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2016 CROSS-BORDER M&A CONFERENCEInvestment, Digitization and Globalization in Times of Disruption

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MuMAC 2016 Invitation2

McDermott Will & Emery’s Munich M&A Conference

(MuMAC) is celebrating its 6th year. We are looking forward

to welcoming significant M&A market participants, strategic

and private equity investors, and individuals from the advi-

sory world to take part in discussions on topics relating to

cross-border M&A.

We would very much like to thank in advance our key note

speaker Callum Mitchell-Thomson, Head of Investment

Banking Germany for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and the

many speakers participating in the panel discussions.

MuMAC 2016 will cover topics of major significance to the

cross-border M&A markets, including regional investment

trends in Europe, both from and into Asia and the United

States. We will examine the effect of these trends on sectors

such as health; technology, media & telecoms; real estate

and automotive. We will also, of course, be looking at the

current and potential effect of Brexit on international M&A.

Since last year’s conference, the M&A market brightened

dramatically. 2015 was a record year since 2008: the overall

value of transactions in the European M&A market rose by

47 per cent to US$1,000 billion while the number of deals

fell slightly to 6,361. Remarkably, the number of mega-deals

increased significantly. The average deal size in Europe rose

by 51.5 per cent to US$156 million. The top three most

active industry sectors were consumer goods (21 per cent),

health care (20 per cent) and TMT (14 per cent).

2015 also saw the highest cross-border deal volume since

2008. In all, 788 transactions (worth US$350 billion) were

inbound from the United States, 585 (worth US$240 billion)

outbound to the United States. A total of 311 transactions

(worth US$86 billion) were inbound from Asia and 185

(worth US$16 billion) outbound to Asia.

In contrast with 2015, Q1of 2016 was considerably slow-

er. M&A activity by deal volume globally was down by 24

per cent this year, compared to Q1 of 2015. In the private

equity market, buy-outs were down by 15.3 per cent and

exits by 29.7 per cent over the same period. Was this as a

result of the markets preparing for the uncertainty surround-

ing the United Kingdom’s Brexit Referendum, or a sign of

something wider?

MuMAC 2016 is the best place to get answers from experts.

Come and join us.

Christian von Sydow Dr Nikolaus von Jacobs

Investment, Digitization and Globalization in Times of DisruptionUS/Europe and Asia/Europe Cross-Border M&A and Activist Shareholders

2016 CROSS-BORDER M&A CONFERENCE

MuMAC 2016 Invitation 3

Conference Agenda

9.10 am – 9.50 am

Grand Ballroom

M&A and Private Equity Market 2016

�� Market snapshot �� Pricing and appetite �� Search for value �� Auction trends

Dr Michael Drill, CEO Germany and Managing Director, Lincoln InternationalDr Andreas Fendel, Quadriga CapitalPhilipp Haindl, Managing Director, Serafin GroupJan Mayerhöfer, Partner, Mayerhöfer & Co Corporate Finance BeratungTristan Nagler, Managing Director, Aurelius InvestmentsSteve Roberts, Private Equity Leader, PwC Germany

Moderator: Dr Nikolaus von Jacobs, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

8.00 am – 9.00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcoming Remarks by Head of Transaction Group, McDermott Will & Emery

Ira J. ColemanGlobal head of the Corporate & Transactional Practice, Miami

9.00 am – 9.05 am

Grand Ballroom

9.55 am – 10.15 am

Grand Ballroom

Cross Border M&A in the Shadow of Brexit

Callum Mitchell-Thomson, Head of Investment Banking Germany, J.P. Morgan

Coffee Break10.15 am – 10.45 am


Buffet Lunch Break12.15 pm – 1.15 pm

10.45 am – 11.30 am

Grand Ballroom

Cross-Border M&A USA and Europe

�� Brexit and its impact on cross-border M&A�� The US capital markets and their role in technology M&A�� Key M&A sectors for US/European M&A in 2016�� US and European companies: buyers or sellers?

