Opening Remarks

• Salvo Arena, ’00
  Chiomenti, Partner, Head of the New York Office
  Harvard Law School Association of New York, President

Panel 1: The Current Private Equity Market

• Nicole Arnaboldi, MBA/ JD ’84
  Oak Hill Capital Partners, Partner

• Benjamin Mao, AB '99
  Kohlberg & Company, Partner

• Adam Katz, MBA/ JD '13
  Irenic Capital Management, Co-Founder

• Ed Pallesen, JD '97
  H.I.G., Co-Head, Infrastructure

• Panel Moderator:  
  Melvin Ike, MBA/ JD ’16
  The Blackstone Group, Managing Director

Panel 2: Key Legal Transactional Issues in Private Equity Deals Today

• James Elworth, '03
  Apollo Global Management, Managing Director & General Counsel, Private Equity

• Sergio Urias, ’07
  Akin Gump, Partner

• Carolyn Vardi
  Ropes & Gray, Partner

• Christina (Krause) Henderson, ’09
  Dublin & Co., General Counsel

• Panel Moderator:  

  Amber Banks (Meek), '09
  Fried Frank, Partner

Panel 3: Recent SEC & Regulatory Developments

• Norm Champ, '89
  Kirkland & Ellis, Partner
  Securities and Exchange Commission, Director of Division of Investment Management (Former)

• Joel Wattenbarger, ’99
  Ropes & Gray LLP, Partner

• David Kessler, '09
  Paul Weiss, Counsel

• Panel Moderator:  

  Venera Ziegler, '00
  Torys, Partner