Lucian Firth is a partner at Simmons & Simmons, the international law firm and is based in London. Lucian provides specialist advice to asset managers in relation to investment funds, including structuring hedge funds and managed accounts. He is also an expert in environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulation and sustainability for asset managers and investment funds and advises managers globally on their compliance with UK/European regulations.

Andrew Fisch is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Investcorp Investment Advisers, who recently acquired the Multi-Manager business of SSARIS Advisors. His responsibilities include portfolio construction, manager selection, research, due diligence, monitoring and sits on the investment committee.

The alternative Investment Solutions business at Investcorp runs Multi-Manager Solutions, Alternative Risk Premia, Hedge Fund Seeding, Co-Investments and Special Opportunity Portfolios.

Mr. Fisch has been in the hedge fund and alternatives industry for 30 years.

Prior to the Investcorp acquisition he was Chief Investment Officer, Fund of Funds at SSARIS Advisors. SSARIS had three principal areas of business.  Fund of Hedge Funds, Fund of Funds Advisory and Single Strategy systematic trading.

Prior to joining SSARIS, he was a founding partner at Aurum Capital Management where he managed the Aurum Venture Fund (Venture Capital) and developed hedge fund of funds products.

From 1989 through 1996 he was a portfolio manager for Swiss asset manager Controlfida.  There he managed their long/short U.S. Equity Fund, enhanced with options and index futures.   For the five years preceding his efforts for Controlfida,  he worked for Victor Sperandeo at Hugo Securities as a proprietary trader for that firm¹s multi-strategy hedge fund.

Mr. Fisch has served on several corporate boards, and holds NASD series 24 and 7 licenses. He studied Economics at Hobart College and was admitted to Honors in Economics in 1981.

 

 

 

Gregory L. Florio is a Founding Partner of Florio, Scally & Leahy LLP and a Founding Member of Orical LLC (collectively, the “Firm”), with over 18 years of legal and regulatory experience.  Mr. Florio is an expert in compliance programs as well as regulatory examinations and investigations for both investment advisers and broker-dealers.  He has extensive experience forming and registering investment funds in state, federal, and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Mr. Florio helps Firm clients establish compliance manuals, including Codes of Ethics, supervisory procedures, and operational controls.  On an ongoing basis, he provides operations reviews, audits compliance programs, and tests the adequacy and implementation of policies, procedures, and clients’ compliance programs as a whole.  Mr. Florio also directs the Firm’s technical solutions effort, which maintains, augments, and customizes each client’s compliance and monitoring capabilities.

Before founding the Firm in 2010, Mr. Florio was a senior counsel and the Chief Compliance Officer of a multi-billion dollar global fund manager, Marathon Asset Management, LP.  At Marathon, Mr. Florio administered and enhanced all aspects of the firm’s global compliance program, including transitioning the program to an electronic-based, state-of-the-art system.  In addition to handling all regulatory audits, inquiries, and filings, he worked on various legal and operational matters that affected the firm’s daily operations.

Before joining Marathon, Mr. Florio was a regulatory specialist in Seward & Kissel LLP’s Investment Management Division and an attorney for the Investment Funds Group at Sidley Austin LLP.  At Sidley Austin and Seward & Kissel, Mr. Florio represented many leading financial institutions, helped register broker-dealers and investment advisers, and advised private funds on compliance, legal, regulatory, formation, and operational matters. He began his career in Bronx County, New York as an assistant district attorney after graduating from Fordham University School of Law, with honors, in 1995.  Mr. Florio also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Consumer Economics from Cornell University and is a member of the New York State Bar Association.