What is it?

This certificated, three-day training focuses on regulation affecting private equity including the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and standards in areas such as fundraising, fund marketing, governance and financial crime.

Grounded in Invest Europe Handbook of Professional Standards and designed by Invest Europe Professional Standards and Tax, Legal & Regulatory Committees, the course is led by industry experts. The course will help both European and non-European fund managers gain a clear understanding of the EU and international regulatory frameworks in which they operate.

Why should you attend?

After the 2008 financial crisis, European policymakers committed to ensuring that no sector or product was out of the scope of financial market regulation. The whole private equity industry - GPs and funds, LPs and investments, was and continues to be affected by the resulting legislation. It is crucial that fund managers are well-informed about what this means for them, their firms and their investors.

As the industry's representative in Brussels, Invest Europe is at the forefront of the debate over new and existing EU regulation and is ideally placed to provide this indispensable training.

The course covers:

• Legal concerns surrounding the fundraising process, such as those linked to passporting or creating a track record. A guest speaker will describe the legal issues faced by managers and advisors when raising capital.
• Regulatory and legal hurdles that a fund manager and advisor will tackle on a daily basis. Starting with a review of EU regulation, including AIFMD, EuVECA, CRD, ISD, MiFID, a guest speaker will share his experiences of investing, notification and disclosures, divesting, valuation, transparency and disclosure.
• Day-to-day corporate issues including capital requirements, allocation of responsibility, remuneration, diversity, AIFM internal organisation, delegation, distributions, investor relations, performance measurement, fund winding up, management of multiple funds and US regulation such as FATCA and Dodd-Frank.
• Attendees will also gain practical guidance on responsibilities regarding financial crimes including tax evasion, antitrust, bribery and corruption, money laundering, breaching embargoes and sanctions, fraud and whistleblowing, insider dealing and market abuse.

Who should attend?

Private equity practitioners with both operational knowledge and an understanding of the investment process, who want to expand their knowledge of changing European laws and regulations. Non-EU managers seeking to market into Europe will benefit from the regulatory training, especially looking into passporting.

The course will attract a diverse group of participants including Partners, CFOs, COOs, Compliance Officers, Investor Relations/Fundraising teams, Risk Managers, Portfolio Managers, and General Counsel.

Online delivery

To accommodate our members, Invest Europe has decided to hold the 2021 edition of this course as online training. The online course edition is being designed with the same key elements that are valued by our course participants – excellent content and speakers, and interactive group discussions. The updated course structure and format will accommodate online delivery, with shorter sessions and ample audience engagement. The course will begin on the afternoon of 20 April at 16:00 CET with an introductory session of a couple of hours, and will be over by mid-day on 23 April.