Twenty-Second Annual Private Equity Forum 2021 | Practising Law Institute (PLI) | 29 April 2021 | New York, NY - Live

The Twenty-Second Annual Private Equity Forum will examine the legal issues and prevailing industry trends faced by corporate and securities attorneys, accountants, and other professionals involved in the fund-raising and financing businesses. This year's forum will address the trends in private equity structures, the architecture of sponsor-led restructuring deals, current issues in negotiating the terms of private equity funds, and the best practices for establishing effective private fund compliance. New this year is an in-depth look at hot topics for emerging managers, as well as the lessons learned in raising a first-time fund before, during, and on the back-end of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Unique to the Private Equity Forum is the review of current diversity initiative trends for private equity attorneys. How and where can the industry do better? How can attorneys encourage diverse perspectives and counteract bias? Attendees will learn best practices for increasing diversity in the investment industry attorney population.

What You Will Learn
• 2020 and 2021 market overview.
• Lessons learned in raising a first-time fund before, during, and on the back-end of the Covid-19 pandemic.
• An overview of the unique marketing and legal challenges that emerging managers face in starting their businesses.
• Review of recent trends in private equity structures and terms.
• Best practices for recurring issues in private equity transactions.
• What are preferred equity structures?
• Learn how to best negotiate fiduciary duty provisions.
• Review of enforcement priorities and trends for private equity funds during 2020 and 2021.
• Learn how to properly establish private fund compliance.

Who Should Attend?
The program is designed for securities and corporate attorneys in private practice, in-house counsel, private equity or venture capital investors, principal investment professionals, investment bankers, accountants, and others involved in the fund-raising and financing businesses.

2021 Speaker

CHAIRPERSON:

Leor Landa
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

SPEAKERS:

Leah Boyd
Whitehorse Liquidity Partners

Sarah R. Davidoff
Ropes & Gray LLP

Adam B. Frankel
CBAM Partners

Kara Fricke
Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Laura S. Friedrich
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Ann Gittleman
Duff & Phelps, LLC

Michael S. Hong
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Amran Hussein
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP

Mark Polemeni
Perella Weinberg Partners

Justin Storms
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Eric Zoller
Sixpoint Partners