 Asian and 6 European offices, and our Dubai office, offers unparalleled representation for entrepreneurial companies seeking to access the U.S. and foreign capital markets. We regularly represent issuers and placement agents in Initial and Follow-on Public Offerings, PIPE transactions, reverse mergers, and listings on U.S. and foreign exchanges. We are one of the only law firms that has represented issuers in reverse mergers where the company's stock has initially traded on a U.S. national securities exchange. Our sophisticated practice provides excellent counsel not only to public companies that continue to access the U.S. and foreign capital markets, but also to companies (whether domestic or foreign) that are entering the U.S. and foreign capital markets for the first time. In the Bloomberg 2010 Q1 Global Legal Adviser League Tables, we are ranked No. 1 in "U.S. Equity Linked Issuer Advisers" in both volume and deal count. Our Asia practice is tied for 8th in deal count in "Asia ex-Japan Equity IPO Issuer Advisers," and tied for 10th in both volume and deal count in "HKSE Equity IPO Manager Advisers."

RedChip

RedChip's long history of success includes the first to issue independent research coverage on Starbucks in 1992. Other names RedChip discovered as they were on the cusp of becoming Blue-Chip stocks were: Nike™, MarketWatch.com™, Daktronics™. Over the years, RedChip has evolved into a full-service financial public relations firm, representing hundreds of NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX companies. The RedChip platform is the most comprehensive platform available today for emerging growth companies. With offices in Orlando, Beijing, Seoul, and Paris, RedChip reaches hundreds of thousands of investors simultaneously with its robust platform of services and products


Promotional Sponsors

MaloneBailey, LLP

At MaloneBailey, LLP, founded in 1982 and with offices in New York and Houston, is a full service accounting firm delivering small and middle-market private and public company audit and tax services. MaloneBailey specializes in audits of small public companies trading on United States' stock exchanges. As a result, MaloneBailey audit more SEC clients than any firm in the world. MaloneBailey clients are currently in 25 states (USA) and 8 countries. MaloneBailey ranks in the top 10 firms serving this market in both China and Canada.

Bernstein & Pichuk

For over 25 years Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP has provided a full range of audit and assurance, tax and transaction advisory services for clients in a variety of industries throughout the world. Our mission is to provide our clients with an extraordinary level of personal service no matter where they are located. With offices in New York, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou, B&P provides the expertise, cultural understanding and support needed to efficiently serve and advise our clients. B&P is an independent member firm of the BDO Seidman Alliance.

AllBright Law Offices

AllBright is one of the largest, full-service domestic law firms in China, headquartered in Shanghai and with branch offices in Beijing, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. We also have liaison offices in both the United States and Canada and collaborative partners in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. We are proud of the distinction of being the largest law firm in Shanghai in terms of both size and revenue. AllBright's attorneys work within a modern, forward looking partnership structure. Among over 300 registered lawyers, more than 30 of them have obtained Doctroal degrees, and in excess of 240 have obtained Masters degrees, affiliations to special professional bodies or have held professorships or associate professorships.

CCG Investor Relations Strategic Communications

At CCG, investor relations and strategic communications are our primary focus, and we have developed customized solutions to address the needs of companies ranging from start-ups to established industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies.

Blank Rome

By listening to general counsel, business leaders and entrepreneurs, and anticipating their needs, Blank Rome has provided exceptional service to clients for more than 60 years. We have become one of America's largest law firms by adding leading talent and new practice areas to handle critical client matters.


International Media Partners

Wall Street Journal

Launched in January 2002, Chinese WSJ.com is The Wall Street Journal's online publication for business and finance in Chinese. Positioned as Chinese language arm of Dow Jones global media, Chinese WSJ.com draws the editorial intelligence from Dow Jones global news network, while addressing the needs of local subscribers through the efforts of dedicated bilingual team. Chinese WSJ.com features the latest in international business and financial news, and is updated round-the-clock throughout the international business week.

Business Wire

Business Wire, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, is the global market leader in commercial news distribution. Thousands of member companies and organizations depend on Business Wire to transmit their full-text news releases, regulatory filings, photos and other multimedia content to journalists, financial professionals, investor services, regulatory authorities and the general public worldwide. In fact, Business Wire has the most comprehensive news and disclosure network in the world. We originate hundreds of thousands of news announcements each year, with a dramatic impact on capital and commercial markets around the globe and in virtually every industry sector.


Strategic Sponsors

SHVCA

Shanghai Venture Capital Association (SHVCA) is a non-profit juridical association registered in association office of Shanghai; an industrial self-discipline and service organization whose members are mostly venture capital institutions and investors; an open community for overall society. SHVCA provides services in venture capital investment, investment management, start-up companies and other non-profit services. There are 128 members and directors in the organization, including startup investors, related professional institutions, inventors, financers and intermediate service organizations.

SHPEA

Shanghai Private Equity Association ("SHPEA"), formerly Shanghai Foreign Direct Investment Fund Association, was established on 7th April, 2004. The association is a non-profit organization founded by international private equity investment funds and their managing institutions, international investment companies, relevant professional service providers and investment promotion organizations. The Association's member firms have long and rich experience in private equity and venture capital investing worldwide and have invested many successful projects in a variety of industries in China, including information technology, TMT, biotechnology, alternative energy, and manufacturing.

CIMA

CIMA, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, founded in 1919, is the world's leading and largest professional body of Management Accountants, with 175,000 members and students operating in 165 countries, working at the heart of business. CIMA members and students work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit organisations.

ACCA

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. As the first global accountancy body entering into China, ACCA now has over 21,000 members and 38,000 students, with 7 offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong SAR, and Macau SAR. We aim to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management. We support our 140,000 members and 404,000 students worldwide throughout their careers, providing services through a network of 83 offices and centres.


Media Sponsors

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EZ Capital

China Hedge

Market Avenue

Fortune China

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