Nigel van Zyl

Partner, Private Investment Funds Group
Proskauer

Nigel van Zyl is a partner and head of the European Private Investment Funds Group at Proskauer. He has over 14 years’ experience as a legal adviser to the private funds industry. Nigel advises private equity fund managers, institutional investors and investment advisors on a broad range of issues, including fund formations, secondary transactions, fund investments, internal governance, co-investment arrangements, spinouts, re-organisations and restructurings. He also represents institutional investors on their primary investments. Nigel advises buyers and sellers of secondary fund interests and the structures used for these transactions, including synthetic secondary and co-investment structures.

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Day 2

Friday, March 9th, 2018

10:40 LP QUESTION TIME: Breaking down the new investment requirements of the European pension fund – what do fund managers need to know?

How is PE perceived by investors and what are the de-risking strategies they are looking at?
What is the importance of understanding the valuation mechanisms of GPs when evaluating how they manage risk
What level of transparency is really needed? How is this executed in practice and how can the costs involved be effectively managed?
The increasing importance of ESG: How is this being reported and how influential is it in choosing new fund managers?