Advanced Issues in Private Funds 2023 | Practising Law Institute (PLI) | 5 June 2023 | Practising Law Institute, 1177 6th Ave, New York, NY 10036, USA

Designed to provide an advanced analysis of the private funds industry, this program takes a thoughtful and in-depth look at the most relevant issues faced by professionals in the industry. Panels will address the business of creating a fundraising strategy appropriate for sponsors, the varying techniques and mechanisms available to fund managers interested in ways to create liquidity and sources of capital, and best practices for avoiding SEC investigations into conflict of interests and disclosures. There will also be a discussion on the structures and considerations of upper-tier arrangements.

New this year are two panels dedicated to viewing the private fund industry through two nuanced points of view: that of the private fund manager general counsel, and that of the senior external counsel. The program has curated speakers from prominent private fund managers to discuss the legal challenges they face in today’s market, along with veteran law firm attorneys whose status as senior statesman in the industry will provide for a thought provoking look at how the industry continues to develop and grow. Such unique, and knowledgeable perspectives are ones not to miss.

What You Will Learn

After completing this program, participants will be able to:
• Better understand the dynamics at work around fundraising of both closed-ended and open-ended funds
• Assess various techniques and strategies available to create liquidity
• Expose pitfalls to potential conflicts of interest, and know how to navigate advanced issues in conflict resolution
• Gain insight into the manner in which closed- and open-ended managers structure their upper-tier arrangements
• Anticipate the pressing legal concerns facing private fund managers

Who Should Attend

Experienced attorneys in private equity, investment management, corporate and securities law.

2023 Speakers

Fola Adamolekun
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, One Rock

Monica K. Arora
Proskauer Rose LLP

Marisa J. Beeney
Senior Managing Director, Legal & Compliance, The Blackstone Group

Thomas H. Bell
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Scott Black
Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Hudson Bay Capital Management LP

Kenneth S. Blazejewski
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Joshua S. Cohen
Sidley Austin LLP

Jennifer M. Dunn
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Zachary Feingold
Coatue Management, LLC

Kenneth F. Geller
Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel, Two Sigma Investments LP

Robert M. Hirsh
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP

Peter D. Koffler
Senior Managing Director - Legal and Compliance, Blackstone Group L.P.

Shulamit Leviant
General Counsel, Davidson Kempner Capital Managment LP

Alexandra Lustig-Elgrably
Director and Associate General Counsel, Pretium Partners

Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka
Fried Frank

Kelly Pettit
Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer, & Associate General Counsel, General Atlantic Service Company

Jack Pitts
Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, Hedge Fund Solutions Group, Blackstone Group L.P.

Andrea J. Schwartzman
Latham & Watkins LLP

Maury Slevin
Partner, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP

Randy Stuzin
Partner and General Counsel, King Street Capital Management GP, L.L.C.

John E. Tavss
Seward & Kissel LLP

Jessica Yeager
Funds Counsel, Credit, Bain Capital LLC