Torsten Krumm, Managing Partner, HQ EquitaDr Jan Mathias Kuhr, Head of Corporate Law, KION GROUPThomas Sauermilch, Partner, McDermott Will & EmeryPatrick Schaich, Principal, Origination, RiversideDr Burkhard Weber, Managing Director, Lincoln International

Moderator: Melville D. Mummert, Managing Director, Head of European Investment Banking, Raymond James

11.35 am – 12.15 pm

Grand Ballroom

Cross-Border M&A Asia and Europe

�� Chinese M&A activity in Europe: a long term trend or just hype?�� Chinese investors’ sector preferences and the question of the deal rationale behind their

choices�� The real role of the Chinese Government in a typical deal�� How to run a global business with a Chinese shareholder

Junda (David) Dai, Partner, McDermott Will & EmeryDr Qing Ding, Chairman, Shenzhen Shentou Investment Co.Yongseok Jang, Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Strategy Team, CJ GroupJacob Won, Managing Partner, Locus Capital PartnersDr Mei Wu, General Manager, Joyson Europe

Moderator: Wei Wang, Partner, PwC

Conference Agenda


AGrand

Ballroom

BGallery

Life Sciences, Health and Private Equity:Licensing and Structured M&A Transactions

�� The convergence of M&A and licencing�� Structured transactions in privately held companies v public M&A�� Litigation risk around due diligence obligations

Christoph Brandenberger, Managing Director, Healthios Capital MarketsDr Irina Staatz-Granzer, Founder and Managing Director, Staatz BD & StrategyDr Sven Oleownik, Partner, Head, Gimv GermanyDr Erich Tauber, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, Themis BioscienceCharlie Troup, Managing Partner, DukestreetKristian A. Werling, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

Moderator: Emmanuelle Trombe, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

Automotive, Digital Transformation and Private Equity

�� The convergence of the automotive, technology and mobility sectors�� China – what will drive its growth in the next few years? �� M&A versus cooperations/strategic partnerships�� The future of private equity in the automotive industry

Florian Kähler, Partner, ECM Equity Capital ManagementMartin Schwarzer, Partner, PwC Mergers & AcquisitionsAlexander Sixt, Member of the Executive Board for Organization and Strategy, SixtFabian Wasmus, Partner, EQT PartnersDr Thomas von Werner, Managing Director, Penta Investments

Moderator: Dr Joachim Koch, Partner, IMAP M&A Consultants

Parallel Sessions1.15 pm – 2.00 pm

Conference Agenda: Parallel Sessions


TMT and Private Equity

�� Due diligence/valuation challenges in software businesses moving from license to SaaS revenue models�� Media or technology? Data-rich businesses with subscription revenues�� Opportunities in the "internet of things"�� FinTec solutions to regulatory change�� Killer content: IP remains king but new distribution channels are changing the funding

model

Christopher Brackmann, Director, BridgepointOlya Klüppel, Partner, ESO CapitalGunther Thies, Member of the Board, STP InformationstechnologieMathias Wahrenberger, Managing Director, Burda Digital

Moderator: David Evans, Managing Director and European practice leader, Alvarez & Marsal

2.05 pm – 2.45 pm Parallel Sessions

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Ballroom

Cross-Border Real Estate

�� European real estate: safe haven or overpriced?�� Teaming up: private equity meets German developers�� Outlook: is there any upside left?

Tobias Huzarski, Principal, KKR Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. PartnersFrank Müller, Executive Director Legal Affairs, Corpus Sireo Real EstateDavid Poremba, Director, Eastdil SecuredThomas Wiegand, Managing Director, Cerberus Deutschland

Moderator: Dr Jens Ortmanns, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

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Conference Agenda: Parallel Sessions


3.00 pm – 3.15 pm

Grand Ballroom

Investment from the Gulf Region into Europe and the United States

Raed FakhriVice President, Investments, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company(Mumtalakat)

3.20 pm – 4.00 pm

Grand Ballroom

Activist Shareholders: Experiences in the United States and Europe

�� Criteria for becoming a target�� Major challenges and obstacles for activists in Europe and the United States�� The performance of activist funds in Europe and the United States

Thomas Kolaya, Managing Director Germany and EGM, Alvarez & MarsalRoy Jacob Katzovic, Co-founder & Chairman of the Board, Saddle Point GroupTill Hufnagel, Partner, Petrus AdvisersDr Olaf Marx, Managing Director, MCGM

Moderator: Bilal Sayyed, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

Reception4.00 pm – 4.30 pm

Conference Agenda

Coffee Break2.45 pm – 3.00 pm


Christopher BrackmannDirector, Bridgepoint

Christopher Brackmann is a member of the Business Ser-vices and Media & Technology Sector Teams at Bridgepoint, a pan-European private equity investor focused on acquiring leading middle market businesses valued up to €1 billion. He joined the firm in 2008 and spent his first seven years in the London office before becoming a member of the Frankfurt team in 2016. Prior to joining Bridgepoint, he was an As-sociate in the financial sponsors and leveraged finance team at JPMorgan in London, where he was involved in numerous European buy-outs.

