Buyouts South
January 28, 2010
The Boca Raton Resort
Keep your New Year’s resolution to find more deals and build your business in 2010 by coming to Buyouts South.
Meet hundreds of dealmakers and institutional investors under the sun in Boca Raton while hearing from a roster of expert speakers on critical topics of the day. Spend Thursday January 28th networking with senior bankers, lenders and investors, then join them on the golf course for some quality 1:1 time at the 5-Star Boca Raton Resort.
Start the year off right with a Buyouts Conference you don’t want to miss!
Keynote Speakers:
- Erik Hirsch, Chief Investment Officer, Hamilton Lane
- Steven Liff, Senior Managing Director, Sun Capital Partners
- Glenn Creamer, Co-Founder, Senior Managing Director, Providence Equity Partners
Confirmed Speakers:
Brad Young, Partner and Head Of Americas, Altius Associates
James Mason, Co-Founder, Parish Capital Advisors
Adam Sokoloff, Managing Director, Head Of Financial Sponsors Group, Jefferies & Co.
Brian Gallagher, Managing Partner, Twin Bridge Capital Partners
Kirk Dizon, Managing Director, Co-Head Of Private Equity, Hall Capital Partners
Chris Stringer, Managing Director, Private Advisors
Brad Briner, Managing Director, Private Investments, Morgan Creek Capital Management
Ravi Vish, Senior Portfolio Advisor Private Markets, DuPont Capital Management
David Turner, Managing Director, Head Of Private Equity, The Guardian Life Insurance Co. Of America
Jay Jester, Managing Director, Audax Group
Ian Fowler, Managing Partner, CastleGuard Partners
Jim Butterfield, Principal, The Riverside Company
Mark Jones, Partner, River Associates Investments
Rich Lawson, Managing Director, Co-Founder, Huntsman Gay Global Capital
Tim Bryant, Partner, Adams Street Partners
Joel Holsinger, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group
Kevin Nee, President, Wilshire Private Markets
John Neuner, Managing Director, Harris Williams & Co.
Barry Schwartz, Partner, ACA Compliance Group
Many more to be posted shortly...
Agenda in Brief:
8:00 Registration
8:45 PE Market Outlook
9:00 Keynote 1: Dealmaker Keynote, Glenn Creamer
9:30 Panel: Deals: Dealflow Now, Where Is it, How Good Is It?
10:00 Panel: Funds: How To Stand Out From The Crowd
10:35 Coffee Break
10:45 Panel: Deals: Deal Financing
11:15 Panel: Funds: The Newly Empowered LP
11:45 Panel: Firm Focus: How Will Coming Regulation Affect the Private Equity Industry?
12:15 Lunch
1:45 Keynote 2: Investor Keynote, Erik Hirsch
2:30 Panel: Funds: Fundraising 2010 and Beyond
3:10 Coffee Break
3: 25 Panel: Deals: Where Will Exit Opportunities Be in 2010?
3:55 Keynote Panel: A Look Ahead To 2010; with Steven Liff
4:30 Deal Flow Circuit Cocktail Reception
6:00 Conference Ends
Register Now! Click here to register online, or contact Bill Wilcox at 646-223-6787 or e-mail William.Wilcox@thomsonreuters.com
Golf Outing: Friday, Jan. 29th
Register to play, let us know who you’d like to be paired with, and we’ll set you up in a fun, productive foursome!
Detailed Agenda:
9:00 Keynote 1: Dealmaker Keynote
Providence Equity Partners is one of the largest private equity funds in the world, with $22 billion in equity capital under management. Over two decades it has backed over a hundred companies in the media, entertainment, information and communications sectors. Glenn Creamer, one of the firm's co-founders, sits for a fireside chat to kick off the conference, giving a high level view of the private equity industry from one of its best known players.
Glenn Creamer, Co-Founder, Senior Managing Director, Providence Equity Partners
9:30 Panel: Deals: Dealflow Now, Where Is it, How Good Is It?
2009 will be fortunate to see just one tenth the amount of announced deal value that we saw in 2008. Meanwhile, private equity firms sit on hundreds of billions of dollars raised in 2006, 2007 and 2008. What does that add up to? A big 2010 in deal making—perhaps. We gather up dealmakers and bankers to tell you how and when PE shops get off the sidelines.
Jay Jester, Managing Director, Audax Group
Jim Butterfield, Principal, Riverside Company
Mark Jones, Partner, River Associates Investments
10:00 Panel: Funds: How To Stand Out From The Crowd
In 2009, firms will raise just a quarter of what they raised in 2008. Many LPs are reupping only with established managers. Some aren’t re-upping period. What investment opportunities are LPs looking for these days? What is the flavor of the month, the quarter, the year? If you are an emerging manager, what are your chances? Wait—are there any emerging managers out there having success? Our first LP panel of the day will cover the basics of LP appetite.
