International Bar Association (IBA) International Conference on Private Investment Funds 2026
The International Bar Association (IBA) is organizing its 24th Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds from March 8 to March 10, 2026, at The Landmark Hotel in London, England. This premier event convenes global leaders in the private investment funds sector to discuss the latest industry developments, regulatory trends, and emerging investment opportunities. The conference serves as a vital platform for professionals to engage with key decision-makers, stay informed about market and regulatory changes, and strengthen relationships within the global funds ecosystem.
The conference will feature a comprehensive program, including plenary sessions and workshops covering a wide range of topics. Notable sessions include a keynote address by Gerry Cardinale of RedBird Capital Partners, focusing on transformative transactions in private markets, and a workshop on managing conflicts of interest, addressing allocations among multiple products and affiliate transactions. Other sessions will explore global regulatory trends, GP solutions, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession. These discussions aim to provide attendees with valuable insights into the evolving landscape of private investment funds.
Attendees will have opportunities to network with industry leaders, participate in interactive workshops, and gain insights from expert speakers. The event is expected to attract professionals from various sectors, including private equity, hedge funds, and regulatory bodies, offering a unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and foster collaborations. The IBA's commitment to facilitating the exchange of information and views among its members ensures a dynamic and informative experience for all participants.
This conference is ideal for legal professionals, fund managers, and industry stakeholders seeking to enhance their understanding of private investment funds. By attending, participants can gain up-to-date knowledge on regulatory developments, investment strategies, and market trends, positioning themselves at the forefront of the industry.
Speakers(13)
Amanda N Persaud
Partner at Ropes & Gray
For more than two decades, Amanda Persaud has advised global alternative asset management firms on fundraises, fund transactions and firm governance and ownership. A partner in the asset management group at Ropes & Gray, her practice focuses on open- and closed-end private funds of all types, including private equity, private credit, infrastructure, hedge, real estate, and specialized strategies such as direct lending and distressed debt. She is recognized in both the U.S. and Global Guides by Chambers, where clients consider her as having “great knowledge of the industry,” “expertly navigating intricate legal and regulatory challenges” and someone who “delivers outstanding client service and brings a high-level of legal sophistication.” For her legal skill and leadership, she was named a Notable Woman of Law by Crain’s New York Business. Her expertise covers the entire lifecycle of investment funds and includes continuation vehicles, launching of new fund strategies and conflict mitigation. Amanda frequently counsel’s founders and senior executives on upper tier firm arrangements. Her work in asset management M&A and sponsor solutions includes GP stakes transactions, succession planning, management buyouts, preferred equity structures, joint ventures, and spinouts. Amanda regularly speaks at private funds industry conferences and is actively involved in the asset management community, serving as Co-Chair of the Private Investment Fund Forum of New York City. She is a long-standing member of the Bar of the City of New York Committee on Private Investment Funds and the International Bar Association. Her commitment to service extends to her roles on the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of Greater New York and the DukeWIN Leadership Council.
Barra Little
General Counsel at Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Barra Little is General Counsel of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Barra joined Morgan Stanley in 2005 and previously served as Deputy General Counsel for Investment Management and International Head of Fixed Income Legal. Barra is a graduate of Harvard Law School, the School for Advanced International Studies, and the Johns Hopkins University. Barra is a trustee of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras and is past chair of the Spitalfields Trust, a leading conservation charity.
Chris Daniel
Partner at null
Chris specialises in advising private capital managers on establishing and operating private funds, separate managed accounts, corporate investment vehicles and carried interest and co-investment structures. He has particular expertise in private credit, having advised clients on the formation of blind pool funds and funds of one across a range of credit strategies and structures domiciled in diverse jurisdictions including the UK, the Channel Islands, Luxembourg, Ireland and the Cayman Islands, from traditional closed-ended to evergreen, vintage and semi-liquid. Chris also regularly advises clients on university spin-out funding vehicles, deal-by-deal private equity structures, secondaries transactions, GP stake sales and team equity ownership arrangements, leveraging over 10 years’ previous experience as an M&A lawyer at Macfarlanes. Clients value Chris’s creativity in problem solving and his commercial and pragmatic approach to negotiation. Over his career, Chris has spent time on secondment at Hayfin Capital Management, in the strategic investment group of a large UK bank and at ICAP, giving him valuable insight into client-side commercial drivers and pressures.
Danny Riding
Partner at Travers Smith
Danny is a partner in the asset management team at Travers Smith, specialising in strategically advising UK, EU and non-EU private capital firms on the legal, practical and regulatory requirements affecting their businesses. Danny has a broad practice which includes advisory work and the regulatory aspects of transactions, reorganisations and fundraises. Danny is also a member of the firm's International Board and sits on the International Bar Association's (IBA) Asset Management and Investment Funds Committee. In 2021 Danny was the outright winner of the Lexology Client Choice Award for Private Funds (UK) and is recommended in Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal) for Private Funds: Regulatory, having first been recognised in 2023.
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Greg Norman
Partner at null
Greg Norman’s practice focuses on advising private capital businesses on their formation and operations. This work includes private fund capitalization and structuring, as well as the formation and regulation of private capital sponsors, including investment managers and advisers. In addition, Mr. Norman counsels on incentive compensation arrangements, internal governance arrangements, ESG policies and regulatory compliance.
