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Nov
The LP angle: Sticking with Asia for the right reasons
- What is the biggest issue impacting allocation decisions?
- How do LPs of different types and from different geographies perceive China?
- Where do investors expect to find the next wave of hidden gems in Asia?
- How do multi-geography generalist strategies stack up vs single purpose strategies?
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SpeakersPang Lee Partner COOLEY LLP
Kunal Sood Managing Director PANTHEON
Edward J. Grefenstette President, CEO & CIO THE DIETRICH FOUNDATION
Sangmyung Lee Director, Private Equity Group KIC
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Pang Lee is based in Cooley’s Hong Kong office, his practice includes all areas of partnership, corporate and securities law with a concentration on the organization and investment in private funds and strategic investments in the tech industry. Pang has worked closely with members of the Hong Kong start-up community cultivating its emerging companies ecosystem, with a particular focus in healthcare and emerging technology companies. Pang regularly advises private fund managers and institutional investors on United States and Hong Kong regulatory and compliance matters.
Pang brings a global perspective in his work, having worked in New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Shanghai in over two decades of legal practice. Pang regularly speaks at regional industry conferences in China and Southeast Asia, including serving as a moderator at the AVCJ for well over a decade. He is a member of the firm’s pro bono committee.
He is ranked as a leading investment funds lawyer by Chambers Greater China, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and IFLR1000 Asia Pacific.
Pang received his JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a BS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is admitted to practice in New York and is a solicitor of Hong Kong.
Kunal is a Managing Director at Pantheon and a member of the Asia Investment Committee. Pantheon is a leading global private markets firm across Private Equity, Venture Capital, Infrastructure, Private Debt and Real Estate with c. US$68bn in AuM. Kunal is responsible for investment activity across Asia-Pacific markets across primary, secondary and co-investment opportunities and sits on the Limited Partner Advisory Board for several private equity and venture capital funds across Asia. Prior to Pantheon, Kunal was at a middle-market direct private equity investment firm and previously at CITI Group and ICICI Bank. He has a Masters from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and chairs the Limited Partners Council for India Venture Capital Association (IVCA). Kunal was previously based in Hong Kong and is now based in Singapore.
Edward J. Grefenstette serves as President/CEO and Chief Investment Officer of The Dietrich Foundation, a ~$1.5 billion charitable foundation that was formed following the passing of William S. Dietrich II in October 2011. The Dietrich Foundation primarily supports higher education institutions and other civic and charitable organizations in Western Pennsylvania. Ed previously served as Treasurer/Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Prior to CMU, he co-founded a small-cap private equity fund, following a career in investment banking and law. He earned his AB in Economics and Juris Doctor from Georgetown University, as well as an MBA in Finance and Strategy from CMU. He currently serves as a trustee and IC member of CMU; he previously served as trustee and IC chair at the University of Pittsburgh and The Hillman Family Foundations. He serves as a IC advisory board member at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He is a past director of The Hillman Company and a former advisory board member of Commonfund Capital.
Sangmyung Lee is a Director at the Private Equity Group of KIC. Since joining KIC in 2013, he took responsibility for Venture Capital and Growth Equity investments in the Private Equity Group.
Sangmyung Lee also serves as a Strategist for the Private Equity Group.Since 2022, he has been a lecturer at the Korea Venture Capital Institution (KVCI), where he teaches Overseas VC investment to junior staff of local VC firms in Korea. In 2023, he was invited as a panelist to the Nobel Prize Dialogue in Seoul, where he discussed "AI and Future Learning."
Mr. Lee has a bachelor’s degree in Economics with honors Summa Cum Laude from the University of California Berkeley.