Private Funds 2024 featured Sidley lawyers and key industry leaders from around the world as they offered global perspectives on the current and future state of the private funds industry. Panel discussions included ethics considerations for counsel to funds and their advisors, a global view of ESG, fundraising for private funds, insurance capital opportunities, regulatory and enforcement issues, and hedge funds market trends.
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Program Overview
Panel discussions included:
- Ethical Issues for Private Fund Lawyers
- The Global View of the E, the S, and the G
- Fundraising for Private Funds: Reasons for Concern or Return to Normalcy?
- Insurance Capital Opportunities
- The Deluge: Regulatory and Enforcement Issues
- 2024 Hedge Funds Market Trends
Industry Speakers
Private Funds 2024 featured Sidley lawyers and dynamic guest speakers.
Rekha Unnithan, Managing Director and Global Head of Private Equity Impact at Nuveen, joined Sidley Investment Funds partner Alyssa Grikscheit for the Keynote Conversation.
The David R. Sawyier Memorial Fireside Chat featured André Perold, Chief Investment Officer at HighVista, in conversation with Elizabeth Shea Fries, global leader of Sidley's market-leading Investment Funds practice.
Additional industry speakers included:
- Mandy Lam, GC, HG Vora
- Anna Spector, Managing Director and CCO, CVC Credit
- Luke Belcastro, Partner, M2O
- Taiesha McBroom, CLO, Aspida
- Michael Adams, GC and CCO, Prosperity Asset Management
- Caitlin Farrell-Starbuck, Global CCO, ExodusPoint
- Emily Locher, GC and CCO, Capstone
Sidley Austin LLP is an Approved Accredited Provider of CA, IL, and NY CLE credit. This program was accredited in the following jurisdictions:
CA – Up to 3.0 hours of General Credit including 0.5 Ethics Credits (participatory)
IL – Up to 3.0 hours of General Credit including 0.5 Professional Responsibility Credits (pending)
NY – Up to 3.5 hours of General Credit including 0.5 Ethics Credits FL, TX & VA – Applied Upon Request