Mitch Ackles

Mitch Ackles is a communications strategist, industry advocate, and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in public relations, marketing, and business development. He is the CEO of Hedge Fund PR and the global president and industry lobbyist of the Hedge Fund Association (HFA), an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing transparency, development, and…

Nick Tootle

Nick P. Tootle spearheads assurance and tax engagements for clients in various industries with a focus in the financial services field. His clients rely on his insights ranging from organizational structuring to compliance with accounting and regulatory rules. Nick advises clients across the investment industry, including broker-dealers, investment advisers, hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate…

Lauri K. Goodwyn

Lauri K. Goodwyn has extensive experience representing hedge fund clients and other buy side market participants on a wide array of matters, including but not limited to (a) negotiating: (i) ISDAs and related confirmations; (ii) prime brokerage agreements, futures and options agreements, FX and credit intermediation agreements, term margin agreements, securities lending agreements, tri-partite, control…