David Turner, Managing Director, Head Of Private Equity, The Guardian Life Insurance Co. Of America
Ravi Vish, Senior Portfolio Advisor Private Markets, DuPont Capital Management
Brad Young, Partner and Head Of Americas, Altius Associates
10:35 Coffee Break
10:45 Panel: Deals: Deal Financing
Thankfully, banks seem now to be able to provide modest levels of fundraising. But what is the real appetite for bank debt? How aggressive are the lenders becoming when dealing with defaulting portfolio companies? If lenders are kicking the can down the road, does that mean there aren’t as any distressed opportunities as people think? Experts on leverage discuss.
Ian Fowler, Managing Partner, CastleGuard Partners
Rich Lawson, Managing Director, Co-Founder, Huntsman Gay Global Capital
Joel Holsinger, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group
11:15 Panel: Funds: The Newly Empowered LP
There’s new expectations among investors. They want more transparency. They want better terms. And frankly, they need to be massaged a bit for that next commitment. Today, the onus is on the GP to outshine, out-communicate and out-nice his numerous competitors. Our LP speakers carry your interest through topics like fee structures, investor communications, and the new normal in LP/GP interface.
Kirk Dizon, Managing Director, Co-Head Of Private Equity, Hall Capital Partners
Brian Gallagher, Managing Partner, Twin Bridge Capital Partners
James Mason, Co-Founder, Parish Capital Advisors
11:45 Panel: Firm Focus: How Will Coming Regulation Affect the Private Equity Industry?
Even Alan Greenspan has had to admit the following: markets do not always, nor perfectly, regulate themselves. And that means the government will have to. Will carried interest be taxed? What will regulatory changes do to bankers’ abilities to lend? What kind of lobbying effort does the PE industry have, or need? Those with an ear on beltway banter discuss the shadow Washington continues to cast on Wall Street.
Tim Bryant, Partner, Adams Street Partners
Barry Schwartz, Partner, ACA Compliance Group
12:15 Lunch
1:45 Keynote 2: Investor Keynote
Erik Hirsch, Chief Investment Officer, Hamilton Lane
Mr. Hirsch is the CIO of Hamilton Lane, a private equity asset manager which oversees more than $80 billion. Among Hamilton Lane's clients is the $130 billion Florida State Board of Administration. Mr. Hirsch will sit for a fireside chat with a reporter, to discuss where one of the elite investment advisors in private equity is placing its bets.
2:30 Panel: Funds: Fundraising 2010 and Beyond
Our last LP panel of the day will be pushing the hot buttons. Will placement agents survive? What will fundraising numbers look like overall in 2010? Is it possible allocations from long time investors in the asset class might shrink? If so, where are the world’s hidden pockets of capital that will rush in to fill the void? Much of the time here will be devoted to audience Q&A.
Chris Stringer, Managing Director, Private Advisors
Brad Briner, Managing Director, Private Investments, Morgan Creek Capital Management
Kevin Nee, President, Wilshire Private Markets
3:10 Coffee Break
3: 25 Panel: Deals: Where Will Exit Opportunities Be in 2010?
It’s not worth anything until you sell it, the old saying goes. But 2010 could be a year when distributions return. 2009 has seen the successful IPOs of a number of PE-backed portfolio companies, the first bit of good news from the public markets in some time. We’ll get bankers and PE firms to discuss the full range of exit options, which by the way are looking better by the minute.
John Neuner, Managing Director, Harris Williams & Co.
Adam Sokoloff, Managing Director, Head Of Financial Sponsors Group, Jefferies & Co.
3:55 Keynote Panel: A Look Ahead To 2010
Where do we go from here? We will have crystal balls shipped in from across the southeast to answer this question. Do big PE firms become the new i-banks? Does debt return, and if so on what terms? And from who? What happens to all this current debt when it comes due in a few years? Commercial real estate—when will you at last drop the other shoe? Have the events of the past few years shown us the upper limit of private equity’s size and influence? Or has it just been a set back for an industry bound to resurge? We exit with top names talking over top of mind themes.
Steven Liff, Senior Managing Director, Sun Capital Partners
4:35 Deal Flow Circuit, Cocktails
Would you like to participate in our structured networking session for private equity firms? Please contact Mark Cecil, mark.cecil@thomsonreuters.com for more information.
6:00 Conference Ends
The regular ticket price for Buyouts South is $1,295 per person. However, we also offer discounts for multiple registrants as well as other promotional rates. For more information on current deals and offers, please contact Bill Wilcox at (+1) 646-223-6786, or by e-mail at William.Wilcox@thomsonreuters.com .