Private Funds & Asset Management: Developments & Opportunities

Thank you to those who joined us for Private Funds & Asset Management: Developments & Opportunities 2026! Sidley lawyers and key industry leaders from around the world offered global perspectives on the current and future state of the private funds and asset management industry.

Program Overview

• Ethical Issues in Secondary Transactions: Managing Risk and Best Practices
• Computing Capital: Data Centers and AI Infrastructure Investing
• From Crypto to Tokenization: What Asset Managers Need to Know Now
• An Institutional Investor’s Perspective: Fireside Chat With Lamar Taylor, Chief Investment Officer of the State Board of Administration of Florida*
• Strategic Partnerships in Asset Management
• Innovations in Private Equity Liquidity Solutions
• Private Credit and Other Global Regulatory Trends
• David R. Sawyier Memorial Fireside Chat with Gerald Beeson, Chief Operating Officer, and Shawn Fagan, Chief Legal Officer of Citadel*

*An Institutional Investor's Perspective and the David R. Sawyier Memorial Fireside Chat was offered to in-person attendees only.

Industry Speakers

Private Funds & Asset Management: Developments & Opportunities 2026 featured Sidley lawyers and dynamic guest speakers. Lamar Taylor, Chief Investment Officer of the State Board of Administration of Florida, joined Sidley partner Scott Macdonald for An Institutional Investor's Perspective Fireside Chat.

The David R. Sawyier Memorial Fireside Chat featured Gerald Beeson, Chief Operating Officer, and Shawn Fagan, Chief Legal Officer of Citadel, in conversation with Sidley partner Bridget O'Neill.

Additional industry speakers:

• Matthew Babinsky, Associate General Counsel, VanEck
• John D'Agostino, Head of Strategy, Coinbase Institutional
• Michael Duran, Founder and Managing Partner, Mill Point Capital
• Geoffrey Goldschein, Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary, DigitalBridge
• Jennifer Han, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Managed Funds Association
• John Leone, Managing Partner, Fairview Capital Group
• Adam Smith, Managing Director, Campbell Lutyens
• Matthew Sparacino, Partner and Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending Underwriting, Apollo

Please contact nyevents@sidley.com with questions.