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ALM’s Corporate Counsel today announced plans for its 4th Annual Hedge Fund General Counsel Summit. The one-day conference will take place October 4 at The Harvard Club in New York City. The Summit will address impending regulatory changes affecting the hedge fund industry and offer concrete guidance on how firms can ensure compliance and attract investor capital. Designed for hedge fund general counsel, by hedge fund general counsel, the event can help industry participants fully understand the legal risks and challenges facing the market today.
Participants will include hedge fund general counsel, chief legal officers, chief compliance officers, law firms, hedge fund executives, and regulators and government officials. The complete conference agenda and details are available at www.corpcounsel.com/hedgegc :
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Session topics to be covered at this year's event include.
- “Duties of the Hedge Fund General Counsel in the World of Financial Reform”
- “Investors Needs, Fears and Protection”
- “New Laws, New Rules and New Risks: Risk Assessment & Mitigation”
- “Counterparty Risk and Lessons Learned from the Crisis”
- “Changing Supervisory and Regulatory Landscape”
- “Preparing For An SEC Investigation”
- “The Chief Compliance Officer and the General Counsel”
Panelists and speakers will include.
- Daniel Bradford, general counsel, Weiss Asset Management
- Lisa Conrad, deputy general counsel & chief compliance officer, Angelo, Gordon & Co., LP
- Jennifer Duggins, chief compliance officer, Chilton Investment Company
- Robert D. Ellis, chief legal officer, Plural Investments, LLC
- William Ferrell, president and CIO, Ferrell Capital Management Inc.
- Peter Greene, vice chair, investment management group; member corporate department, Lowenstein Sandler PC
- Brian Guzman, general counsel and partner, Indus Capital Partners, LLC
- Joyce Heinzerling, principal, Meridian Fund Advisers
- Roberta S. Karmel, Centennial Professor of Law & co-director of the Center for the Study of International Business Law, Brooklyn Law School
- Leslie Kelleher, member, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
- Simon Lorne, vice chairman and chief legal officer, Millennium Management LLC
- Dianne Mattioli, chief compliance officer, EIM Management (USA) Inc.
- Derek Meisner, general counsel, Regiment Capital Advisors, L.P.
- Christopher S. Rizek, member, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
- Robert Saperstein, chief compliance officer & associate general counsel, Caxton Associates LP
- John Scannell, chief operating officer, Hildene Capital Management
- Scott Sherman, managing director, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, Inc.
- Trevor W. Swett, member, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
Attendees will be eligible for up to 8 CLE credits. For additional conference information, or to register, contact Carl Seering at 212-457-7905 or e-mail
cseering@alm.com : mailto:cseering@alm.com or visit www.corpcounsel.com/hedgegc :
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The conference is presented by Corporate Counsel, in conjunction with ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for legal and business professionals.
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