Theodor Baums holds the chair of the Institute for Banking Law and is Professor of Commercial and Civil Law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Law and Finance. Baums was a member of a German government commission to adopt takeover legislation, and chaired a German government commission on corporate governance. He has numerous publications on corporate and securities law.Andreas Cahn is the Director of the Institute for Law and Finance, where he teaches in the areas of comparative corporate law and corporate finance. Before becoming the ILF's first Director, Cahn held a Chair in Civil Law, Commerce Law and Corporate Law at the University of Mannheim. Cahn has authored a number of studies in the areas of corporate law, capital markets law and civil law.

• Alexander M. Ineichen, Head of Equity Derivatives Research, UBS Warburg: What is a Hedge Fund? Prof. Franklin R. Edwards, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University: Hedge Funds and Systemic RiskAsheley Kovas, Manager, Conduct of Business Standards Division, The Financial Services Authority: Should Hedge Fund Products be Marketed to Retail Investors? Marcia L. MacHarg, Esq., Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, Member, Investment Management Group: Waking up to Hedge Funds: Is U.S. Regulation Taking a New Direction? Dr. Kai-Uwe Steck, Rechtsanwalt, Asset Management Group, Shearman & Sterling: Legal Aspects of German Hedge Fund Structures Panel Discussion: The Regulation of Hedge Funds Now and in the Future

Theodor Baums holds the chair of the Institute for Banking Law and is Professor of Commercial and Civil Law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Law and Finance. Baums was a member of a German government commission to adopt takeover legislation, and chaired a German government commission on corporate governance. He has numerous publications on corporate and securities law.Andreas Cahn is the Director of the Institute for Law and Finance, where he teaches in the areas of comparative corporate law and corporate finance. Before becoming the ILF's first Director, Cahn held a Chair in Civil Law, Commerce Law and Corporate Law at the University of Mannheim. Cahn has authored a number of studies in the areas of corporate law, capital markets law and civil law.

• Alexander M. Ineichen, Head of Equity Derivatives Research, UBS Warburg: What is a Hedge Fund? Prof. Franklin R. Edwards, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University: Hedge Funds and Systemic RiskAsheley Kovas, Manager, Conduct of Business Standards Division, The Financial Services Authority: Should Hedge Fund Products be Marketed to Retail Investors? Marcia L. MacHarg, Esq., Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, Member, Investment Management Group: Waking up to Hedge Funds: Is U.S. Regulation Taking a New Direction? Dr. Kai-Uwe Steck, Rechtsanwalt, Asset Management Group, Shearman & Sterling: Legal Aspects of German Hedge Fund Structures Panel Discussion: The Regulation of Hedge Funds Now and in the Future

Theodor Baums holds the chair of the Institute for Banking Law and is Professor of Commercial and Civil Law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Law and Finance. Baums was a member of a German government commission to adopt takeover legislation, and chaired a German government commission on corporate governance. He has numerous publications on corporate and securities law.Andreas Cahn is the Director of the Institute for Law and Finance, where he teaches in the areas of comparative corporate law and corporate finance. Before becoming the ILF's first Director, Cahn held a Chair in Civil Law, Commerce Law and Corporate Law at the University of Mannheim. Cahn has authored a number of studies in the areas of corporate law, capital markets law and civil law.

• Alexander M. Ineichen, Head of Equity Derivatives Research, UBS Warburg: What is a Hedge Fund? Prof. Franklin R. Edwards, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University: Hedge Funds and Systemic RiskAsheley Kovas, Manager, Conduct of Business Standards Division, The Financial Services Authority: Should Hedge Fund Products be Marketed to Retail Investors? Marcia L. MacHarg, Esq., Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, Member, Investment Management Group: Waking up to Hedge Funds: Is U.S. Regulation Taking a New Direction? Dr. Kai-Uwe Steck, Rechtsanwalt, Asset Management Group, Shearman & Sterling: Legal Aspects of German Hedge Fund Structures Panel Discussion: The Regulation of Hedge Funds Now and in the Future