David Dixter is a partner in the London office of Shearman & Sterling where he advises issuers and underwriters on equity and debt capital markets and liability management transactions, as well as in securities law and corporate governance matters. David is cited as a rising star in the The Legal 500 UK, 2013.

Jeremy Kutner is a partner in the European Corporate Group based in Shearman & Sterling’s London office. Jeremy has worked on a very broad range of corporate transactions, ranging from public and private M&A to equities work, joint ventures and restructurings. Many of the transactions he has worked on, especially over the last few years, have been ground breaking or market-leading in some way.

Katya is a key member of PwC’s Global IPO Centre, based in London. She has 20 years of experience in financial reporting and corporate finance in Australia, UK and CIS in a broad range of industries.
Since 2008, Katya has been advising international companies on exit readiness, complex financial reporting, deal structuring, corporate governance and regulatory requirements of transactions on London and other international stock exchanges. She worked with companies from Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa, US, Latin America, Middle East and South East Asia.
Her recent experience included advising on AIM IPO of MySale, Main Market IPOs of Lenta, TBC Bank, Edita Food Industries and Kcell, a dual track exit process for Travelex, and a proposed sale of the government shares in Lloyds Banking Group.

Alex Lehmann joined the London Stock Exchange Group in July 2013, as head of the Americas for the Capital Markets Group. In this capacity, he has responsibility for the LSEG’s primary markets relationships in the region, including with private equity and venture capital firms; corporates; investment banks; buy-side investors; and other service providers. Prior to the LSEG, Alex spent 16 years working with investment banks as a capital markets professional. Most recently, he ran Deutsche Bank’s Latin American Equity Capital Markets group and prior to that, ran technology/media/telecoms origination for Jefferies. He also spent significant time at UBS, Merrill Lynch, and Thomas Weisel Partners during his career.

Hidetoshi Nagata is a General Manager and the Head of Global Listings in Tokyo Stock Exchange. He has led a marketing division for Japanese and foreign issuers in Tokyo Stock Exchange since June 2012. He has taken a significant role in marketing activities of domestic and international IPOs. He covers companies in North America, South Korea, Greater China, SE Asia, India and Europe. His division achieved continuous increasing of IPOs on Tokyo Stock Exchange.

He joined Tokyo Stock Exchange in April 1995. Prior to taking current position, he was involved in listing examination of several foreign companies and more than a hundred of Japanese companies during his seven years from 2002 through 2009 in Listing Examination Department of Japan Exchange Regulation. He also worked for Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc. (JASDEC) from 2009 through 2012.

Shinji Nakamura, partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, has practiced law for 14 years, during which time he assisted domestic and international clients with various types of securities offerings, and offered multi-disciplinary advice on accounting, corporate disclosure and auditing regulations. S. Nakamura also has expertise in IFRS-related rules and regulations, and responses to accounting scandals as well as dispute resolutions arising as a result of such incidents.

S. Nakamura worked at the Corporate Accounting and Disclosure Division of the Financial Services Agency of Japan, a governmental agency in charge of various capital markets regulations, for two years from 2011 to 2013. S. Nakamura is an active member of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountant (JICPA), the Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) – Japan, CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute, Securities Analysts Association of Japan as well as an associate member of The Institute of Actuaries of Japan.

Alan Seem is a corporate partner in the Menlo Park office of Shearman & Sterling LLP. His primary areas of focus are SEC-registered and Rule 144A/Regulation S securities offerings, M&A, venture capital and private equity investments and going-private transactions. Alan also regularly advises companies and their boards of directors regarding corporate governance matters, including SEC/stock exchange compliance and disclosure-related matters. Alan was the former head of Shearman & Sterling’s Asia Capital Markets Group and the Beijing Office Managing Partner, having worked 16 years in the Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai offices, and remains active in the firm’s China practice. He speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese fluently and is a member of the bar in New York and California.

Alan has been recognized annually as one of the leading individuals for capital markets work by both Chambers Asia and Asia Pacific Legal 500. His recent US IPO experience includes those of Weibo, Renren, Acquity Group, New Oriental Education, Giant Interactive, BitAuto, TAL Education, Hanwha SolarOne, Simcere Pharmaceutical, Nuokang Bio-pharmaceutical, Lentuo International, Ambow Education, SYSWIN and China Mass Media. He has worked with private and public companies in a variety of industries, including Internet, Renewable Energy, Software, Semiconductors, Media, Telecommunications, Education, Medical and Banking. Mr. Seem is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia University School of Law.

Chris Silva is the CEO of Allied Minds, an innovative U.S. science and technology development and commercialization company. Operating since 2006, the company forms, funds, manages and builds products and businesses based on innovative technologies developed at leading U.S. universities and federal research institutions. Allied Minds serves as a diversified holding company that supports its businesses with capital, management and shared services. The company has formed over 25 majority-owned subsidiary businesses to date and Chris serves on the boards of many of the firm’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining Allied Minds, Chris was a Partner at JSA Partners, an M&A firm. He was also a member of AT Kearney’s Aerospace Aviation & Defense Practice and GRC Intl, a Dept. of Defense and Intelligence Agency contractor. Chris served in the US Air Force and Intelligence Community and holds a BA from Tufts and an MBA.

Geoffrey joined PwC in May 2012 and is responsible IPO and capital market related business development in the Asia Pacific Region and drives cross-border listing activities under the PwC Global IPO Centre. He has extensive networks with the exchanges, securities regulators, issuers, bankers and lawyers within the Asia Pacific Region.

He was an executive with the Hong Kong Exchange in 2000-2010 having served in various roles including listing promotion, China affairs and corporate governance executive training. While as Senior Manager of Issuer Marketing, he supported the Chairman, Chief Executive and senior management of HKEx in driving listing promotion initiatives and travelled to over 20 Mainland China cities and over 25 countries including Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, Ukraine and US to promote listing in Hong Kong.

Speaker in over 80 conferences and seminar events on listing and capital markets, Geoffrey has over the years been advising companies from all over the world on capital raising and IPOs on exchanges.

He has an undergraduate degree from University of California and a Masters degree from Boston University.

Robert Treuhold is a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s Capital Markets Group. He focuses primarily on U.S. and international capital markets, corporate and financial transactions. Mr. Treuhold has extensive experience in initial public offerings and other equity offerings, investment grade debt and convertible bond offerings, project bonds, privatizations, international joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. He also regularly provides ongoing compliance and corporate governance advice to US and European companies. He joined the firm in New York in 1984 and has also practiced in the firm’s Paris, London and Abu Dhabi offices. He has served as Managing Partner of the Paris office and as the firm’s worldwide Managing Partner. Mr. Treuhold is cited as a “leading capital markets lawyer” in the IFLR1000 – Guide to the World’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers, in the Chambers Global – Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, as well as in The Best Lawyers guide and in Legal Experts.

2002～2008

Belonged to PwC Japan. Mainly engaged in audit work for listing companies and subsidiaries of overseas companies, and also accounting advisory works and IPO advisory works.

2009～2012

Seconded to TOKYO AIM, joint corporation of Tokyo Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange. Belonged to regulation group and maintained the rules, investigated in listing companies and securities firms.

2013～

Engaged in audit work, accounting advisory work and IPO advisory work. Experienced not only domestic IPOs but also cross-border IPOs.