Pillsbury is hosting an event with the Association of Women in Alternative Investing (AWAI) on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. Kathleen Dunlap, CEO of Girls Who Invest (www.girlswhoinvest.org) will be speaking about the GWI program and how it inspires and supports young women become tomorrow’s investment leaders. The program will also…
Sam Pearse, a corporate and securities Partner from our London office and member of Pillsbury’s Investment Funds Group, will be visiting Pillsbury’s San Francisco office on April 3 and 4. Sam has extensive experience advising asset managers on strategies regarding fund formation and fundraising in the UK and across the…
Pillsbury is hosting an event with 100 Women in Finance on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Amanda Pullinger, CEO of 100 Women in Finance, and Diane Schrader, Board Member, will discuss the vision, maturity and growth of 100 Women in Finance. The event will be held at Pillsbury located in 4…
NEW YORK—Pillsbury has been named Best Onshore Law Firm for Hedge Fund Startups by HFMWeek at its HFM U.S. Hedge Fund Services Awards 2016. Partner Ildiko Duckor, who is co-leader of the firm’s Investment Funds & Investment Management practice, accepted the honor at the awards ceremony, which was held at…
Pillsbury is hosting Plum Alley Investments, a private-membership on-line platform connecting women investors with businesses run by women entrepreneurs. The breakfast will feature an intimate conversation about shaping the world by investing in private companies led by women entrepreneurs. Venue: Pillsbury office, 22nd Floor, Four Embarcadero Center, San Francisco; Wednesday,…
Pillsbury is hosting a hedge fund startup event with 100 Women in Hedge Funds next Thursday, July 14. Experts representing two firms named as Institutional Investor’s 2015 Hedge Fund Rising Stars will discuss the essentials to launch and grow an investment firm in today’s environment. They, along with a tenured…
Yesterday, Pillsbury hosted the first Fintech Roundtable of 2016, a series of risk management and regulatory compliance roundtables for fintech companies. Senior Managers from Prosper, SigFig and FundingCircle discussed the market and technology challenges they face (including cybersecurity risk) and approaches they have adopted. Pillsbury partnered with the Professional Risk…
Yesterday, Pillsbury hosted the first in a series of risk management and regulatory compliance round tables for fintech companies. The meetings will explore technology-related risk and compliance issues in the financial services space, such as in mobile banking, online brokerage, automated (“robo”) investment advisers, P2P lending, to name a few.…
Brian Finch, a partner in Pillsbury’s Government Law & Strategies Practice, will be speaking on cybersecurity at a 100WHF event in San Francisco on October 13, 2015. The event is titled Under Attack: Cyberdefense in the Network Age. Mr. Finch is recognized as a leading legal authority on matters related to…
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is pleased to present an exclusive client discount for the upcoming: Hedge Fund General Counsel and Compliance Officer Summit October 19, starting at 8:00 a.m. through October 20, ending at 4:30 p.m. ET. The University Club, New York, NY Use Promotion Code HFPWSP for a 35%…