GP + LP Global Venture Summit Series

Morrison & Foerster hosted its third annual GP + LP Global Venture Summit as a series of four webinars focused on timely topics impacting the global investment community. For each of the programs, we were pleased to welcome a cross-section of industry veterans who joined us as guest panelists. Panels included:

Impact Investing is Trending – But What Does It Really Mean?

• Maya Chorengel, Co-Managing Partner, The Rise Fund
• Henrik Jones, Partner, Buckhill Capital
• Lila Preston, Co-Head, Growth Equity Strategy, Generation Investment Management
• Elizabeth Seeger, Director of Sustainable Investing, KKR
• Shally Shanker, Founder & Managing Partner, AiiM Partners
• Suz Mac Cormac, Co-Chair of the Social Enterprise and Impact Investing Practices, Morrison & Foerster

Co-Investments: Trends, Terms + Structures

• Tim Bluth, Vice President, Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund
• Jesse Fahy, Vice President of Private Capital, Preqin
• Jeffrey Hayes, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Pathway Capital Management
• Stephanie Thomas, Co-Chair of the Private Funds Group, Morrison & Foerster
• Lee Shepard, Of Counsel, Morrison & Foerster

Distressed Credit Funds: A Market Update

• Kevin Bloss, Associate General Counsel, CarVal Investors
• Alison Horton, Managing Director & Legal Counsel, Davidson Kempner
• Dennis Jenkins, Partner, Bankruptcy Restructuring + Insolvency, Morrison & Foerster
• Geoffrey Peck, Partner, Finance, Morrison & Foerster
• Leonora Shalet, Partner, Private Funds, Morrison & Foerster

Trends in Fund Terms: A Global View

• Eddy Chan, Founding Partner, Intudo Ventures
• Yulia Makarova, Of Counsel, Morrison & Foerster
• Jason Nelms, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
• Nicholas Sheets, Partner, Morrison & Foerster