NEW YORK, N.Y. — Jeffrey A. Rinde, a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group, was a featured panelist at the 2008 All-Cap All-China Conference, held this week at the Waldorf-Astoria.

Mr. Rinde, who concentrates his practice on securities regulation and compliance, addressed the legal challenges publicly traded Chinese companies face, including recent PRC and U.S. regulatory changes and current Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements for non-accelerated filers. He also addressed the impact of the SEC's reinterpretation of Rule 415, recent amendments to Rule 144 and Form S-3, and the use of variable interest entities for Chinese transactions.

The All-Cap All-China Conference, hosted by Brean Murray, Carret & Company, is the largest conference held for publicly traded Chinese companies that list in the United States. This year’s conference featured Senator Joseph Biden, Chairman of the United States Foreign Relations Committee, among its many distinguished speakers.

Mr. Rinde represents numerous U.S. and foreign public corporations with a particular emphasis on Asia. He has extensive experience in public and private equity and debt security financings, international mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing, and corporate law and governance. He also represents issuers and merchant and investment banking firms in public and private securities offerings, as well as representing buyers, sellers, and financial advisors in a variety of public and private business combinations.

Mr. Rinde's clients are involved in a broad range of business areas, including agriculture, alternative fuel technology, automobile, biotechnology, direct marketing, entertainment, food and beverage, health care, high-technology and Internet services, media and new media, oil and gas, natural resource and mining, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, precious metals, telecommunications, traditional manufacturing, wholesale and retail, computer, real estate, and consumer products.

Hodgson Russ attorneys facilitate the U.S. legal aspects of transactions around the world. We practice in virtually every substantive area of law and generally use multidisciplinary work teams to serve the specific, often complex, needs of our clients, which include public and privately held businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit institutions, and individuals. We recently tripled our roster of New York City-based attorneys to provide an even wider range of services and increased depth in important niche practice areas. Our capabilities in New York include federal, multi-state, New York State, and local tax; bankruptcy and corporate reorganizations; intellectual property; estates and trusts; litigation; commercial real estate; corporate and securities; immigration; labor and employment law; employee benefits; and health law. Hodgson Russ has offices in New York, Albany, Buffalo, and Johnstown, New York; Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario.