Hybrid

Hedge Fund and Private Equity Enforcement & Regulatory Developments 2025

October 27, 2025

Event summary

This program is an essential roadmap to preparing hedge and private funds for conducting business under a regulatory and law enforcement spotlight. Designed to help attendees prepare strategies for navigating the enhanced risk of government investigations, this year’s panels will provide valuable, up-to-the-minute insight into the latest regulatory developments encountered by attorneys and compliance professionals working with hedge funds and private equity funds. They also will address the latest trends for hedge and private funds, including evolving issues in trading and regulatory reporting.

The faculty will share their insights into the latest government priorities and provide tangible guidance for dealing with the evolving regulatory landscape. Discussions will take an in-depth look at current enforcement priorities from both sides of the table, addressing these priorities through the enforcer’s perspective and then through the defense counsel’s perspective.

Featured agenda item

9:15 am

The Enforcer’s Perspective: Current Hedge and Private Fund Enforcement Priorities

Cooley partner Tejal Shah will speak on this panel addressing the enforcement actions and regulatory priorities of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission. After completing this session, participants will be able to:

  • Better understand the SEC’s focus on trading, valuation, disclosure, fees and conflicts of interest.
  • Understand the implications of recent enforcement actions in areas of shadow insider trading and block trading.
  • Gain insight into the heightened prosecutorial emphasis on private funds.
  • Prepare strategies for navigating the enhanced risk of government investigations of private funds.

For more information, please email Ron Page.

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