Conference | French Private Equity Breakfast

Following the success of our Private Equity breakfast events across Europe, the Middle East, & Southeast Asia over the past many years, we are delighted to invite you to our first.

French Private Equity Breakfast

We look forward to welcoming you to an inspiring morning of discussion in Neuilly-sur-Seine, on Thursday, May 25.

The audience will bring together senior decision makers from Private Equity, mezzanine & venture funds, asset managers, financial institutions, advisory firms, family offices, and portfolio companies.

Below you will find more details about the speakers and the agenda of the event. The event is free of charge for all participants, but strictly by invitation.

We look forward to welcoming you!

CMS Francis Lefebvre and Pedersen & Partners

Event Program

► 08:15 am - 08:45 am 
Registration and Breakfast Buffet

► 08:45 am - 10:15 am 
Panel Discussion

Co-Chairs:

Alexandre Delhaye – Partner Corporate/M&A CMS Francis Lefebvre
Alvaro Arias – Partner & Head of Private Equity Practice Pedersen & Partners

Panellists:

Anne-Laurence Roucher, Deputy CEO and Head of Private Equity & Natural Capital, Mirova.
Sophie Chateau – Partner, Head of Investor Relations, LBO France
Dominique Gaillard – President, Armen
François-Xavier Mauron – Partner, Andera MidCap
Philip Szlang – Managing Director, Head of M&A West, Mutares
Séverine de Wulf – Managing Director, PAI Partners

Panel Discussion Topics:

• Recent PE investment and M&A activity and trends in France – including deal-flow, valuations, fund raising, private credit, leveraged and structured finance, exit strategies, co-investments, secondaries, GP stake transactions;
• High opportunity sectors and market segments – Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, eCommerce, FinTech, Life Sciences, Environmental Social and Governance (ESG), EdTech;
• Value creation – portfolio management & asset class strategies, turnaround and change management, succession planning, talent acquisition and retention;
• How will the mounting global energy, climate and cost-of-living crises as well as rising interest rates and the ongoing war in Ukraine affect investor, producer and consumer behaviors?;
• Fund raising environment – who are the main sources of inbound capital: institutional investors, family offices, corporate ventures, sovereign wealth funds, multilaterals, funds of funds;
• Outbound investment destinations – which geographies have the highest potential for French PE firms and their portfolio companies in EU, Americas, Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East?

► 10:15 am - 11:15 am 
Networking

Welcoming Coffee at 08:15 am