Christoph BrandenbergerManaging Director, Healthios Capital Markets

Christoph Brandenberger is a Managing Director in the Chi-cago office of Healthios Capital Markets, which offers stra-tegic advisory and investment banking services to emerging growth health care companies, where he focuses on a wide range of M&A, financing and strategic advisory mandates in the medical devices sector. Prior to joining Healthios in 2010, Mr Brandenberger worked in various operating roles and ultimately as General Manager for a European multina-tional company. He started his career in corporate finance and M&A at Montgomery Securities in Boston.

Ira J. ColemanGlobal Head of the Corporate & Transactional Practice, Part-ner-in-Charge of the Miami office of McDermott Will & Emery

From the Miami office of law firm McDermott Will & Emery, Ira Coleman advises clients on matters related to health care mergers and acquisitions, health care private equity and health systems. Mr Coleman has considerable experience serving as counsel in connection with compliance matters and the defence of anti-kickback and qui tam suits for health care clients.

Junda (David) DaiPartner, MWE China Law

Junda (David) Dai is based in the Shanghai office of the law firm MWE China Law. With around 20 years of experience, he has advised a variety of European and US clients, including many Fortune 500 companies, in their direct investments in China by way of green-field investments, cross-border M&A, venture capital and private equity investments, and strategic alliances in a wide range of industries and areas, including manufacturing; infrastructure; technology, media & tele-coms; chemicals and energy; health care; life sciences and agriculture. David has also advised both sides of Chinese outbound investments in particular deal structuring, due dil-igence, drafting and negotiation of transaction agreements,

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and the related governmental approvals, statutory disclosure and post-closing integrations. David is admitted to the Chi-nese Bar and the New York State Bar.

Dr Qing DingChairman, Shenzhen Shentou Investment Co.

Qing Ding is the Chairman of Shenzhen Shentou Investment, which he founded in 1998 with the backing of then the first Chinese privatisation agency, Shenzhen Investment Holding Co. Ltd. In 2001, Dr Ding took over the entire company. He previously led FE Beratungs-und Beteiligungs GmbH, which was founded in 1992.

Dr Michael DrillCEO Germany and Managing Director, Lincoln International

Michael Drill provides overall strategic and operational leader-ship for the activities of Lincoln International, a global invest-ment bank, in German speaking countries. He has 20 years of experience in advising on corporate finance transactions, M&A, public takeovers, fairness opinions and corporate dives-titures. Prior to joining Lincoln, Dr Drill was Head of M&A at the private bank Sal. Oppenheim in Frankfurt. Before that, he spent six years in the M&A group of Schroder Salamon Smith Barney Switzerland.

David EvansManaging Director and European Practice Leader, Alvarez & Marsal

David Evans recently joined Alvarez & Marsal, a leading glob-al professional services firm, in London. With over 20 years of experience, he specialises in providing financial advisory and due diligence services to big ticket private equity spon-sors and multinational corporate clients. He has worked on over 100 cross-border transactions across a wide range of sectors, but has specific expertise in technology-, media- and content-rich businesses.

Raed FakhriVice President, Investments, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat)

Mr Raed Fakhri has been a Vice President, Investments at Mumtalakat, the investment arm of the Kingdom of Bahrain, since March 2013. Mr Fakhri has enjoyed over 22 years of experience in various sectors, mainly in business develop-ment and investments. In his current role, he is involved in setting and implementing the company’s investment strategy, and identifying, developing, and executing investment oppor-tunities through joint ventures and acquisitions in the regional and global markets. In addition, he is charged with enhancing the value of existing portfolio assets by improving growth and profitability, and developing strategic opportunities.



Dr Andreas FendelCo-Founder and Managing Partner, Quadriga Capital Beteili-gungsberatung

Quadriga Capital is a leading midcap private equity adviso-ry firm targeting the Germany, Austria, Switzerland region and neighbouring countries. Funds advised by the firm have completed more than 150 transactions during the last 20 years. Its main activities relate to the industrial; services; consumer/e-commerce; health care; and technology, media and telecoms sectors. The firm creates value by supporting management teams in transforming and growing businesses, both organically and via buy-and-builds. Typical transaction volumes range from €50 million to €300 million, and recent examples include AHT Austria Haustechnik, Jack Wolfskin, Ipsen, LR Health & Beauty, eterna, Lewa, Lapp Insulators, punker, and DoreaFamilie.

