7th Annual Private Equity Forum 2018 - US | Markets Group | 9 May 2018 | Harmonie Club, 4 E 60th St, New York, NY 10022, USA

The 7th Annual Private Equity US Forum is the leading investor centric meeting for LPs investing in private markets.

The forum brings together 500+ investors, funds, and advisers for a two day meeting to discuss sectors, due diligence, and private equity investment opportunities in the US and around the world.

The investor focused event provides a due diligence forum for US and international pension funds, foundations, endowments, fund of funds, family offices, wealth managers, consultants, and sovereign wealth funds interested in direct research on private investment opportunities.

Session topics cover the entire spectrum of private equity investments, from sector specific sessions on venture capital to discussions on global buyout opportunities and roundtables of leading global institutional investors discussing their specific investment appetites.

Key discussion topics:
• Global Private Equity Investing
• Impact of Tax Reform on Private Equity Strategies
• Investing in US Private Equity
• Private Credit & Special Opportunities
• Navigating New Regulation, Structural Considerations & Fund Formation / Operations
• Sourcing, Practicing Efficient Due Diligence & Downside Risk Mitigation
• Middle Market & Growth Investing
• Secondaries, Co-investments, & Fund of Funds
• Venture Capital, Technology & IP Investments

2018 Keynote Speakers

Tony James
Executive Vice Chairman, Blackstone

Ron Bloom
Managing Partner, Vice Chairman—Private Equity, Brookfield Asset Management

Greg Brenneman
Chairman, CCMP Capital

David Layton
Partner, Head of Private Equity, Partners Group

Leonard Harlan
Non-Executive Chairman of the Executive Committee, Castle Harlan

Judd Gregg
United States Senator (1993-2011), Governor of New Hampshire (1989-1993), Senior Advisor, New Mountain Capital

Brian Conway
Chairman & Managing Partner, TA Associates

Mark Penn
Advisor, President Bill Clinton’s Presidential Campaign (1996), Chief Strategist, Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign (2008), Former Chief Strategy Officer, Microsoft, Author, New York Times Best Seller “Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes, President, The Stagwell Group

Kim Davis
Managing Director & Co-Chairman, Charlesbank Capital Partners

Doug Kimmelman
Co-Founder & Senior Partner, Energy Capital Partners

Alex Darden
Partner, Head of US, EQT

Ramón Betolaza
Managing Partner, Black Toro Capital

Christopher Gaffney
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Great Hill Partners

Jane Rowe
Senior Managing Director & Head of Private Capital, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Mitchell Goldstein
Partner & Co-Head - Credit Group, Ares Management

Kevin Edwards
Senior Investments Director, Hartford HealthCare Pension & Endowments

Isela Bahena
Managing Director, Nuveen

Larisa Mueller
Senior Investment Manager, Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board

John Suydam
Chief Legal Officer, Apollo Global Management

Shannon Stafford
Managing Director, Head of global Tax, The Carlyle Group

Stephen Coats
Partner, Managing Director & General Counsel, Riverstone Holdings

Matthew McNally
Director, True Partners Consulting

Matthew McNally
Director, True Partners Consulting

Brett Hickey
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Star Mountain Capital

2018 Sponsors

• ACA Compliance Group
• Akin Gump
• Antares Capital
• Ansarada
• Black Toro Capital
• Burgiss
• CBridge Capital
• Chief Outsiders
• CFA Institute
• Citrin Cooperman
• Clifford Chance
• Cohn Reznick
• Coretelligent
• DealCloud
• Efront
• Egan-Jones
• Eaton Partners
• EisnerAmper
• ENK Capital
• Evestment
• FINN Partners
• Goodwin
• Intertrust
• Jackman
• Mazars
• M&A
• OC&C
• Orrick
• Pepper Hamilton LLP
• PKF O’Connor Davies
• Proskauer
• Reverence Capital Partners
• Ropes & Gray
• Sales Benchmark Index (SBI)
• SEI Investment Manager Services
• Seward & Kissel
• Simon-Kucher & Partners
• Tortoise
• True Partners Consulting (TPC)
• Unigestion
• Vanbridge
• Vickers Venture Partners
• Vinson & Elkins
• Vistra