German Private Equity Breakfast 2017

Panel discussion and breakfast
Co-chairs:
Poul Pedersen, Managing Partner & Head of Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice, Pedersen & Partners 
Tobias Schneider, Partner, CMS Germany

Panellists:

Katrin Wehr-Seiter, Managing Director, BIP Investment Partners
Can Toygar, Director, CVC Capital Partners
Stefan Schütze, Executive Director, FinLab AG
Tobias Schultheiss, Managing Director, GCA Altium
Joakim Lundvall, Partner, Nordic Capital
Arndt Rautenberg, Founder & Managing Partner, Rautenberg & Company 

Topics:

• Recent trends in M&A in Germany and German speaking Europe ("DACH Region") – including deal-flow, valuations, funding, exit strategies
• High opportunity sectors
• Co-investing opportunities
• Challenges of managing portfolio companies, portfolio value enhancement strategies
• External factors (a.o. Brexit, Euro crisis, Trump presidency, geopolitical situation Russia & Turkey, migrant crisis, etc.)
• Appetite for investing or expanding portfolio companies further afield. Which high growth regions are particularly in demand right now? Southeast Asia/ Sub Saharan Africa/ Latin America/ Central & Eastern Europe/ Middle East & North Africa?
• Investing in start-up companies and SMEs: The role of Venture & Seed Capital