Dr Irina Staatz-GranzerFounder, Staatz Business Development & Strategy

Dr Irina Staatz has more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Since 2006 she has specialised in advising and supporting leading venture capital firms and international biotech and pharmaceutical companies in devising the strategy for, and developing the operations of, their projects/product licencing, collaborations, divestments and M&A, on both the selling and buying sides. She has successfully negotiated a broad variety of agree-ments with an aggregate deal value exceeding US$1.5 bil-lion. Prior to launching Staatz, which provides strategic and operative business development solutions for customers in the health care sector, she held various senior management positions in product development, was international marketing and business development at Hermal (Merck KGaA), Boots Healthcare International and Knoll (later Abbott), and served as Chief Executive Officer of biotechnology companies Blink Biomedical, Scil Technology and U3 Pharma, which was sold to Daiichi Sankyo. Dr Staatz serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of the public French biotech company Innate Pharma, and is Chairman of BliNK Biomedical, France.

Philipp HaindlManaging Director, Serafin Group

Philipp Haindl is responsible for strategy and finance within the Serafin Group, a management consulting firm. He com-pleted his studies at a leading university in London with a Master’s degree in economic history, and started his career in asset management and audits, serving several mid-sized companies. Before founding Serafin, Mr Haindl was active in business analysis and acquisitions for five years and was involved in numerous M&A transactions.

Till HufnagelPartner and Head of Activism, Petrus Advisers

Petrus Advisers is a Europe-focused long/short hedge fund based in London. In his role as Head of Activism, Till Huf-nagel is focused on entrepreneurial investing opportunities across Europe. He has 18 years of experience in the finan-cial industry, 14 of which were with Goldman Sachs Interna-tional, where he was a Managing Director in the Private Equity business.

Tobias HuzarskiPrincipal, KKR KKR Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Partners

Tobias Huzarski joined KKR, an American multinational pri-vate equity firm, in 2012 and is a member of the European Real Estate Team, focusing on investments in Germany and the United Kingdom. Prior to KKR, he worked for Orion Cap-ital Managers and Lehman Brothers in London.

Dr Nikolaus von JacobsPartner, McDermott Will & Emery

Nikolaus von Jacobs is based in the Munich office of law firm McDermott Will & Emery, where he leads the Firm’s German private equity team. He specialises in private equity, venture capital and private and public M&A. In addition, he has vast experience in advising on distressed debt (non-performing loan portfolios and single targets), distressed M&A and re-structuring. His clients are primarily private equity funds and German industrial market leaders.

Yongseok JangExecutive Vice President and Head of Corporate Strategy Team, CJ Group

Yongseok Jang is a veteran business growth and develop-ment leader, with over 20 years of extensive global experi-ence across the e-commerce, telecommunications and media industries. Prior to joining CJ, a South Korean conglomerate holding company, he served as head of strategy for LG Elec-tronics’ Mobile Division.

Roy Jacob KatzoviczCo-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Saddle Point Group

Saddle Point is a public and private equity investment firm. Prior to joining Saddle Point, Roy Jacob Katzovicz served as a Partner, Investment Team Member and Chief Legal Officer of Pershing Square Capital Management, LP Before joining Pershing Square, Mr Katzovicz was a corporate attorney at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which he joined after serv-ing as a judicial clerk to The Honorable William B. Chandler, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery.



Florian KählerPartner, ECM Equity Capital Management

Florian Kähler studied Business Administration and Econom-ics in Germany and the United States. He worked for several years at Deutsche Bank, first in the Leverage and Structured Finance Department in Frankfurt, then in the Corporate Fi-nance Team. In 2009, Mr Kähler joined ECM, a manage-ment-owned private equity firm, where he is responsible for various transactions in different sectors, and his projects in-clude Bergmann Automotive, Leitner and Kamps.

Dr Joachim KochPartner, IMAP M&A Consultants

Joachim Koch focuses on sell- and buy-side transactions in the automotive and industrials sector. He has more than 15 years of experience, structuring M&A and financing transac-tions for German and international companies, for both fam-ily-owned businesses and for private equity clients. Before joining IMAP, which advises on M&A transactions of all kind with a focus on the middle market, Dr Koch worked for IKB Deutsche Industriebank, Société Générale and J.P. Morgan. During his time at IKB, he had full responsibility for the auto-motive supplier industry.

Thomas KolajaManaging Director, Germany and European Growth Markets, Alvarez & Marsal Deutschland

Alvarez & Marsal Deutschland is a turnaround management and corporate restructuring firm, with offices in Munich, Prague and Warsaw. Thomas Kolaja heads the firm’s turn-around and performance improvement practice and has over 20 years of experience in restructuring, business strategy and operational improvement advisory services.

