Thank you to those that joined us for Private Funds 2025! Sidley lawyers and key industry leaders from around the world offered global perspectives on the current and future state of the private funds industry.
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Program Overview
- To AI, or Not to AI? Ethics Issues Concerning the Use of Artificial Intelligence
- GP Stakes: A Look at What’s Ahead
- The Middle East: Opportunities Abound
- Big Picture: Past, Present, and Future of the Global Regulatory Landscape*
- Venture Roundup: What’s Here and What’s Coming
- Private Funds: Private Credit Market Opportunities
- “Retailization”: Expanding Access to the Alternative Assets Market
- David R. Sawyier Memorial Fireside Chat*
*The Big Picture conversation and David R. Sawyier Memorial Fireside Chat will be offered to in-person attendees only.
Industry Speakers
Private Funds 2025 featured Sidley lawyers and dynamic guest speakers.
Natalie Birrell, President and Partner at Anchorage Capital Group, and Bryan Corbett, President and CEO of Managed Funds Association, joined Elizabeth Shea Fries, global leader of Sidley’s market-leading Investment Funds practice, for the Big Picture conversation.
The David R. Sawyier Memorial Fireside Chat featured Alisa Wood, Co-CEO of KPEC and Partner, Private Equity at KKR, and Anthony D. Tutrone, II, Global Head of Neuberger Berman Private Markets, in conversation with Michael Schmidtberger, Chair of Sidley’s Executive Committee.
Additional industry speakers included:
- Daniel Duval, GC, Apollo Capital Solutions
- Melvin Hibberd, Managing Director and CIO, Hunter Point Capital
- Smriti Kodandapani, Deputy GC, First Eagle Investments
- Andrew Nelson, GC, Brevan Howard
- Mark Salzberg, Global Head of Compliance and Associate GC, MIO Partners
- Sumana Setty, GC and Managing Director, Wafra
- Michael Shedosky, Co-CIO, Azimut Alternative Capital Partners
- Peter Sullivan, Associate GC, BNY and CLO, U.S. Retail, BNY Investments
- Sean Traynor, GC, Lux Capital
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