Private Equity 2009, 18 – 20 May, Meliá White House, London

Private Equity 2009 has been researched with industry leaders within private equity to provide real-world responses and strategies to these questions. By attending, you will discover:

· Distressed Debt
– where to find the good deals from distressed sellers
– will diversifying into distressed investing prove divisive?

· Secondaries & Exits
– how much value will be found in secondaries and listed private equity?

– fewer cash-out deals & more take-privates?

· Portfolio Management
how will you need to re-structure your portfolio companies?

– how to forensically generate structural and strategic enhancements
e.g. workforce productivity

· Minority Positions
PIPE (private investment in public equity) transactions

– minority stakes in listed vehicles

– unconventional equity only transactions

· New Deal Structures

– revisited expectations for financial reward and time horizons

– refocusing on innovative deals and operational expertise

· Deal Flow
– growth opportunities in business ‘rescues’

– mid-market: an attractive option given the crowded marketplace?

– new opportunities arising from the demise of the investment banks`

· Structure & Pricing
– do you need to transform into a broader financial shop?

– single source integrated approach without external bank funding: a powerful proposition?

– prospects for regional teams

· Fundraising & Investor Issues

– investor concern to avoid cash calls

– restructuring portfolio companies to get investors some of their money back

– implications on carry

· Investments

– vintage year for new investment? Better if banks tighten finance to smaller companies

– opportunities from PLCs needing to raise cash selling-off quality, non-core subsidiaries

– lower prices good for making attractive bolt-on acquisitions & for new investments

– reduced asset allocations vs. investor competition looking into the secondary market

– offering a more risk adjusted return with better downside protection

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