The Private Equity International Middle East Forum
Marsh will be co-sponsoring the 2008 Private Equity International Middle East Forum with Mercer for the second year. This 2-day forum attracts the biggest international private equity names as well as the leading regional players which in turn provides an ideal platform for us to host a risk workshop and promote and exhibit our services as the pre-imminent risk and insurance advisor with a specific focus on infrastructure and cross-border M&A. Edwin Charnaud, EMEA Practice leader is one of the key speakers at the forum.
Formal client invitations
We have been sent formal invitations and programmes for the forum for clients. If you would like to send hard copies of the invitations to your contacts, please send an email to Natalie Frank indicating the amount of invitations you require.
The agenda will cover the following topics
Views from the region
Back to basics: doing what private equity does best
Reading the market: does private equity need to redefine itself?
The meaning of working in partnership with family companies and the benefits of an industrial approach
Theory in practice: working with family companies in the region
Investing beyond the GCC: where are the opportunities?
Secondaries: the growing market for fund liquidity
View from the buy side: what investors think of the regional private equity market?
Risk management: overcoming deal risks
Energy
Investing in Infrastructure
Islamic alternative assets
Fundraising and investor relations
Overcoming transactional obstacles: taxation, legal, due diligence, banking
The burden of expectation: the socio-political responsibilities of venture capital and private equity
The public face of private equity
The world is watching: why corporate governance matters to private equity in the Middle East
The road well travelled: lessons from private equity’s recent evolution in other regions
The government perspective: how private equity can help transform the Middle East region
The Limited Partners panel: defining the modern limited partner
Key take-aways: the Middle East taking its place on the world stage and private equity in 2010
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