Hedge Fund Market and Regulatory Update Seminar and Networking Breakfast

Please join Kirkland & Ellis and the University of Minnesota Law School for a networking breakfast and seminar on hedge fund market and regulatory trends on Thursday, February 24, 2011, at the University of Minnesota Law School.  Registration and breakfast will begin at 8:00 a.m.  This seminar will be submitted for Minnesota CLE credit.

The seminar will cover current market and regulatory developments affecting hedge funds and other private fund managers, including:

• Dodd-Frank Act's impact on the hedge fund industry, including SEC registration of private fund managers and systemic risk reporting requirements
• Current SEC examination, enforcement and litigation trends, including recent insider trading cases
• Status of proposed tax law changes and accounting developments
• New SEC pay-to-play rules and lobbyist registration requirements
• EU AIMF Directive

Panelists include Kirkland partners Scott A. Moehrke, P.C., Nabil Sabki, Charles J. Clark, John F. Hartmann, P.C., and William R. Welke, University of Minnesota professors Claire A. Hill and Richard W. Painter, and adjunct professor David S. Royal, as well as Ernst & Young partners Michele M. Walker and Scott C. Odahl.