Torsten KrummManaging Partner, HQ Equita

Torsten Krumm has been in the private equity industry for 18 years. Prior to joining HQ Equita, which makes hands-on investments in small and mid-sized enterprises in Ger-man-speaking regions, he was Co-Head of Odewald & Com-pagnie, a mid-cap private equity fund in Berlin. Before that, he was a Managing Partner at Apax Partners Germany for al-most 10 years. Mr Krumm previously worked for 10 years at Intel, where held the roles of Director at Intel Capital Europe, with responsibility for M&A and investments in Europe; Sales and Marketing Manager, Europe; and Business Development and Marketing Manager, Australia and New Zealand. Before joining Intel in Australia, he was the IT and Operation Manag-er at ITT in Australia and New Zealand, and started his career as a Corporate Key Account Manager at Novell Germany.

Olya KlüppelPartner, ESO Capital

Olya Klueppel is a partner at ESO Capital. She manages ESO’s Zurich office. Prior to joining ESO in January 2010, Ms Klüppel was responsible for fund selection and portfolio man-agement of fixed income strategies, including direct lending and special situations investments at Harcourt Investment Consulting AG, a diversified FoF now part of Vontobel. Fixed income accounted for $1+ billion of assets. From 2003 until 2006, Ms Klüppel sourced and executed public and private debt offerings in a variety of structures and currencies for sovereign and supranational clients at Citigroup. She has de-veloped Citigroup’s European sub-sovereign franchise (local authorities and government-guaranteed agencies). Prior to that Ms Klüppel spent several years in Tokyo advising corpo-rate and sovereign issuers on raising capital in the Japanese capital markets. Ms Klüppel began her career in 1997 in the High Yield/Leveraged Finance Group at Salomon Smith Barney in New York.

Jan MayerhöferPartner, Mayerhöfer & Co Corporate Finance Beratung

Mr Mayerhöfer has 20 years of experience in advising on national and international M&A transactions. In 2003 he founded Mayerhöfer & Co, which provides financial advisory services. Prior to that, he spent eight years in the corporate finance and M&A divisions of PricewaterhouseCoopers and the private bank Merck Finck & Co.

Frank MüllerExecutive Director, Legal Affairs, CORPUS SIREO Real Estate

CORPUS SIREO is one of the leading German real estate asset managers. Since 2014, it has been part of the Swiss Life Group, a leading European provider of comprehensive life and pensions and financial solutions. A qualified lawyer and real estate economist, Frank Müller previously led the le-gal department of a large German real estate funds manager, and worked for several years in an international law firm. Mr Müller specialises in real estate and regulatory law.

Dr Jan-Mathias KuhrHead of Corporate Law, KION Group

Jan-Mathias Kuhr is responsible for corporate law matters at KION Group AG. Mr Kuhr started his career at Baker & McKenzie, was Associate General Counsel at McKinsey & Co., and later General Counsel and Director Corporate Development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Cel-anese. He has broad experience in managing cross-border M&A transaction both from the perspective of an advisor as well as from the in-house perspective as a deal manager.



Dr Olaf MarxManaging Director, MCGM

Olaf Marx has more than 20 years of experience in top man-agement consulting. He possesses broad expertise including strategic restructuring, corporate turnaround and optimisa-tion of business processes. Mr Marx has used these skills to benefit various industries but particularly the automotive, me-chanical and plant engineering, and financial sectors. Before founding MCGM, a consulting company with special knowl-edge in the areas of strategic new positioning, restructuring and optimisation of business processes, Mr Marx worked sev-eral years for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. During his time at Roland Berger he successfully managed multiple complex projects for globally active corporations as well as leading medium-sized enterprises.

Melville D. MummertManaging Director and Head of European Investment Bank-ing, Raymond James Financial Inc.

Melville Mummert has acted as an advisor for cross-border M&A, restructurings and privatisations in Europe since 1987. Raymond James is a leading diversified financial services company providing private client group, capital markets, as-set management, banking and other services to individuals, corporations and municipalities. Before joining Raymond James in 2016, Mr Mummert founded Mummert & Company in 2001. Prior to that, he was a managing director at the Ma-tuschka Group in Munich and New York. Before joining the Matuschka Group, Mr Mummert served as a managing direc-tor at ABN AMRO Corporate Finance in Germany, and held management positions in technical sales at IBM Corporation.

