Private Equity Breakfast 2015

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

Panelists:

Benjamin Buerstedde, Director, Advent International 
Andreas Fendel, Founding Partner, Quadriga Capital 
Kai Köppen, Partner, EMERAM Capital Partners 
Konstantin Urban, Co-CEO & Founder, windeln.de AG 
Alexander von Mellenthin, Managing Director, DI Kapital GmbH
Thomas von Werner, Managing Director, Penta Investments

Topics:

• Private Equity as a partner for German Mittelstand entrepreneurs and family businesses
• What do companies and management expect from private equity investors?
• What are some of the alternatives to PE for German entrepreneurs or family businesses?
• Outlook for PE in Germany and the "DACH" region
  • High opportunity sectors
  • Most competitive deal size segments, opportunities
  • Co-investing opportunities
  • Challenges of managing portfolio companies
  • Challenges around negotiating the acquisition of privately-held entrepreneurial businesses
  • Taking stock – deals completed in 2015
  • Trends in M&A transactions
  • Availability of finance, alternative financing
  • Fund raising environment
  • Crisis – impact on portfolio and the opportunities it creates