The Lawyer Funds Summit
23-25 November 2011 • Genval, Belgium

Attended by leading international legal and fund professionals, The Lawyer’s 2nd Funds Summit will this year focus on the practical aspects of how the industry is responding to the impact of regulatory change.


In addition, the summit will address the challenges and opportunities arising from the seismic shifts in the global economy and the legal issues that inevitably arise.



Reality check or a  Brave New World?


Risks, challenges and opportunities of the new regulatory order

  • What are the true costs of doing business and why are they going up?
  • Product development in the real world
  • Investor attitudes to risk
  • AIFMD level 2
  • Where does private equity and venture capital stand in this new order?
  • Dodd-Frank and the Volker Rule
  • Managing the specific M&A challenges when dealing with fund businesses
  • Tax, regulation and the law
  • Newcits, UCITS III & IV
  • What is the future for distribution?
  • Insurance
  • Retirement
  • Doing business in Ireland Vs Luxembourg Vs London Vs France
  • Servicing the investment needs of the new rich
  • Focus on emerging markets

    • View a provisional programme here

For futher information please contact

Ed Tillotson, Commercial Director
telephone: +44 (0) 20 7970 4658 • 
email: ed.tillotson@thelawyer.com
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Sponsored by:

AO Hall

DCG

Maitland

Session host:

Eversheds

HSBC

Ogier

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Confirmed speakers include
  • Ludo Bammens, Director of European Corporate Affairs, KKR
  • Stephen Crocombe, Managing Director of Product Development and Range Management, Blackrock
  • Pamela Thompson, Head of Financial Services, Eversheds
  • Tim Hames, Head of Public Affairs, Communications and Campaigns, BVCA
  • Jeremy Soutter, Global Head of Products, Aviva Investors
  • Philip Read, Chair, British Coal Superannuation Scheme; senior advisor to Goldman Sachs
  • Amit Shabi, Berheim, Dreyfuss & Co
  • Rhodri Mason, Head of UCITS Management, MAN Investments
  • Peter Astleford, Partner, Dechert
  • Freddy Brausch, Partner, Linklaters
  • James Cripps, Partner, Slaughter and May
  • Richard Saunders, Chief Executive, IMA
  • Jonathan Baird, Partner, Freshfields
  • Iain Cullen, Partner, Simmons and Simmons
  • Ana Armstrong, CEO, Armstrong Investment Managers
  • Andrew McCaffery, Global Head of Hedge Funds, Aberdeen Asset Managers
  • Laragh Cassar, Partner, Camilleri Preziosi
  • Elliot Stevens, Head of Legal, Ermitage
  • Mark Geday, Partner, Herbert Smith
  • Christopher Hilditch, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel
  • Michelle Green, Head of Legal, Hermes