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Hedge Funds: Issues and Opportunities in Today's Capital Markets
April 29, 2009
Citigroup Center – New York, NY
Prepare yourself to deal with the financial crisis of the present and to learn the latest in the hedge fund industry.
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Sessions Include:
Current Issues Affecting Hedge Fund Activism
Responses to Activism: How to Prepare and Respond to a Hedge Fund Attack
Hedge Funds in Trouble
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FACULTY
Join 21 industry experts for this timely and stimulating look at the latest Hedge Fund tactics and strategies.
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Conference Agenda
DAY ONE
8:30am – 9:30am
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
9:30am – 10:30am
LATEST HEDGE FUND ACTIVISM STRATEGIES AND CASE
STUDIES
Proxy Contests - Office Depot
Case studies:
Joele Frank
10:30am – 11:30am
CURRENT ISSUES AFFECTING HEDGE FUND ACTIVISM
Roy Katzovicz
11:30am – 11:45pm
COFFEE BREAK
11:45am – 12:30pm
RESPONSES TO ACTIVISM: HOW TO PREPARE
AND RESPOND TO A HEDGE FUND ATTACK
Joele Frank
12:30pm – 1:30pm
LUNCHEON WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Roel C. Campos
1:30pm – 2:15pm
HEDGE FUNDS IN DISTRESSED DEBT
Lawrence Clark, Jr.
2:15pm – 2:30pm
COFFEE BREAK
2:30pm – 3:30pm
HEDGE FUNDS AND REDEMPTION ISSUES
Redemption and Freeze
Liquidation
Investigation/litigation
Stephanie Breslow
3:30pm – 4:30pm
RESPONSE TO SCANDAL - A NEW REGULATORY LANDSCAPE
Legislative response
Regulatory actions and proposals
Fund and investor initiatives
New best practices
Ben Allensworth
Conference Faculty
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Stephen Fraidin
Partner
Paul N. Roth
Partner
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Roel C. Campos
Partner In Charge
SPEAKERS
Benjamin Allensworth Senior Legal Counsel at Managed Funds Association
Thomas Biolsi
Associate Regional Director for Examinations
Stephanie Breslow
Schulte Roth & Zabel
Lawrence M. Clark, Jr.
Managing Director and Director in Investments
Joele Frank
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Udi Grofman
Partner
Richard H. Grubaugh
Senior Vice President
Henry Hu
Allen Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and FinanceDavid A. Katz
Partner
Roy J. Katzovicz
General Counsel
Stuart S. Koonce
Partner
Marco V. Masotti
PartnerRachel Posner
Senior Managing Director and General CounselGeorge Sard
Chairman and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Michael E. Swartz
Partner
John Tavss
Partner
Christopher Young
Vice President & Director
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Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities, Corporate Governance, Shareholder Litigation Course Format: Live Conference Date: 04/29/2009 Category: Premium Duration: 7 Hours, 0 Minutes Schedule 04/29/2009 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM US/Eastern Location : Citigroup Center 153 E 53RD ST 50TH FLOOR New York, NY - 10022-4611 United States
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• Benjamin Allensworth - Managed Funds Association • Thomas A. Biolsi - Securities and Exchange Commission • Stephanie Breslow - Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP • Roel C. Campos - Cooley Godward Kronish LLP • Norman H. Chait - Chartered Financial Analyst • Lawrence M. Clark, Jr. - Harbinger Capital Partners • Frederick Fogel - Silver Point Capital, L.P. • Stephen Fraidin - Kirkland & Ellis LLP • Joele Frank - Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher • Howard O. Godnick - Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP • Udi Grofman - Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP • Richard H. Grubaugh - D F King & Co Inc • Henry Hu - University of Texas at Austin School of Law • David A. Katz - Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz • Roy J. Katzovicz - Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. • Stuart Koonce - Sidley Austin LLP • Marco V. Masotti - Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP • Robert G. Minion - Lowenstein Sandler PC • Rachel Posner - Georgeson, Inc • Paul N. Roth - Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP • George Sard - Sard Verbinnen & Co. • John E. Tavss - Seward & Kissel LLP • Christopher Young - RiskMetrics Group
