Summary:

Join Buyouts Magazine for the Third Annual Buyouts Chicago at the Palmer House in Chicago this June 17, 2010.

Buyouts conferences are designed to provide a forum for dialogue amongst senior executives in the private equity industry, and the editors of Buyouts. Because we keep the conversation focused on high level topics, we draw a senior crowd, so the benefit to you is a day of focused intelligence on stage, and fantastic networking in the hallways..

At the third annual Buyouts Chicago this June 17, you’ll hear from more than 30 speakers, with a strong Midwestern flavor.

Why attend?

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

With the market in full swing in 2010, join us in Chicago for a day with the industry’s elite.

Keynote Speakers:

Lester Knight, Co-Founder, Managing Partner, RoundTable Healthcare Partners

Adam Max, Managing Principal, The Jordan Company

Jeff Pentland, Managing Director, Northleaf Capital Partners

Bruce Rauner, Chairman, GTCR Golder Rauner LLC

Steven Taslitz, Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director, Sterling Partners

The Current Speaker List Includes:

• Justin Abelow, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey
• Steve Bills, Senior Editor, Buyouts Magazine
• Rob Brown, Managing Director, Lincoln International
• Jeffrey Burgis, Partner, Adams Street Partners
• Gregory Cashman, Senior Managing Director, Golub Capital
• Mark Cecil, Contributing Editor, Buyouts Magazine
• Trevor Clark, CEO, Madison Capital Funding LLC
• Steven Costabile, Managing Director, Global Head of Private Funds Group, PineBridge Investments
• Tom Danis, Managing Principal, RCP Advisors
• Jeff DeFazio, Former CEO, Carex Health Brands
• John Drake, Investment Officer - Private Equity, State of Wisconsin Investment Board
• David Fischer, Partner, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP
• Marcus George, Partner, Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC
• Scott Gilbertson, Principal, Origination, The Riverside Company
• Alexander Haislip, Senior Writer, Venture Capital Journal
• David Hallet, Managing Director, Lazard Middle Market
• Clark Higgins, Operating Partner, Marwit Capital
• Lester Knight, Co-Founder, Managing Partner, RoundTable Healthcare Partners
• Rich Lawson, Co-Founder, Managing Director, Huntsman Gay Global Capital
• Adam Max, Managing Principal, The Jordan Company
• John Morris, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners
• Jeff Pentland, Managing Director, Northleaf Capital Partners
• Lisa Peterson, Director - Private Equity, RDV Corp.
• Paul Peterson., Principal, Wind Point Partners
• Ross Posner, Director, Allstate Investments, LLC
• Douglas Present, CEO, Managed Health Care Associates, Inc.
• Dan Primack, Editor, peHUB.com
• Bruce Rauner, Chairman, GTCR Golder Rauner LLC
• Ed Rieckelman, Vice President, Alberta Investment Management Corp.
• David Rogers, Partner, Caledon Capital Management
• Marc E. Sacks, Senior Managing Director, Head of Private Equity, Mesirow Financial Private Equity
• Luca Salvato, Partner, Coller Capital
• Michael J. Slattery, Regional Managing Partner, M&A Transaction Services, Deloitte & Touche
• Steven Taslitz, Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director, Sterling Partners
• David Toll, Editor-in-Charge, Buyouts Magazine
• Philip Tsai, Managing Director, UBS Investment Bank - Private Funds Group, Secondary Market Advisory
• Greg Turk, Director of Investments , Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois
• Robert Weiss, Managing Director, Sankaty Advisors
• Gordon Whiting, Managing Director, Angelo, Gordon & Co.
• Roger Wilen, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Agenda at a glance...

•   8:00 a.m. Registration
•   8:45 a.m. PE Market Outlook: Coller Capital
•   9:00 a.m. Keynote 1: Investor Keynote
•   9:30 a.m. Deals: The Deal Flow Today
• 10:00 a.m. Funds: The Best Returns Are Made In A Recession, So Why Can’t I Raise My Fund?
• 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
• 10:45 a.m. Deals: Debt Markets
• 11:15 a.m. Funds: Trench Warfare or Blissful Partnership? Negotiating With Your Investors
• 11:45 a.m. Firm Focus: Operations & Executive Leadership—CEOs Speak
• 12:15 p.m. Lunch
•   1:30 p.m. Keynote 2: Dealmaker Keynote
•   2:00 p.m. Deals: Exits
•   2:40 p.m. Coffee Break
•   4:00 p.m. Deal Flow Circuit, Cocktails
•   6:00 p.m. Conference Ends

Networking Opportunities:

• Deal Flow Circuit

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Attending Firms Include:

• Adams Street Partners


• Alberta Investment Management


• Allstate Investments LLC


• Altius Associates


• Altus Capital Partners


• Ares Management


• BAML Capital Access Funds


• Bank of America


• BDT Capital Partners


• Black Deer Ventures


• Blue Wolf Capital Management


• BMO Capital Markets


• Bowside Capital, LLC


• Brazos Private Equity Partners


• Caledon Capital Management


• CC Industries


• CapitalSource


• CIVC Partners


• Clarion Capital


• Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC


• Coller Capital


• Conversus Asset Management


• Deloitte & Touche


• Diamond Capital Management


• Ennis Knupp & Associates


• Fifth Street Capital


• Fifth Third Bank


• Fortress Investment


• Forum Capital Partners


• FPG Partners


• GE Equity


• Goldman Sachs


• Golub Capital

• GTCR Golder Rauner LLC


• HarbourVest


• HCP Management


• High Street Capital


• Houlihan Lokey


• Huntsman Gay Global Capital


• Industrial Opportunity Partners


• Insight Equity


• Ironwood Capital


• Jordan, Knauff & Company


• Lazard Middle Market


• Lincoln International


• Macquarie Capital (USA)


• Madison Capital Funding


• Managed Health Care Associates


• Marwit Capital


• Mercury Capital Advisors


• Mesirow Financial Private Equity


• MFC Capital Funding


• Midwest Mezzanine Funds


• Northcreek Mezzanine


• Northern Trust


• Northleaf Capital Partners


• Norwest Equity Partners


• Novacap


• Parish Capital


• Park Hill Group


• Parkway Capital


• PCG Asset Management


• PineBridge Investments


• Piper Jaffray Private Capital


• Pomona Capital


• Private Advisors LLC

• RCP Advisors


• RDV Corp


• Riverside Company


• RoundTable Healthcare Partners


• Sankaty Advisors


• Sawdust Investment Management


• Shackleton Equity Partners


• Sidley Austin


• Solar Capital


• State of Michigan Retirement Systems


• State of Wisconsin Investment Board


• Sterling Partners


• Stockwell Capital


• Stone Arch Capital


• Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois


• Thayer Hidden Creek


• The Jordan Company


• Thomson Reuters


• Tricor Pacific Capital


• Twin Bridge Capital Partners


• UBS Private Funds Group


• Valor Equity Partners


• VergePointe Capital


• Volante Capital


• W.K. Kellogg Foundation


• Waveland Investments


• Wells Fargo Capital Finance


• Wildman Harrold


• William Blair & Company


• Wind Point Partners


• Winona Capital Management


• WP Global Partners Inc.