February 2 - 3, 2023 | MIAMI, FLORIDA
Agenda Day 1 - Eastern Standard Time
NETWORKING LUNCHEON
1:00pm - 2:00pm
NETWORKING MEETINGS
2:00pm - 5:00pm BUSINESS BUILDING 1X1 NETWORKING MEETINGS
- 1x1 meetings dedicated to developing valuable partnerships for your business model. This unique addition to the program will provide you with the opportunity to meet exclusively with those independent sponsors or capital providers specializing in investments in the industry sectors and markets you are focused on. We will provide you with a full list of participating capital providers and independent sponsors, and offer an hour of free-flowing networking to meet with the most relevant contacts. You will then have the chance to evaluate the potential for future business opportunities and make the most of your time. These meetings will conclude with our cocktail hour that will afford additional unstructured networking time with any independent sponsors or capital providers you may not yet have met.
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
5:00pm - 6:30pm COCKTAIL RECEPTION & INAUGURAL INDEPENDENT SPONSORS AWARDS
AWARDS DINNER
7:00pm - 9:00pm INVITATION-ONLY AWARDS DINNER
Sponsored by:
February 2 - 3, 2023 | MIAMI, FLORIDA
Agenda Day 2 - Eastern Standard Time
TRACK A
9:00am - 9:45am HYBRID & CO-INDEPENDENT SPONSORS
- How can independent sponsors work together as co-sponsors to maximize the likelihood of success and create value
- Control – just because a capital provider wants control, does that mean there is not room in the deal for the Independent Sponsor?
- Hybrid independent sponsor models (IS who have a strong family/personal balance sheet or small fund, but also need to raise promoted co-investment to close deals)
TRACK B
9:00am - 9:45am BEST PRACTICES (AND PITFALLS) OF MANAGING AN INVESTMENT SYNDICATE: DYNAMICS IN EQUITY SYNDICATE FINANCED INDEPENDENT SPONSOR DEALS (I.E. MORE THAN ONE EQUITY CAPITAL PROVIDER)
TRACK A
9:45am - 10:15am GETTING TO THE DEAL FINISH LINE: STRATEGIES FOR QUICK TURNAROUND & OVERCOMING LAST-MINUTE HURDLES
- How an independent sponsor can control the deal to close - weekly calls, closing checklists, who’s in charge and what does everyone need to close?
Moderator: William E. Doran
Partner | Corporate
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
TRACK B
9:45am - 10:15am GETTING TO THE EXIT FINISH LINE: HOW TO MAXIMIZE VALUE OF THE PARTNERSHIP POST-CLOSE & EXECUTING POST TRANSACTION
NETWORKING MEETINGS
11:00am - 1:00pm BUSINESS BUILDING 1X1 NETWORKING MEETINGS
- 1x1 meetings dedicated to developing partnerships unique to your business model. This unique addition to the program will provide you with the opportunity to meet exclusively with those independent sponsors or capital providers specializing in investments in the same sector and market as you are. We will provide you with a full list of participating capital providers and independent sponsors, and offer an hour of free-flowing networking to meet with the most relevant contacts. You will have the chance then to evaluate the potential for future business opportunities and make the most of your time. These meetings will conclude with our cocktail hour to offer additional unstructured networking time with any independent sponsors or capital providers you may not yet have met.
NETWORKING LUNCHEON
1:00pm - 2:00pm
AFTERNOON COFFEE NETWORKING
2:00pm - 3:00pm
3:00 pm - EVENT CONCLUDES
