Capital Creation London 2008, Private Equity Outlook and Opportunities in 2009 and Beyond!

Sponsors

	A combination of integrated data, sophisticated applications and industry-renowned client service, FactSet's comprehensive investment banking solutions, anchored by FactSet IBCentral, provides every member of your dealmaking team with the tools to make confident investment decisions. FactSet applications deliver real-time quotes, news, auditable financials, screening and report writing tools and interactive pitchbook building, and are specifically designed to support a financial professional's workflow. Covering public and private companies and private equity firms globally, FactSet data sets offer a complete company timeline. FactSet's newest offerings, Mergerstat, which provides details on publicly-announced mergers, acquisitions and divestitures involving both public and private businesses, and LionShares, the most accurate source of ownership and shareholders data complement our comprehensive data content. Headquartered in Connecticut, FactSet conducts operations from over 22 locations around the world, including London, Paris and Frankfurt. www.factset.com/know
	Private Equity Funds, Real Estate Funds, Fund of Funds and Private Equity Investment Portfolios. Recently voted the 'Best international Private Equity Fund Administrator' by Global Custodian magazine, the PEFS team is made up of over 150 professionals and provides outsourced administration and integrated banking services to over 200 Private Equity Funds and Institutional Investors, with over U$100Billion committed capital. For Closed end funds PEFS provides fund administration services covering, special investment vehicles, management companies and carry programs globally. PEFS supports Client’s fund and partnership accounting, tax, and treasury requirements, and provides industry leading reporting capabilities. The PEFS team also assists institutional Limited Partners and fund of funds in managing their alternative investment portfolios, with a wide range of portfolio administration services, including investment tracking, performance measurement and capital call/distribution management. PEFS supports all portfolios with on-shore and off-shore limited partnership interests in private equity, venture capital, real estate, and special situation funds. Contact: patrick.h.mccullagh@jpmorgan.com Tel: +44 (0)207 325 9566
	Crimson & Co is a highly coveted consultancy specialising in Operations Restructuring. We work across a variety of sectors around the world, in particular consumer goods, retail and leisure. The scope of our services is end-to-end supply chain, including: Manufacturing Warehousing & Distribution Supply chain planning and inventory optimisation Purchasing Supplier management Performance measurement We have an excellent reputation for developing and implementing rapid and effective performance improvement programmes. Where there is a need for drastic change in short timeframes, we make businesses cash positive and provide them with leaner, faster operating platforms. Our solutions are based on astute assessments of what is possible with the available resources. We deliver this though: Rapid and realistic end-to-end supply chain assessments Development of business and change management plans, clearly communicated to all the stakeholders Hands-on leadership of the performance improvement initiatives and business transformation Customer/product profitability analysis including identifying new areas for revenue growth Our large team of full-time employees gives us the ability to react swiftly to client needs and total control over quality. We work with many leading private equity firms to maximise portfolio value by providing independent due diligence, ground breaking performance improvements and sale readiness preparations.
	From the UK’s leaders in private equity software, Framework is a complete, end-to-end alternative assets software solution which manages risk, enables transparency and increases operational efficiency across the entire private equity market. More than forty organisations use Framework in Europe and the Middle East, including private equity and venture capital groups, real estate investors, administrators, fund of funds, development funds, and corporate funds.


Principal Legal Sponsor	SJ Berwin LLP is a leading full service European law firm which offers a comprehensive range of services. Our highly regarded and experienced corporate finance practice, which includes one of the largest dedicated private equity teams in Europe, acts on both the buy side and sell side of domestic and cross-border deals for corporates, financial institutions, trade buyers and sellers, and management teams. We advise on all aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity including buyouts and venture capital investments across a number of sectors including engineering, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, financial services, software and communications, media and technology, infrastructure, manufacturing and retail, hotels and leisure. We are recognised by clients and competitors as the market leader in European fund structuring with one of the largest dedicated funds teams in Europe and experienced funds lawyers based in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, and a network of advisors worldwide. We advise on all aspects of fund formation and structuring with a global client base ranging from mega funds to venture funds. We advise leading players across various asset classes, including private equity, infrastructure, mezzanine, fund of funds, debt and recovery funds, venture capital and secondaries. Our fund lawyers are at the cutting edge of structuring and raising private funds delivering a standard of service consistent with being the market leader in this field and with a level of experience gained from having advised on over 400 funds across Europe.

