Sponsors & Partners

RSM International is the sixth largest global audit, tax and consulting network in the world. RSM offers a wide range of services including: Audit and Assurance, Tax and Legal, Consulting, Risk Advisory, Outsourcing, Restructuring, Corporate Finance and Transaction Advisory Services. RSM is present in more than 120 countries with a combined staff of over 41,400 in over 800 offices across the Americas, Europe, MENA, Africa and Asia Pacific. RSM counts with M&A professionals in the major business centers throughout the world. RSM advises mid-market clients and consumer-focused financial sponsors in a broad range of acquisitions, disposals, financings, takeovers and other corporate matters including tactics and strategic rationale providing genuine sector, transaction insight and understanding of every stage from origination to closing of a M&A transaction.

GAM is one of the world’s leading independent, pure-play asset managers. It provides active investment solutions and products for institutions, financial intermediaries and private investors, under two brands: GAM and Julius Baer Funds. The core investment business is complemented by private labelling services, which include management company and other support services to third-party institutions. GAM employs around 1,000 people in 11 countries with investment centres in London, Cambridge, Zurich, Hong Kong, New York, Lugano and Milan. The investment managers are supported by an extensive global distribution network. Headquartered in Zurich, GAM is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and is a component of the Swiss Market Index Mid (SMIM) with the symbol ‘GAM’. The Group has assets under management of CHF 119.1 billion (USD 122.9 billion)*. *Source: GAM. Data as at 30 September 2016.

Candesic is a strategy consultancy founded in 2002 by medical doctors and business executives with deep business experience who bring an unrivalled combination of business, clinical front line experience and academic rigor to their client’s issues. Candesic’s experts, medical doctors and academics deliver unrivalled insight and credibility for both our private and public sector clients. We specialise in providing commercial due diligence advice to private equity and other investors and strategic advice for companies looking to capitalise on market trends and improve their offering and performance. Candesic comes from the word ‘candescence’ (to shine a light) and this is the ethos of our project work, highlighting primary sourced data-driven analysis to get under the skin of business issues.

The Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA) is the representative body of private equity and venture capital professionals in Luxembourg. With 150 members, LPEA plays a leading role in the discussion and development of the investment framework and actively promotes the industry beyond the country’s borders. Luxembourg disposes of a stable tax regime and is today at the forefront of international PE regulation providing a flexible, secure, predictable and multi-lingual jurisdiction to operate in. LPEA provides a dynamic and interactive platform for its members to discuss and exchange information and organises working meetings and networking opportunities on a regular basis. If Luxembourg is your location of choice for private equity, LPEA is where you actually join the industry!

Investing.com is a global financial portal and internet brand composed of 30 editions in 23 languages and mobile apps for Android and iOS that provide news, analysis, streaming quotes and charts, technical data and financial tools about the global financial markets. Each edition covers a broad variety of local and global financial vehicles including Stocks, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Interest Rates, Futures and Options. Founded in 2007, Investing.com has a growing readership worldwide and is now a leading global financial portal committed to constantly launching innovative features and sections to ensure an optimal one-stop source for its readers.

Established in 2002, Global Legal Group (GLG) is an independent, London-based media company specialising in the legal market. Through print and digital channels we provide legal, regulatory and policy information to senior executives, general counsel, law firms and government agencies.

Palico is the first global online marketplace for the private equity fund community. There are currently US$64 billion in investable opportunities on Palico, covering fundraisings, secondaries, and co-investments. Since establishing itself as a fintech pioneer in 2012, over 40,000 professionals representing Limited Partners, General Partners and their advisors, in more than 140 countries, have joined Palico. Limited partners can discover, analyze and invest in fundraisings listed by general partners on Palico. In Palico’s secondary market, limited partners can anonymously list their stakes for sale and be contacted by potential buyers. Whether members connect over primaries, secondaries or co-investments, Palico makes it easier to invest. LPs and GPs can join Palico

CEE Legal Matters is a print and online publication for and about the lawyers and legal markets of Central and Eastern Europe. CEE Legal Matters features news, interviews, analysis, opinion, and more. We also host conferences and round-tables and produce special reports on fees, salaries, and other subjects of interest to lawyers in the region. Our mission is, simply, to be the go-to source of information about the legal industry in Central and Eastern Europe.

Savvy Investor is the world’s best research platform for institutional investors.

The site’s dedicated research team curates and publishes the best investment white papers, bringing them together in to one place, for your ease of use. Savvy Investor is made up of fifty topics, including a Private Equity Research section, as well as powerful search functionality.

Having launched in 2015, Savvy Investor has already grown to have over 16,000 members, with 200 more joining each week. All members are verified as Institutional Investors and Service Providers, with most of the membership comprising asset owners, asset managers and investment consultants.

Our engagement levels relate directly to the personalised experience our members receive. Every month, over 12,000 white papers are downloaded from Savvy Investor – far more than any other comparable platform. In addition, there’s a curated investment conferences directory, with useful search filters.

Registration is completely free. When you sign up, you will select the topics that you wish to follow. These preferences are then used to personalize your weekly newsletter, as well as your home page.

Sign up for free today at www.savvyinvestor.net

Leaders League is a media and rating agency for top executives at the international level. We connect senior business leaders to a dynamic network of business information and people sharing a common passion : excellence in leadership and management. Leaders League delivers up-to-date news, in-depth analysis and business insights through a range of formats, from Décideurs Magazine, market intelligence reports, top company rankings and directories to professional events and digital products.

Preqin is the leading source of information for the alternative assets industry, providing data and analysis via online databases, publications and complimentary research reports. Preqin is an independent business with over 250 staff based in New York, London, Singapore, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Manila serving over 40,000 customers in over 90 countries.

Preqin has the most comprehensive and extensive information available on the private equity and venture capital, hedge fund, real estate, infrastructure, private debt and natural resources industries, encompassing funds and fundraising, performance, fund managers, institutional investors, deals and fund terms. Leading alternative assets professionals from around the world rely on Preqin’s services daily, and its data and statistics are regularly quoted by the financial press.

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