Tristan NaglerManaging Director, Aurelius Investments

Tristan Nagler is managing director of Aurelius Investments and leads the London Office. He spent 12 years in Mergers & Acquisitions and as a financier, before entering the world of Private Equity. As Managing Director of Aurelius Investments, Mr Nagler is responsible for Aurelius Equity Opportunities' in-vestment activities in the UK and Ireland.

Dr Sven OleownikPartner and Head, Gimv Germany

Sven Oleownik joined Gimv, a European investment company with experience in private equity and venture in 2015. Before that, Mr Oleownik headed Deloitte’s Corporate Finance Advi-sory Team as a Managing Partner for 12 years. His clients at Deloitte included large corporates (such as BASF, Deutsche Telekom, Lufthansa, Siemens and Volkswagen), private equi-ty firms (Apax, Carlyle, Emeram, EQT, Hannover Finanz and

Riverside) and medium-sized companies (Bionade, Jochen Schweizer, Frequentis, MEN and Runnerspoint). He has key expertise in the consumer/retail and technology sectors. Pri-or to working for Deloitte, Mr Oleownik was a Partner in a leading management consulting firm and in a medium-sized investment company. In the course of his professional ca-reer, he has guided more than 100 transactions, among them several IPOs, and served as a member of the board for vari-ous companies, including Bionade, Bench and Regiolux. Mr Oleownik represents Gimv on the board of Thinkstep.

Dr Jens OrtmannsPartner and Head of European Real Estate, McDermott Will & Emery

Dr Jens Ortmanns is based in the Düsseldorf office of the law firm McDermott Will & Emery. He advises institutional inves-tors, private equity funds, asset managers, insurer and pen-sion funds, real estate consulting companies, family offices and financial institutions from Austria, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. He has particularly extensive experience in acquisitions and sales (domestic and cross-border, single asset and portfolio transactions), asset management-related advice, banking and finance, joint ven-ture investments and project developments.

David PorembaDirector at Eastdil Secured

Eastdil Secured is the preeminent global real estate invest-ment banking firm, providing best-in-class services for com-mercial real estate transactions, ranging from debt placement, equity sales, recapitalisation, and corporate real estate activ-ities, across all asset classes and ranging from single assets to large platforms. Eastdil Secured’s clients benefit from a coordinated multi-level access to all capital sources, relation-ships with decision makers, and up-to-the-minute knowledge of the market, investors and lenders. Mr Poremba focuses on pan-European and particularly German real estate trans-actions. Prior to joining Eastdil Secured in 2012, he was a Director at pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG.

Steve RobertsPrivate Equity Leader, PwC Germany

Mr Roberts joined PwC UK in 1993, and qualified as an Associated Chartered Accountant in 1996. He joined the Transaction Services Team in January 1997 and has worked exclusively within M&A since then. Having primarily worked on cross border transactions during his time in the United Kingdom, Mr Roberts transferred to the Frankfurt office in July 2001, where he focuses on serving the private equity market, and was promoted to partner in July 2005. He has led the Private Equity Team since 2012. With wide experi-



ence of various industries, and advising on both the buy-side and sell-side, Mr Roberts has significant experience in large, cross-border deals for private equity and corporate clients.

Tom SauermilchPartner, McDermott Will & Emery

Mr Sauermilch is based in the New York office of law firm McDermott Will & Emery. He has particular experience in cross-border M&A and joint venture transactions, and regu-larly advises clients on corporate governance and compliance matters, including internal investigations in multiple countries.

Bilal SayyedPartner, McDermott Will & Emery

Bilal Sayyed is based in the Washington DC office of the law firm McDermott Will & Emery, where he represents clients be-fore the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice in significant merger, civil and criminal antitrust mat-ters. In addition to his representation of clients in antitrust and competition matters, Mr Sayyed represents clients before the FTC in consumer protection investigations.

Patrick SchaichPrincipal, The Riverside Company

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm fo-cused on control and non-control investments in growing businesses valued at up to US$400 million. Mr Schaich is responsible for Riverside’s transaction origination activities in German-speaking countries. Prior to joining Riverside in 2013, he served as Vice President, Investment Banking at Berenberg Bank and Associate, Investment Banking at Ke-pler Cheuvreux. He started his career as a Consultant, in the Transaction Advisory Services Team at Ernst & Young.

Martin SchwarzerPartner, PwC Mergers & Acquisitions

Martin leads the German M&A team of PwC, based in the Frankfurt office. He has over 20 years professional experi-ence in M&A, private equity and going public and has worked for both German and international clients. Prior to joining PwC, Mr Schwarzer was Vice President in the M&A depart-ment of BNP Paribas and Investment Manager of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, a leading German private equity company. Mr Schwarzer specialises in the automotive sector and indus-trial products.

