Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum 2012

Place: Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
Time: 18 Oct 2012 09:00 - 17:00
Working language: English

The Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum has been held for several years now, and the event has turned into a prime meeting place for industry players and advisers. This year the Forum is held in Tallinn on 18 October in the headquarters of the art museum of Estonia – KUMU, which is the largest and most impressive exhibition venue in Estonia. Previously held in Riga and Vilnius, the forum has gained a stellar reputation among leading representatives of private equity and venture capital funds, investment bankers, advisors, lawyers, managers and owners of companies in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Forum organisers – media leaders Äripäev (Estonia), Dienas bizness (Latvia) and Verslo žinios (Lithuania) in cooperation with law firm SORAINEN –  invite you to join this prestigious annual event for the Baltic M&A and private equity industry.

The one-day event provides you with the gist of information about the most relevant aspects of the M&A and private equity market in the Baltic States plus presentations of real case studies. Additionally this is an excellent opportunity to establish new contacts, share experience, find new business opportunities and spend a day with your peers.

Forum moderators are Toomas Prangli, managing partner of SORAINEN Estonian office and head of SORAINEN regional M&A and Private Equity Team, and Meelis Mandel, editor in chief of Äripäev.

Agenda:
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-11:00 I session: Current M&A market trends in Europe and the Baltics
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 II session: Private equity and venture capital workshop (organised together with Baltic local venture capital and private equity associations)
13:00-14:00 Buffet lunch
14:00-15:15 III session: M&A as a vehicle for business growth
15:15-15:45 Coffee break
15:45-17:00 IV session: Tools for successful M&A and private equity transactions
17:00 After-hours networking

I session: Current M&A market trends in Europe and the Baltics 
Session moderator: Henrik Igasta, head of corporate finance Baltics at SEB Enskilda

• General overview of international and European M&A trends
  Thomas Williams, deputy editor of Mergermarket EMEA
• Discussion panel on Baltic trends by local investment banks and advisors
  Panel is led by Piotr Noceń, managing partner of Resource Partners
  Speakers include Aare Tammemäe, senior partner of Redgate Capital, Julijus Grigaliūnas, partner in Porta Finance, Henrik Igasta, head of corporate finance Baltics at SEB Enskilda, Heikki Källu, partner in GILD Corporate Finance, and Renat Lokomet, vice-president and head of corporate finance department at Rietumu Banka
• How cultural differences may affect negotiations and transactions
  David Richard Williams, CEO of Air Maintenance Estonia

II session: Private equity and venture capital workshop (organised together with Baltic local venture capital and private equity associations)
Session and panel moderator: Kristjan Kalda, chairman of the Estonian Venture Capital Association management board and founder of BaltCap

• Overview of the Baltic private equity and venture capital market
  Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian venture capital and private equity associations
• Baltic Innovation Fund
  Graham Cope, head of Northern Europe region at the European Investment Fund
• Panel session by regional and international private equity houses: Main investment hurdles for private equity investors in the Baltics
  Speakers include Šarūnas Šiugžda, founder and managing partner of Litcapital, Gert Tiivas from East Capital, Astra Neimane, investment director of BaltCap, Harijs Švarcs, CEO of Swedbank Investment Funds Latvia, and Juhani Bondsdorff, director of EQT Partners

III session: M&A as a vehicle for business growth
Session and panel moderator: Aku Sorainen, senior partner of SORAINEN

• Panel discussion – is M&A a good vehicle for business growth? Entrepreneurial experiences
  Speakers include Madis Jääger, member of the board at Olympic Entertainment Group, Vytautas Plunksnis, investment manager at Invalda, Vesa Jalava, managing director at Hanzas Maiznica, and Mait Sooaru, member of the board at Estonian Post
• Design as Strategic Asset: The Importance of Design in Due Diligence
  Richard Eisermann, co-founder of an international strategic design consultancy Prospect, advising among others Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, bmi and Silverjet on creating great customer experiences

IV session: Tools for successful M&A and private equity transactions
Session moderator: Veikko Maripuu, senior partner of Redgate Capital

• Warranties in action
  Elia Montorio and Stephen Devlin, partners in DLA Piper UK
• Using growth capital for expanding Baltic companies
  Ashwin Roy, partner in Citi Venture Capital International
• Mezzanine: alternative way of acquisition financing
  Arkadiusz Podziewski, principal of Darby Private Equity

The participation fee for the full-day event is EUR 200 (+VAT). Please note that for SORAINEN clients there is a special discount – the participation fee of EUR 160 (+VAT), which applies when you mention the keyword "SORAINEN client" in the Comment field when registering.

Please see more information and register at Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum site.

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