NEW YORK, June 2, 2016: Morgan Lewis will examine advanced hedge fund issues confronting global investors and fund managers during its annual Hedge Funds Conference in New York on Thursday, June 9.
This year’s program will focus on current US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement themes, recent regulatory changes, trading practices and investment positions, derivatives, institutional investor terms, alternative fund products and structures, co-investment and seeding arrangements, new offshore fund issues and legislation, Cayman Island LLCs, broker-dealer issues, distressed hedge fund situations and the ethical issues fund managers and investors face around the world.
Morgan Lewis Partners Jedd Wider and Tim Levin will chair the day-long event, which will feature a lunchtime discussion with Peter Koffler, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone and General Counsel, Hedge Fund Solutions Group.
A similar half-day conference will also be held in the firm’s Boston office on Tuesday, June 14 for the second consecutive year. The Boston event will spotlight SEC regulatory and enforcement activities as well as provide updates on international regulatory and ERISA issues. Emerging hedge fund trends, derivatives, employment matters, and institutional investor terms will also be examined by the speakers. Partners Steve Giordano, Rich Goldman, and Steve Tirrell, will chair the afternoon session.
Morgan Lewis lawyers combine industry and market knowledge to guide clients in the development of—and investment in—global hedge funds across all strategies and asset classes in every major tax jurisdiction around the world. With more than 150 lawyers collaborating across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, we advise managers, investors, general partners, limited partners, investment advisers, and service providers for all types of hedge funds. We are a market leader in novel and complex structures for hedge fund formation and investment, such as customized funds, separate managed accounts, investment management agreements, nondiscretionary joint ventures, team lift-outs, and investment platform launches. Our lawyers represent hundreds of global hedge fund managers—from promising startups to well-established funds—including more than 50% of the world’s 50 largest hedge funds and six of the world’s 10 largest hedge fund managers. Our clients include all types of domestic and offshore hedge funds across a broad range of investment and financing strategies, including customized “funds of one,” crossover funds, hybrid hedge/private equity funds, funds of funds, master-feeder funds, and many of the largest and most active institutional investors. Learn more about the Morgan Lewis Investment Management practice.