Summary:

Join Buyouts Magazine for the Seventh Annual Buyouts West, at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco this April 15.

For years Buyouts has been bringing together hundreds of the best and brightest West Coast investment officers and dealmakers for education and networking.

Why attend?

- Get your west coast networking done in a single day, in a single place, with a single event;
- Find deal flow at our Deal Flow Circuit, networking with local PE shops;
- Get your funds raised by networking with the investors that we actively recruit;
- Get the latest market intelligence. Buyouts is backed by global data provider Thomson Reuters.

As the market rebounds in 2010, join us in San Francisco for a day with the industry's elite.

Keynote Speakers:

Mark Bradley, Global Head, Financial Sponsors Coverage, Morgan Stanley

Orlando Bravo, Managing Partner, Thoma Bravo

J. Taylor Crandall, Managing Partner, Oak Hill Capital Partners

Jesse Rogers, Co-Founder, Managing Director, Golden Gate Capital

Alex Slusky, Managing Partner, Vector Capital

Robert Thompson, Senior Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments, PineBridge Investments View Exclusive Interview

The Current Speaker List Includes:

• Mark Bailey, Managing Director, DFJ Growth Fund
• Paul Barber, Managing General Partner, JMI Equity
• Andrew Beaton, Managing Director, Capital Dynamics, Inc.
• Steve Bills, Senior Editor, Buyouts Magazine
• Bryan Boghosian, Regional Managing Partner, M&A Transaction Services, Deloitte & Touche
• Mark Bradley, Global Head, Financial Sponsors Coverage, Morgan Stanley
• Orlando Bravo, Managing Partner, Thoma Bravo
• Andrew Bucolo, Managing Director, Madison Capital Funding LLC
• David Chiang, Managing Director, Wilshire Private Markets
• Michael Chirillo, Senior Managing Director, GE Antares Capital
• J. Taylor Crandall, Managing Partner, Oak Hill Capital Partners
• Tom Danis, Managing Principal and Co-Founder, RCP Advisors
• Dipanjan Deb, Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Francisco Partners
• Chris Douvos, Managing Director, The Investment Fund For Foundations
• Scott Elliott, Partner, Ropes & Gray
• John Eydenberg, Head of Financial Sponsors, Americas, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
• David Fann, President & CEO, PCG Asset Management
• Erin Griffith, Associate Editor, Buyouts Magazine
• Alex Haislip, Senior Editor, Venture Capital Journal
• Robert Hofeditz, Partner, Probitas
• Jason Hutchinson, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey
• Stewart A. Kohl, Co-CEO, The Riverside Company
• Thomas Lynch, Managing Director, Cliffwater
• Joseph Marks, Principal, Coller Capital
• David McGovern, Managing Partner, Marlin Equity Partners
• Daniel Primack, Editor, peHUB.com
• Jessica Reed Saouaf, Managing Director, Co-Head of Private Equity, Hall Capital Partners
• Charles Riceman, Managing Director, Golub Capital
• Jesse Rogers, Co-Founder, Managing Director, Golden Gate Capital
• James Shevlet, Managing Director, Co-Head of Mezzanine Finance, Carlyle Group
• Alex Slusky, Managing Partner, Vector Capital
• Robert Thompson, Senior Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments, PineBridge Investments
• David Toll, Editor-in-Charge, Buyouts Magazine
• Ravi Viswanathan, General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
• Todd Wadler, Managing Director, Moelis & Co.
• Eric Wright, Partner, Ropes & Gray
• Jonathan Young, Partner, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP

Agenda at a glance...

•   8:45 a.m. PE Market Outlook
•   9:00 a.m. Keynote 1: Dealmaker Keynote
•   9:30 a.m. Deals: The Deal Flow Thaw
• 10:00 a.m. Funds: Getting Attention In A Crowded Market
• 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
• 10:45 a.m. Deals: Debt Markets
• 11:15 a.m. Funds: The New Normal For LP Relations
• 11:45 a.m. Growth Focus: Growth Equity and Late Stage Venture
• 12:15 p.m. Lunch
•   1:30 p.m. Keynote 2: Investor Keynote
•   2:00 p.m. Deals: Exits
•   2:30 p.m. Coffee Break
•   2:45 p.m. Funds: Fundraising 2010 and Beyond
•   3:15 p.m. Keynote Panel: Forecasting The Private Equity Industry
•   4:00 p.m. Deal Flow Circuit, Cocktails
•   5:30 p.m. Conference Ends

Networking Opportunities:

• Deal Flow Circuit

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Attending Firms Include:

• AccuVal Associates, Incorporated
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
• Anglo Irish Boston Corporation
• Aon
• Bay Grove Capital, LLC
• Bel Air Investment Advisors
• Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• C.P. Eaton Partners, LLC
• Callan Associates Inc
• CalPERS
• Capital Dynamics, Inc
• CapitalSource
• Carlyle Group
• Centinela Capital Partners
• Cerberus California LLC
• CIT Group
• Cliffwater LLC
• CM Capital Advisors
• Coller Capital
• Commercial Finance
• Conjoin Group
• Credit Suisse Securities
• Cushman & Wakefield
• Deer Path Capital
• Deloitte
• D.E. Shaw & Co.
• Denning and Company
• Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
• DFJ Growth Fund
• Diablo Management Group
• Dolphin Capital Group
• Duff & Phelps Securities LLC
• Empire Valuation Consultants
• Fifth Third Bank
• Fisher Lynch Capital
• Fortress Investment
• Francisco Partners
• Friedman Fleischer & Lowe
• GE Capital

• GI Partners
• GIC Special Investments
• Glendon Partners, A Gores Group Affiliate
• Golden Gate Capital
• Goldman Sachs
• Golub Capital
• Hall Capital Partners
• Hercules Technology Growth Capital
• High Street Capital
• H.I.G. Capital
• Hilco
• Horsley Bridge Partners
• Houlihan Lokey
• JMI Equity
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• KPMG LLP
• Landmark Partners
• Macquarie Funds Management
• Madison Capital Funding LLC
• Mainsail Partners
• Marlin Equity Partners
• Microsoft Corporation
• Moelis & Co.
• Morgan Stanley
• New Enterprise Associates
• NXT Capital
• Oak Hill Capital Partners
• Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
• ORIX Finance
• Paine & Partners, LLC
• Parallax Capital Partners, LLC
• Paul Hastings
• PCG Asset Management
• Perkins Coie LLP
• PineBridge Investments
• Presidio Hill Growth Partners
• Probitas

• Profit Recovery Partners LLC
• Progress Investment Management Company, LLC
• RCP Advisors
• Ropes & Gray
• Rothstein Kass
• San Francisco Employee Retirement System
• Savant Real Estate
• Serent Capital
• Shackleton Equity Partners
• Silicon Valley Bank
• Stanford Management Company
• Sterling Stamos
• Stillwater Business Park
• Stockwell Capital
• Sverica International
• The Gores Group
• The Investment Fund For Foundations
• The Local Government Pensions Institution Unioninkatu
• The Riverside Company
• Thoma Bravo
• Thomson Reuters
• TransEUS
• TSG Consumer
• Valuation Research Corporation
• Vance Street Capital
• Vector Capital
• Vintage Filings
• VMG Partners
• Wells Fargo
• Wildman Harrold
• William Blair & Company
• Wilshire Private Markets
• Zag.com / TrueCar, Inc