February's Spotlight on Alumni Luncheon featuring Gordon P. Wright on February 19, 2009
Bad Gamma and Plasma Physics: The Future of Hedge Funds
The ongoing financial crisis has everyone concerned about the state of our economy and our own and our clients' investments and finances. Gordon P. Wright (HLS '95) has been keenly observing what has been happening, both publicly and behind the scenes, to address many of the investment issues arising from the economic downturn. As the CEO of Grant Park Capital Partners, LLC, he will be sharing his own insights into what is happening in the financial world and what lawyers need to know about it.
Please join us for a lively and informative presentation and enjoy an opportunity to share a meal with your fellow Harvard Law School alumni.
Who: Harvard Law Society of Illinois
What: February Spotlight on Alumni Luncheon
Where: Jenner & Block LLP 330 N. Wabash, 40th Floor
When: Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
How: RSVP to Kathie Gerace by Monday, February 16th at kgerace@jenner.com Include your name, address, telephone, e-mail, and number attending.
About Gordon P. Wright (HLS '95):
Gordon P. Wright is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Grant Park Capital Partners, LLC, a Chicago-based hedge fund-of-funds. Grant Park Capital's initial product offering is a "concentrated blue-chip" fund, specifically designed to address the current market dislocation and resulting flight to quality in the hedge fund space. Grant Park Capital hopes to launch its initial product offering early second quarter 2009.
Prior to founding Grant Park Capital, Gordon spent nine years with UBS O'Connor, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, where he served as Senior Research Analyst on the Event Driven Trading team. The Event Driven Trading portfolio consisted primarily of classic merger arbitrage situations, leveraged recaps and leveraged buyouts. During his tenure as the team's second most senior member, Gordon's leadership and analytical contributions were instrumental in growing Event Driven Trading assets under management (AUM) from less than two hundred million to over one billion dollars.
Before joining UBS O'Connor, Gordon was an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLC, Chicago, Illinois. While an Associate at Skadden, Gordon worked on a variety of corporate matters, including mergers, acquisitions (both hostile and negotiated), initial and secondary public offerings and leveraged buyouts. Gordon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in Political Science from Hampton University and a JD from Harvard Law School (Class of 1995).
