November 6th, 2007
Bucharest Howard Johnson Grand Plaza Hotel, Platinum Hall, 1st floor
08:30 – 17:30 hrs
The South Eastern Europe’s Private Equity Association (SEEPEA) organized its first Annual Conference in Bucharest on November 6th, 2007. The conference aimed to highlight the unique development opportunities that private equity funds offer to both Romanian companies and to Romania’s recently implemented pension funds system. More than 140 individuals, including private equity and pension fund managers regulatory authorities, bankers, legal advisors, entrepreneurs, and company managers, attended the conference. Participants enjoyed presentations on topics including valuation, capital efficiency, developing successful businesses, and corporate governance. The presentations were designed to and succeeded in fostering lively discussion amongst attendees both during and after the conference.
Speakers:
Javier Echarri, EVCA
Jim Strang, Gartmore Private Equity
Saki Georgiadis, Gartmore Private Equity
Guido Koch, Partners Group
Manuel Martiny, Partners Group
Henry Potter, EBRD
Michael Tetreault Schilling, Linklaters
William R. Watson, Societe Generale Asset Management Alternative Investments
Robert Luke, GED
Piotr Augustyniak, Enterprise Investors
Dragos Horia Manda, Romanian American Enterprise Fund (RAEF) and Balkan Accession Fund (BAF)
Cristian Nacu, Enterprise Investors
Brian Wardrop, DBG Eastern Europe
Michal Smrek, White and Case
Irina Anghel, Irina Anghel Law Offices
Speranta Munteanu, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Romania
Main Sponsors:
Enterprise Investors
GED
Linklaters
Societe Generale Asset Management Alternative Investments
Sponsors:
DBG
Irina Anghel Law Offices
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
BAF – Balkan Accession Fund
White & Case
AGENDA
08.30 Registration and Coffee
09.00 – 09.10 Welcome and Introduction
Robert Luke (President, SEEPEA)
09.10 – 09.40 Overview of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital
Industry”
Javier Echarri( Secretary General, EVCA, Europe)
09.40 – 10.30 “Why to invest in Private Equity and Venture Capital: A Growing
Asset Class”
Jim Strang( Investment Director and Head of European Buyouts,
Gartmore Private Equity (UK), former investment manager for Bank
of Scotland Pension Fund)
Saki Georgiadis, Strategy Analyst, Gartmore Private Equity (UK)
10.30 – 11.10 Coffee Break
11.10 – 12.00 “How to invest in the Private Equity Asset Class”
Manuel Martiny (Partner of Partners Group, Switzerland)
12.00 – 12.40 “Returns from CEE Private Equity Investing”
Henry Potter (Senior Banker, EBRD, UK)
12.40 – 13.00 Closing Remarks
Theodore Cominos, Partner, Linklaters
13.00 – 13.30 Press conference
13.30 – 14.30 Buffet Lunch (sponsored by Société Générale Asset Management
Alternative Investments)
Leo Gherghina, Partner, Société Générale Asset Management
Alternative Investments
The Chairman of the morning will be Theodore Cominos, Managing Partner,
Linklaters
The language of the event is English with translation.
Cristian Nacu, Enterprise Investors, will be the chairman of the afternoon.
14.30 – 15.00 “IPO’s as an exit” MAIN SPONSORS
Robert Manz, Managing Partner, Enterprise Investors
1st panel - “The key to successful deals”
15.00 – 15:15 “SICOMED “
Robert Luke, Managing Director, GED
15.15 – 15.30 “Domenia/ Motoractive/Ralfi”
Horia Manda, Managing Partner, RAEF & Balkan Accession Fund
15.30 – 15.45 “Macon Deva”
Cristian Nacu, Partner, Enterprise Investors
15.45 – 16.05 Coffee break
2nd panel – “Private Equity implications of succession planning and
other legal issues”
16.05 – 16.20 “Private Equity Buy-outs; creative financing solutions for owner
managers approaching succession issues”
Brian Wardrop, Partner, DBG
16.20 – 16.35 “Mid-size Succession Deals in South-eastern Europe”
Michal Smrek, Partner, White case
16.35 – 16.50 “The devil is in the details - negotiating and closing private equity
deals in South Eastern Europe”
Irina Anghel, Managing Partner, Irina Anghel Law Office
16.50 – 17.05 “Insolvancy Procedure as Acquisition and Exit Tool”
Speranta Munteanu, Director Departament Business Recovery
Services, PriceWaterHouse Coopers
17.05 – 17.15 Q&A
17.15 – 17.30 Closing remarks
(Robert Luke, President, SEEPEA) |
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