Summary:

Buyouts conferences are designed to provide a forum among senior executives in the private equity industry and the editors of Buyouts. At our events you benefit from a day of focused intelligence and high level discussion on stage, along with fantastic networking and private meeting sessions with the people you want to meet.

Last year nearly 300 delegates came to Buyouts Texas, and this year once again you'll hear from dozens of speakers, with a strong Texan flavor.

Why attend Buyouts Texas?

  Get your southwestern deals and funds networking done in a single day, in a single place, with a single event;
  Make headway on fundraising by networking with the investors you'll meet in the hallways and in our GP/LP    private networking sessions;
  Find deal flow at our Deal Flow Circuit, where local PE shops man tables;
  Get the latest market intelligence from global data provider Thomson Reuters.

This Nov. 18, join us in Dallas for a day with the industry's elite.

Keynote Speakers:

Glenn Creamer, Co-Founder, Providence Equity Partners	Kenneth Hersh, CEO, NGP Energy Capital Management	Rob Holmes, Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking for Southern Region, JP Morgan	Harold Hope, Co-Head, Private Equity Group Secondaries & Structured Products, Goldman Sachs	Alex Navab, Co-Head North American Private Equity, KKR
Michael Parks, Managing Director, TCW Special Situations Group

The Current Speaker List Includes:

• Christian Albert, Managing Partner, Bowside Capital
• Tripp Brower, Partner, Capstone Partners
• Andrew Bucolo, Managing Director, Madison Capital Funding
• John Buser, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman
• Glenn Creamer, Co-Founder, Providence Equity Partners
• Charles Daugherty, Managing Partner, Stanwich Advisors
• Tom Del Core, Senior Manager, Rothstein Kass
• Chris Douvos, Managing Director, The Investment Fund For Foundations
• Ned Fleming, Managing Partner, SunTx Capital Partners
• Kevin Garland, Partner, The Sterling Group
• Sean Gill, Partner, NEPC
• John Grimes, Managing Director, Growth Capital Partners
• Roger Hendren, Market Circle Growth Leader, McGladrey
• Kenneth Hersh, CEO, NGP Energy Capital Management
• Rob Holmes, Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking for Southern Region, JP Morgan
• Harold Hope, Co-Head, Private Equity Group Secondaries & Structured Products, Goldman Sachs
• Todd Hughes, Managing Director, Portfolio Advisors
• David Katz, Principal, GTCR
• Colt Luedde, Managing Director, GulfStar Group
• Jeff Mansukhani, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates
• Mike McGill, Founder, MHT Partners
• Alex Navab, Co-Head North American Private Equity, KKR
• Kevin O'Brien, Managing Director, CCMP Capital
• Michael Parks, Managing Director, TCW Special Situations Group
• Luca Salvato, Partner, Coller Capital
• Akash Sethi, Partner, Patton Boggs
• Richard Sukkar, Managing Director, Deloitte
• Phillip Tencick, Investment Manager, Army and Air Force Exchange Service
• Jason Van Dussen, Managing Director, Golub Capital

Agenda at a glance...

•   8:00 a.m. Registration
•   8:30 a.m. PE Market Outlook - Coller Capital
•   8:45 a.m. Keynote 1 - Dealmaker Keynote
•   9:15 a.m. Funds - Roadshow Update: Raising Capital Today
•   9:45 a.m. Deals - Sourcing & Pricing Your Next Deal
• 10:15 a.m. Break
• 10:30 a.m. Deals - Maximum Leverage, Minimum Terms
• 11:00 a.m. Fund Relations - How To Keep LPs Happy and Re-upping
• 11:30 a.m. Keynote 2 - Energy Investing And Its Impact On Global Economies In The Coming Decade
• 12:00 p.m. Lunch
•   1:10 p.m. Keynote 3 - Fundraising Keynote
•   1:40 p.m. Positioning Your Company For An Exit
•   2:10 p.m. Keynote 4 - Historical PE Performance
•   2:30 p.m. Break
•   2:50 p.m. Funds - Where Will LPs Put Their Dollars Next Year?
•   3:20 p.m. Keynote Panel - 11 PE Predictions For '11
•   4:00 p.m. Deal Flow Circuit, Cocktails

Networking Opportunities:

• Deal Flow Circuit

Select buyout pros from the region man tables. They will present information about their firm, and are available to talk to lenders, bankers, LPs and others at the event. All conference delegates can attend this session. If you are interested in exhibiting at this session, let us know, as space is very limited.

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Attending Firms Include:

• American Capital Solutions


• Andrews Kurth


• Army and Air Force Exchange Service


• Austin Ventures


• Bley Investment Group


• Brazos Private Equity Partners


• Cambridge Associates


• CapitalSouth Partners


• Capstone Partners


• CBIZ Valuation Group


• CCMP Capital


• Coller Capital


• Commerce Street Capital


• Duff and Phelps

• Energy Future Holdings Corp.


• Energy Spectrum Capital


• Golub Capital


• Growth Capital Partners


• GTCR


• GulfStar Capital


• Insight Equity


• KKR


• Landmark Partners


• Lazard Middle Market


• Madison Capital Funding


• Merit Capital Partners


• Methodist Hospital Health System


• NEPC

• Neuberger Berman


• NGP Energy Capital Management


• ORIX Finance


• PCG Asset Management


• Portfolio Advisors


• Satori Capital


• Southern Methodist University


• SunTx Capital Partners


• The CapStreet Group


• The Sterling Group


• UHY LLP