Ilona Logvinova
Global Chief AI Officer at HSF Kramer
Ilona Logvinova is the Global Chief AI Officer at HSF Kramer and leads the firm’s AI strategy, embedding AI across the firm’s global practices. A recognized leader at the intersection of AI, law, and innovation, Ilona has built and delivered transformative strategies that bring emerging technologies into the legal environment. Previously, Ilona led Cleary Gottlieb’s AI innovation and transformation efforts, including oversight of the firm’s in-house AI development team following the acquisition of Springbok.ai. Before Cleary, she served as Managing Counsel for the technology legal team within McKinsey Digital and as the global Head of Innovation for McKinsey Legal. Earlier roles include Senior Counsel at Mastercard, focusing on ground-up technology builds and transactions, and Associate at Fried Frank, specializing in leveraged finance for borrowers and lenders. Ilona advises startup and growth-stage companies in the Legal AI space and serves on advisory boards for industry conferences. She is a frequent speaker and author across industry and broader publications. From 2018 through September 2025, she served as a junior board member of The Legal Aid Society of New York City. Ilona holds a BA in Economics and Philosophy from Columbia University and a JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Ken Rosh
Chairman at Fried Frank
Kenneth Rosh is the chairman of Fried Frank and of the firm’s Governance Committee. As co-head of the firm’s Asset Management and Private Equity Funds Groups, he fully maintains his active practice, representing major sponsors in a broad range of corporate and securities transactions, with a focus on private equity fund formation counseling, investments, acquisitions and secondary transactions, securities and capital markets and general corporate matters. A partial list of Ken’s clients includes Apollo, Bain Capital, Brookfield, Cerberus, Fortress, Goldman Sachs, HPS (now Private Financing Solutions at BlackRock), KKR, Morgan Stanley, Permira, RedBird, Sixth Street, StepStone, and TPG. Ken is consistently recognized in Chambers USA (Band 1) and Chambers Global (Band 1) for Private Equity Fund Formation, in Legal 500 (Hall of Fame, Leading Lawyer) in Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds, and is recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a Thought Leader for Private Funds. Additionally, he is a two-time recipient of Law360's Fund Formation MVP of the Year award. Fried Frank’s Asset Management Practice has been recognized as a Law360 Practice Group of the Year (Fund Formation) in 2024, as well as the prior five years. He is a member of the New York City Bar Association Private Investment Funds Committee, a longtime member (and a former co-chair) of the Private Investment Funds Forum, a member of the American Bar Association Committee on Private Investment Funds, and a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), where he is currently serving as the Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds. Ken serves on the Board of Advisors of the Tufts University School of Arts & Sciences. He serves on the Board of Directors of DREAM (formerly Harlem RBI), a nonprofit youth development and educational program serving more than 2,500 youth in East Harlem and the South Bronx, after serving for eight years as board chairman. Ken is a past recipient of the Legal Aid Society's Pro Bono Publico Award. Ken received his JD in 1988 from the Boston University School of Law, where he was a G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholar and editor-in-chief of the Annual Review of Banking Law, and his BA in 1985 from Tufts University. He is admitted to the bar in New York.
Marco V Masotti
Global Head of Private Equity and Global Co-Head of Investment Funds at Paul, Weiss
Marco V. Masotti is recognized as one of the country’s leading lawyers in the private equity industry. For over 25 years, Marco has led and built the private funds team at Paul, Weiss into one of the elite practices in the marketplace. He serves as Global Head of Private Equity and Global Co-Head of Investment Funds. Ranked Band 1 in Chambers, Marco is widely regarded as “absolutely extraordinary, he’s pragmatic and sharp” with “unparalleled experience and extraordinary reach in the fund formation space.” He is hailed as a “superstar” attorney who is “fantastic and dedicated to his clients.” Marco was named a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer for his role in the acquisition of Chelsea Football Club and has also been recognized as a Law360 MVP in three areas: Private Equity, Fund Formation and Asset Management.
Michael Hong
Partner at null
Michael advises fund-related clients on all manner of fund formation and investor relations, M&A (with deep experience in co-investment) and regulatory matters. His clients include private equity, credit, growth capital, hedge, energy, real estate, co-investment and fund of funds managers. Michael also advises on secondary transactions, GP-stake sales and purchases, spin-outs and JVs. He also regularly represents sponsors and senior executives of sponsors in employment and separation matters. His clients include Antares Capital, Cowen, Durational Capital, GHK Capital, Godspeed Capital, Golub Capital, Harvest Partners, Lightyear Capital, Tailwind Capital, Trilantic Capital and TruArc Partners (successor to Snow Phipps). Michael is widely recognized as a leading fund formation lawyer, is a frequent conference speaker and is regularly quoted in the financial press. From 2021 to 2024, he served as Chair of the New York City Bar’s Committee on Private Investment Funds.
Michaël Hassan
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Peter Vassilev
Partner at Simpson Thacher
Peter Vassilev is a Partner in the Private Funds Practice at Simpson Thacher. His practice focuses on the organization, structuring and operation of private investment funds. Peter represents some of the largest, best-known sponsors of private equity, including Blackstone, KKR, Morgan Stanley, Rockpoint and TPG, and has represented sponsors on funds focused on a wide array of asset classes, including real estate, infrastructure, buyout, growth and technology.
Shane Freitag
Senior Counsel at null
Shane Freitag is Senior Counsel focusing on corporate, commercial and regulatory matters arising from the resource and infrastructure sectors in Canada including electricity, gas and water. He has acted as counsel for various renewable and non-renewable electricity projects, district energy projects and other infrastructure projects with a particular focus upon the underlying key project agreements and regulatory approvals. Shane was previously a partner with the national law firm Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and prior to that was assistant general counsel and general counsel of large utilities in Ontario and Alberta. Shane has lived and practised law in Northern Canada with a focus upon resource law issues.
Event Details
- Date
- March 8-10, 2026
- 3 days
- Location
- 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
- The Landmark Hotel
- Pricing
- Pricing details not specified
- Audience
- Legal professionals, fund managers, industry stakeholders
- CLE Credits
- CLE accreditation pending
- Attendees
- Not specified