Alexander SixtMember of the Executive Board for Organization and Strategy, Sixt

Since June 2009 Mr Sixt has been Head of Corporate Devel-opment of SIXT SE. In that role he is responsible for all com-

pany strategy and M&A projects as well as the corporate effi-ciency programs. In February of 2015 he has been appointed to the Executive Board of the international mobility service provider SIXT SE. As an Executive Board Member for Organ-ization and Strategy, Alexander Sixt is responsible for Group Strategy, M&A, Central Purchasing and Procurement, Process Management, global human resources and the management of all shared service and administration functions as well as the new mobility services such as DriveNow. Prior to joining SIXT, Mr Sixt was as a Senior Consultant at Roland Berger´s restructuring competence center. Prior to that Mr Sixt was a member of Deutsche Bank´s M&A Department in London.

Christian von SydowPartner, McDermott Will & Emery

Christian von Sydow is based in the Munich office of law firm McDermott Will & Emery. He specialises in corporate law, M&A, private equity, restructuring and corporate conflict reso-lution. Mr von Sydow has advised on numerous cross-border M&A transactions across different industries.

Dr Erich TauberChief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Themis Bioscience

Themis Bioscience is an international biotech company spe-cialising in developing vaccines. Erich Tauber entered the pharmaceutical and biotech industry in 2000, and held in roles with increasing responsibilities in AstraZeneca, Baxter, Intercell and Nycomed. Dr Tauber is an expert in vaccine de-velopment and has substantial experience in the clinical and regulatory field.

Gunther ThiesFounder and Member of the Board, STP Informationstechnologie

Gunter Thies developed a software for liquidators – winsol-venz – that was one of the first in the German market. To-day, winsolvenz is marketed by STP Informationstechnologie, is used by over 1,000 liquidators and covers 70 per cent of the market. In addition to STP Informationstechnologie, Mr Thies founded two other subsidiaries and has other equity investments, works as a “business angel”, and is a member of several advisory boards.

Callum Mitchell-ThomsonHead of Investment Banking, Germany, J.P. Morgan

Callum Mitchell-Thomson joined the European Energy Invest-ment Banking team of J.P. Morgan in 1997 and has advised on over 175 completed transactions, including some of the most significant transactions in the energy sector in Europe across oil and gas, power, and utilities. In 2006, he was ap-pointed Head of European Utilities and Co-Head of Europe-



an Energy Investment Banking. In 2012, he was appointed Head of European Corporate Finance, with responsibility for setting up and managing a team of 260 banking profession-als across nine European cities. In 2015, he was appointed Head of Investment Banking Germany and sits on the local management committee of J.P. Morgan’s German subsidiary.

Emmanuelle TrombePartner, McDermott Will & Emery

Emmanuelle Trombe is based in the Paris office of law firm McDermott Will & Emery. She advises clients on matters in-volving corporate and general commercial law, with a focus on the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech and health care industries.

Charlie TroupManaging Partner, Duke Street Capital

Charlie Troup joined Duke Street, a private equity firm focusedon leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies in Western Europe, as a Partner in 2006. He has led a number of deals including the acquisitionand realisation of SandpiperCI, Payzone and Laurel Funeralsand the acquisition of Voyage Care, Baywater Healthcare and most recently MediGlobe, the international medical de-vices group based near Munich. He joined Duke Street from Permira, where he had worked since 1995, becoming a Partner in 2001. While at Permira, he worked on a range of transactions including TGE, Memec, In-marsat and the AA. Before Permira, Mr Troup spent two years with HSBC Private Equity (now Montagu Private Equity) on secondment from Deloitte, and Touche Corporate Finance, where he was a senior manager specialising in raising private equity for MBI/MBO transactions.

Dr Mathias WahrenbergerManaging Director, Burda Digital

Burda Digital provides information technology services. Pri-or to being appointed Managing Director, Mathias Wahren-berger led the Corporate Development Team of Burda Digital, which combines a variety of transactional and marketing-re-lated investments in internet companies. Dr Wahrenberger worked for several years for the international strategy con-sulting firm The Boston Consulting Group; as a Principal in its Munich office, he advised companies from different indus-tries on strategic issues and led various corporate transac-tions. He subsequently worked for Axel Springer, where he was jointly responsible for the international expansion of Axel Springer Digital Classifieds, a strategic partnership with Gen-eral Atlantic.

