8:45-9:00 - Introduction by Co-Chairs
9:00-10:00 - Current M&A Market – Deal-making in an Uncertain Environment
- M&A forecast for 2009
- Attractive industries
- Trends in deal pricing and financing
- Impact of foreign buyers entering US market
10:00-11:00 - Corporate Deal-Makers’ Roundtable
- Financial and strategic buyers’ perspectives
- Next wave of M&A activity
- Developments in middle market LBO terms
11:00-11:30 - Networking Break
11:30-12:30 - Buying Corporate Orphans – Opportunities and Challenges
12:30-2:00 - Seated Lunch with Keynote Speaker
2:00-3:00 - M&A Finance – an Oxymoron in Today's Market?
The remaining sessions will be presented in two separate tracks:
3:30-4:30
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Track 1: Cross Border M&A
- Doing deals in Canada
- Opportunities in China and India
- Emerging Markets – Mexico and Central America
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Track 2: Investment Banking and M&A
- Does every deal need a banker?
- Negotiating engagement letter
- Role of investment banker in M&A transactions
- Fairness opinions
- Conflict issues
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4:30-5:30
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Track 1: Distressed M&A
- Valuing the distressed company
- Dealing with competing interests of various stakeholders
- 363 transactions
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Track 2: What Every M&A Advisor should know about Tax
- Tax impact on overall deal economics
- Optimal deal structures
- Successor liability
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5:30-7:30 - Cocktail Reception
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