Sponsors

A combination of integrated data, sophisticated applications and industry-renowned client service, FactSet's comprehensive investment banking solutions, anchored by FactSet IBCentral, provides every member of your dealmaking team with the tools to make confident investment decisions. FactSet applications deliver real-time quotes, news, auditable financials, screening and report writing tools and interactive pitchbook building, and are specifically designed to support a financial professional's workflow. Covering public and private companies and private equity firms globally, FactSet data sets offer a complete company timeline. FactSet's newest offerings, Mergerstat, which provides details on publicly-announced mergers, acquisitions and divestitures involving both public and private businesses, and LionShares, the most accurate source of ownership and shareholders data complement our comprehensive data content. Headquartered in Connecticut, FactSet conducts operations from over 22 locations around the world, including London, Paris and Frankfurt. www.factset.com/know

Private Equity Funds, Real Estate Funds, Fund of Funds and Private Equity Investment Portfolios. Recently voted the 'Best international Private Equity Fund Administrator' by Global Custodian magazine, the PEFS team is made up of over 150 professionals and provides outsourced administration and integrated banking services to over 200 Private Equity Funds and Institutional Investors, with over U$100Billion committed capital.

For Closed end funds PEFS provides fund administration services covering, special investment vehicles, management companies and carry programs globally. PEFS supports Client’s fund and partnership accounting, tax, and treasury requirements, and provides industry leading reporting capabilities.

The PEFS team also assists institutional Limited Partners and fund of funds in managing their alternative investment portfolios, with a wide range of portfolio administration services, including investment tracking, performance measurement and capital call/distribution management. PEFS supports all portfolios with on-shore and off-shore limited partnership interests in private equity, venture capital, real estate, and special situation funds.

Contact: patrick.h.mccullagh@jpmorgan.com Tel: +44 (0)207 325 9566

Crimson & Co is a highly coveted consultancy specialising in Operations Restructuring. We work across a variety of sectors around the world, in particular consumer goods, retail and leisure. The scope of our services is end-to-end supply chain, including:

Manufacturing
Warehousing & Distribution
Supply chain planning and inventory optimisation
Purchasing
Supplier management
Performance measurement

We have an excellent reputation for developing and implementing rapid and effective performance improvement programmes. Where there is a need for drastic change in short timeframes, we make businesses cash positive and provide them with leaner, faster operating platforms. Our solutions are based on astute assessments of what is possible with the available resources. We deliver this though:

Rapid and realistic end-to-end supply chain assessments
Development of business and change management plans, clearly communicated to all the stakeholders
Hands-on leadership of the performance improvement initiatives and business transformation
Customer/product profitability analysis including identifying new areas for revenue growth

Our large team of full-time employees gives us the ability to react swiftly to client needs and total control over quality. We work with many leading private equity firms to maximise portfolio value by providing independent due diligence, ground breaking performance improvements and sale readiness preparations.

From the UK’s leaders in private equity software, Framework is a complete, end-to-end alternative assets software solution which manages risk, enables transparency and increases operational efficiency across the entire private equity market.

More than forty organisations use Framework in Europe and the Middle East, including private equity and venture capital groups, real estate investors, administrators, fund of funds, development funds, and corporate funds.

Principal Legal Sponsor

SJ Berwin LLP is a leading full service European law firm which offers a comprehensive range of services.

Our highly regarded and experienced corporate finance practice, which includes one of the largest dedicated private equity teams in Europe, acts on both the buy side and sell side of domestic and cross-border deals for corporates, financial institutions, trade buyers and sellers, and management teams. We advise on all aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity including buyouts and venture capital investments across a number of sectors including engineering, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, financial services, software and communications, media and technology, infrastructure, manufacturing and retail, hotels and leisure.

We are recognised by clients and competitors as the market leader in European fund structuring with one of the largest dedicated funds teams in Europe and experienced funds lawyers based in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, and a network of advisors worldwide. We advise on all aspects of fund formation and structuring with a global client base ranging from mega funds to venture funds. We advise leading players across various asset classes, including private equity, infrastructure, mezzanine, fund of funds, debt and recovery funds, venture capital and secondaries. Our fund lawyers are at the cutting edge of structuring and raising private funds delivering a standard of service consistent with being the market leader in this field and with a level of experience gained from having advised on over 400 funds across Europe.