Fabian WasmusPartner, EQT Partners

Fabian Wasmus joined EQT Partners, a Swedish private equi-ty group of 18 funds with €29 billion in raised capital, in 2006, and works on the EQT Mid Market Fund throughout Europe. His areas of expertise include private equity and growth cap-ital, with a particular focus on technology and internet-related investments. He started his career as the founder of an in-ternet start-up, and later worked for KPMG Advisory. Before joining EQT he worked for a smaller, mid-cap private equity fund in Frankfurt. Mr Wasmus is a Board Member of internet-stores, UDG, Roeser, Avenso and kfzteile24.

Dr Burkhard WeberManaging Director, Lincoln International

Burkhard Weber is a Managing Director of Lincoln Interna-tional currently based in New York. In this role he advises cor-porate clients, owner-managed businesses and private equity houses primarily on cross-border transactions with a focus on capital and durable consumer goods, industrial services, and paper & packaging markets. Burkhard has 19 years of M&A experience in advising on corporate finance transactions, both in German speaking countries and North America. His clients included large corporations, medium-sized privately-owned businesses and private equity groups. Burkhard joined Lincoln International in April 2010 in the Frankfurt office and relocated to New York in January 2014. Previously he was a Managing Director with Close Brothers for two years and prior served for 11 years in the financial advisory/M&A practice of KPMG Corporate Finance in Berlin, Frankfurt and Chicago. Prior to joining KPMG, Burkhard worked in controlling and corporate development roles respectively at Lufthansa and Franz Haniel & Cie, at the time one of Ger-many’s largest privately controlled, diversified services groups

Wang WeiPartner, Transactions Group, PwC

Wang Wei has more than 15 years of experience in advising international enterprises on their business expansion. Before he joined PwC, Mr Wei was in charge of China transactions at other Big Four firms, particularly cross-border transactions between Germany and China. His advice includes strategy and M&A transactions, due diligence and post merger inte-gration projects.

Kristian A. WerlingPartner, McDermott Will & Emery

Kristian (Krist) Werling is based in the Chicago office of law firm McDermott Will & Emery, where he represents medical


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device and biopharmaceutical manufacturers, and health care service providers in a wide variety of transactional matters. He also represents private equity and venture capital inves-tors in investments in the life sciences and health care in-dustries. Mr Werling works with cross-disciplinary teams to conduct legal due diligence and execute acquisitions, add-on acquisitions and divestitures, as well as provide ongoing legal services to portfolio companies. In the health care services arena, Mr Werling has particular experience with transactions and joint ventures involving ambulatory surgical centres, phy-sician and dental practices, and dialysis facilities.

Dr Thomas von WernerCountry Managing Director, Germany, Penta Investments

Thomas von Werner joined Penta, a Central Europe invest-ment group, in 2013, and is responsible for further develop-ment of Penta on the German market. He has more than 15 years of experience in senior investment and business development roles. Before joining Penta, Dr von Werner was Senior Director at EQT Partners where he worked for seven years. Prior to EQT Partners, he was Managing Director and Partner at Odewald & Compagnie in Berlin. He started his career as a consultant for Bain & Company in Munich.

Thomas WiegandManaging Director, Cerberus Deutschland Beteiligungsber-atung

Thomas Wiegand joined Cerberus Deutschland Beteiligungs-beratung, which offers advisory services to Cerberus Capi-tal Management LLC for business activities in Germany, in 2005. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr Wiegand worked in the institutional restructuring unit of Dresdner Bank from 2003 to 2005, where he was a Director responsible for the sale of non-performing loan portfolios to opportunity investors and the sale of non-core holdings of Dresdner Bank. From 2001 to 2003, he focused on restructuring investments in German

small to mid-sized telecommunications companies for Dresd-ner Kleinwort Capital, the private equity arm of Dresdner Bank group. From 2000 to 2001, he worked for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Frankfurt, leading cash flow-related financing projects in the telecom sector. Between 1999 and 2000, Mr Wiegand was in the structured finance department of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Sydney, Australia.

Jacob WonManaging Partner, Locus Capital Partners

Locus Capital Partners is a Korea-based M&A advisory firm focusing on cross-border M&A in and out of Korea. Before he joined Locus, Jacob Won was with KIMB Seoul, Goldman Sachs New York and Hong Kong, ING Baring Seoul and UBS Hong Kong.

Dr Mei WuGeneral Manager, Joyson Europe

Mei Wu is a General Manager at Joysen Europe, which is a subsidiary of Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corporation, a leading global automotive supplier based in Ningbo, China. Before joining Joysen Europe, Dr Wu worked as a lawyer at several law firms in Germany.


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