19th Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds 2018 | International Bar Association (IBA) | 11 March 2018 | InterContinental Park Lane, One Hamilton Place, Park Ln, Mayfair, London W1J 7QY, UK

A conference co-presented by the IBA Private Investment Funds Subcommittee of the IBA Investment Funds Committee and the Subcommittee on Hedge Funds of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities Law of the American Bar Association Section of Business Law

Workshop topics include:
• Key trends relating to private equity funds
• Key trends relating to hedge funds
• Key trends in fund restructurings, including GP-led secondary transactions
• Key trends relating to direct lending funds
• Key considerations in drafting fund agreements, including exculpation and indemnification provisions
• Key trends relating to digital asset funds
• Passing the torch: governance and economic arrangements of a new generation of professionals at
alternative asset managers
• Tax update: key developments affecting private funds globally
• Update on legal developments in selected principal fund jurisdictions in the EU and offshore
• The alternative structures and terms of permanent capital investment products
• Key considerations relating to the formation and operations of family offices by fund managers
• The calculation and presentation of historical investment performance
• The impact of Brexit on the alternatives management industry

2018 Speakers

Olwyn Alexander
PwC, Dublin

Peter Gibbs
Permira, London

Joseph Glatt
Apollo Global Management, New York

David Plutzer
Goldman Sachs, New York

Marc Lasry
Avenue Capital Group, New York

Saul Goodman
Evercore, New York

Jamie Lurie
Dyal Capital Partners, New York

Michael Wolitzer
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York

Tim Buckley
Walkers, Grand Cayman

Giulianna Ruiz
Trilantic Capital Partners North America, New York

Jonathan G Soler
Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York

Ryan Toteja
The Carlyle Group, Washington DC

Olga Gutman
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York

Burke Montgomery
GCM Grosvenor, Chicago, Illinois

Gwyneth Rees
Maples and Calder, Grand Cayman

Andrew M Ahern
Debevoise & Plimpton, New York

Immanuel Rubin
Campbell Lutyens, London

Edward D Sopher
Gibson Dunn, New York

Stephanie Berdik
Kirkland Ellis, Boston, Massachusetts

Gus Black
Dechert, London

Ginger Norman
Canyon Partners, Los Angeles, California

Maury Slevin
Oak Hill Advisors, New York

Chris Anderson
KPS Capital Partners, New York

Zhiyi Ren
Fangda Partners, Beijing

Anna Rips
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York

Joseph A Smith
Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York

Rebecca Lee
PwC, San Francisco, California

James Munsell
Sidley Austin, New York

Nick Rogers
Ogier, Grand Cayman

Michael Gerstenzang
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York

Neil Koren
Shartsis Friese, San Francisco, California

Gregory Hannibal
Latham & Watkins, New York

Hatice Ismail
Simmons & Simmons, London

Jennifer Marques
Oaktree Capital Management, London

Paul McCartney
E&Y, London

Eric Wang
Sullivan & Cromwell, London

Elizabeth Denman
Conyers Dill, Bermuda

Ezechiel Havrenne
NautaDutilh, Luxembourg

Iain McMurdo
Maples and Calder, Grand Cayman

Mark White
McCann FitzGerald, Dublin

Halit Coussin
Pershing Square Capital Management, New York

Thomas Friedmann
Dechert, Washington, DC

Robert Porter
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, London

Gregory S Rowland
Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York

Monica Arora
Proskauer, New York

Frederic Banzet
FFP, London

Tarek Mardini
Pöllath + Partners, Berlin

Rajesh Swaminathan
Jasper Ridge Partners, Menlo Park, California

John Beals
Nixon Peabody, Boston, Massachusetts

Jason Ment
StepStone Group, New York

Allen Parker
APG Asset Management, New York

Michael Whamond
MIT Investment Management Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Marisa Beeney
GSO Capital Partners, New York

Susanne V Clark
Centerbridge Partners, New York

Fred Fogel
The Baupost Group, Boston, Massachusetts

Ranesh Ramanathan
Bain, Boston, Massachusetts

Josh Targoff
Third Point, New York

Sharon Binger
Silver Lake Group, Menlo Park, California

Amelia Cottrell
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York

Lou Hering Morris
Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Delaware

Barry Barbash
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York

Harsha G Marti
Warburg Pincus, New York

Lior J Ohayon
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York

William L Sturman
Covington & Burling, New York

Debra Franzese
Seward & Kissel, New York

Fadi Samman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Washington DC

Christopher M Wells
Proskauer Rose, New York

Henry Bregstein
Katten Muchin Rosenman, New York

Shukie Grossman
Gibson Dunn, New York

Adrian Rae
Leipsic Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York

Alan A Pardee
Mercury Capital, San Francisco, California

Evan Jacobs
BTG Pactual, London

Brian McDermott
A&L Goodbody, Dublin; Senior Vice Chair, IBA Investment Funds Committee

Edgar Wallach
Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Frankfurt

MODERATORS:

Paul Ginsberg
Roark Capital Group, Atlanta, Georgia

Ariel Deckelbaum
Paul Weiss, New York

Amran Hussein
Paul Weiss, New York

Kelli Moll Akin
Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, New York

Sean Hill
Kirkland Ellis, Boston, Massachusetts

Kate Downey
Fried Frank London

David Lee
Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, California

Stephanie Breslow
Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York

Amanda Persaud
Ropes & Gray, New York

Damien Crossley
MacFarlanes, London

Patricia Volhard
Debevoise & Plimpton, London

Whitney A Chatterjee
Sullivan & Cromwell, New York

Timothy Clark
Sidley Austin, New York

Carolina de Onis
Teachers Retirement System of Texas, Austin, Texas

John Suydam
Apollo Global Management, New York

Marco Masotti
Paul Weiss, New York

Laurel Fitzpatrick
Ropes & Gray, New York

Laura Friedrich
Shearman & Sterling, New York

Jamie Nash
Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen, New York

Jeremy R Berry
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, New York

Stephen Robinson
MacFarlanes, London

2018 Sponsors

HEADLINE SOCIAL EVENT:
• Carey Olsen
• Fried Frank
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Loyens & Loeff
• Maples
• Mourant Ozannes
• Ogier
• Paul Weiss
• Ropes & Gray
• Walkers

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