Traphagen Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series with Norm Champ J.D. ’89

The HLS Alumni Center presents a lunchtime talk with Norm Champ J.D. ’89. This event is part of the Traphagen Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series, where HLS alumni speak informally about their careers.

Norm Champ is a partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he heads up the regulatory solutions practice in the Investment Funds Group. Previously, Norm was the director of the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Prior to that he was the Deputy Director of the SEC’s Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) and the Associate Regional Director for Examinations in the SEC’s New York Regional Office. In these capacities he supervised SEC examinations of investment advisers and other market participants.

Norm counsels sophisticated private fund sponsors on complying with the constantly changing regulatory environment in the United States and other countries. Private fund sponsors seek out Norm’s advice because he can bring to bear his perspective as a former regulator, a former partner of a private fund manager and now a law firm partner. Norm’s large and wide-ranging practice, including defending numerous SEC examinations, gives him unparalleled insight into the most pressing regulatory issues in the market.

Norm advises private fund sponsors in five main areas:

• Adviser Structuring — Counseling new sponsors and existing sponsors in structuring and registering investment advisers, including setting up compliance infrastructure.
• Fundraising — Assisting private fund sponsors in fundraising to make sure disclosure meets regulators’ expectations.
• Transactions — Private fund sponsors often consult Norm on deals to make sure that deal structures and related fees will withstand regulatory scrutiny.
• GP Strategic Matters — Assisting private fund sponsors with regulatory issues regarding minority stake sales, asset management mergers and acquisitions and secondary transactions.
• Government Interaction — Kirkland has represented private fund sponsors in numerous examinations and enforcement actions, including more than 175 SEC examinations since 2012.

Lunch will be served. All HLS students are welcome. Please register in advance as space is limited. Click to register.

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