Norm Champ, Funds Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Former SEC Director of the Division of Investment Management, Announces April Speaking Engagements

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Apr 5, 2016) - Norm Champ, a partner in the Funds Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and former Director of the Division of Investment Management at the SEC, will be participating in three events during the month of April.

• April 6^th, New York, NY, at the Spring 2016 Exchange-Traded-Products (ETP) Forum, hosted by Expert Series, an organization dedicated to providing educational events to the investment community.
  Champ will moderate the panel "The Evolution of ETP Structures."
  
  
• April 12^th, New York, NY, at the April Breakfast Briefing, hosted by Compliance Reporter, a publication providing practical and actionable information for investment, securities and bank compliance officers and their advisers.
  Champ will speak on the topic "Fair Valuation and Mutual Fund Use of Pricing Services."
  
  
• April 18^th, Bermuda, at the Regulation, Operations and Compliance Symposium, hosted by the Regulatory Compliance Association, which provides continuing education and events for compliance officers.
  Champ will speak on a panel discussing the latest compliance tactics, developments and priorities for the alternative investment community.
  
  

"Increasing financial regulation and enforcement means investment firms and advisors must dedicate ever more time to their compliance operations," said Champ. "I look forward to discussing the latest developments and offering insights that can help advisors navigate the current regulatory landscape."

About Norm Champ:

Norm Champ (http://normchamp.com/ @NormBChamp) is a partner in the Funds Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and the former Director of the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He is also a lecturer on Investment Management Law at Harvard Law School. Mr. Champ has written a book called Going Public about his experience at the SEC and is negotiating a contract with a major publisher. Before joining the SEC in 2010, Mr. Champ was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Chilton Investment Company, an investment adviser to long/short equity hedge funds and managed accounts. Mr. Champ has an A.B., summa cum laude, in History from Princeton University and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He was a Fulbright Scholar at King's College London where he received his M.A. in War Studies. Prior to joining Chilton in 1999, Mr. Champ was with the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell and clerked for the Honorable Charles S. Haight, Jr. of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.