Past MasterClasses
July 2010PE Investing In Government Services & Defense Companies -- Activity Intensifies As Stimulus Funds Expand The Sectors, & New Opportunities Open Up In Cyber, Health, & Energy
Co-chaired By David K. Panton, Navigation Capital Partners Inc., & Joyce C. Johnson-Miller, Relativity Capital LLC
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Chaired By Scott B. Harper, Primus Capital Funds
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Chaired By J. Robert Hall,
Centerview Partners LLC
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package May 2010Private Equity Fundraising From Institutional Investors In 2010 -- How To Succeed As A Rainmaker -- Despite The Drought
Chaired By Kelly M. Williams,
Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package April 2010Beyond Healthcare Reform -- Implications For Creating Success For New PE Deals -- & For Portfolio Companies
Chaired by Jeffrey R. Jay M.D., Great Point Partners LLC
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package The Boom In PE Investments In Cleantech & Renewable Energy -- The Reshaping Of Cleantech Finance
Chaired by David F. Lincoln, Element Partners
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package March 2010PE Secondaries In This Frozen Market -- What Preparations GPs & LPs Should Be Making Now That A Thaw Seems Imminent
Chaired By Jonathan Gutstein, Coller Capital
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package SBICs -- A Whole Day, The Whole Story -- Everything You Need To Know To Get Licensed, As Well As Launch & Manage An SBIC
Chaired By Vincent D. Foster, Main Street Capital Corp.
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package PE Portfolio Companies -- Best Practices For Helping Them Build Value, & Prepare For IPOs Or Strategic Sales
Chaired By John M. Jureller, General Atlantic LLC
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package February 2010PE Fundraising From Family Offices & Wealthy Individuals -- How More Private Equity Professionals Are Finding Success Beyond The Traditional Institutional LP World
Chaired By Diane Sterthous, Glenmede Trust Co. NA
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Chaired By Jeff S. Fronterhouse, Brazos Private Equity Partners LLC
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package PE Investments In Regional & Community Banks -- How To Navigate The Regulators & Build Profitable Opportunities
Chaired By Dory A. Wiley, Commerce Street Capital LLC
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package January 2010How Independent ("Fundless") Sponsors Can Get The Funding They Need In 2010 -- Plus Other Fresh Tactics & New Ideas
Chaired By James J. Goodman, Gemini Investors LLC
Find out more... PE Restaurant Deals -- Rewriting Yesterday's Rules -- How To Pave The Way To Profit From New Opportunities
Chaired By Joel A. Holsinger, Fortress Investment Group
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package PE Investing In Education Companies -- How To Differentiate Your Strategy To Be Successful In This White-Hot Sector
Chaired By Bruce A. Eatroff,
Halyard Capital
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package December 2009Spinoffs & Acquisitions -- How Corporate CFOs & PE Dealmakers Are Creating Win/Win Collaborations
Chaired By
Adam M. Blumenthal,
Blue Wolf Capital Management
Find out more... November 2009Healthcare Buyouts -- Where PE Investors Can Find Opportunities After The Upcoming Healthcare Reforms
Chaired By C. Taylor Cole Jr.,
Charterhouse Group Inc.
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package October 2009Investing In Cleantech & Renewable Energy Companies
Another All-NEW Annual MasterClass™ For Middle-Market PE, VC, & Mezz Firms -
Chaired By Mark Nydam,
PCG Asset Management LLC
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How PE Firms Can Profit From Financial Services Investing, Given The New Regulatory Environment
Chaired By Robert Glanville, Pine Brook Road Partners LLC
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package New Do's & Don'ts Of Fundraising In 2010 -- Bucking The Trend, & Hitting Your Targets
Tenth Semi-Annual MasterClass™ On Succeeding At Fundraising For PE, VC, & Mezz Firms -
Chaired By Steven Costabile, AIG Investments
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Mezzanine Financing For 2010's PE Deals -- How To Find The Capital You Need Now That Mezz Firms Have The Upper Hand
Chaired By Justin Wender, Castle Harlan Inc.
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package September 2009Enhancing Portfolio Companies -- How Top PE Firms Are Using State-Of-The-Art Strategies To Build Value
Chaired By Hartley R. Rogers, Hamilton Lane
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package The Exciting New World Of SBICs -- Best Practices For PE Firms To Launch & Manage Small Business Investment Companies
<br>Chaired By Michael Blackburn, Petra Capital Partners LLC
Find out more... July 2009How To Benefit In 2009's Secondary Marketplace
Another All-NEW Annual MasterClass™ For Middle-Market PE, VC, Mezz, & Secondary GPs & LPs
Chaired By Brett Gordon, HarbourVest Partners LLC
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How To Build Education & Training Platforms -- What PE Firms Are Learning
An All-NEW Annual MasterClass™ For Middle-Market Private Equity Investors & Mezzanine Lenders<br>Chaired By John Bates, Arlington Capital Partners
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package June 2009How To Find & Build Winning Food & Beverage Companies In Spite Of The Recession
Fifth Annual MasterClass™On PE & Mezz Investing In Middle-Market Food & Beverage Companies -- <br>Chaired By Scott Elaine Case, VMG Partners
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How To Find & Buy Community Banks -- Main Street Trumps Wall Street
An All-NEW MasterClass™ On PE Investing In Community Banks -- <br>Chaired By Joshua Siegel, StoneCastle Partners LLC
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package May 2009How To Keep Relationships With LPs Harmonious -- Despite Recession, Credit Crunch, Mark-To-Market, Capital Calls, & Other Sources Of Frustration, Anger, Mud-Slinging -- & Divorce
MasterClass™ On Managing Relationships With Limited Partners For Middle-Market PE & Mezz Firms
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How To Win At Fundraising, Despite The Funding Famine -- Where To Go, Who To See, What Not To Say
Ninth Semi-Annual MasterClass™ On Succeeding At Fundraising for PE, VC, & Mezz Firms
Find out more... April 2009How Independent Sponsors Can Prosper During The Recession -- Without An Institutional Safety Net
Fifth Semi-Annual MasterClass™ On PE Dealmaking By Independent (aka "Fundless") Sponsors & The Investors Who Back Them
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How Media PE Investors Can Weather The "Perfect Storm" In Their Disrupted Industry
Third Annual MasterClass™ On PE Investing In Middle-Market Media Companies
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package March 2009How To Negotiate With Mezz Lenders Now That The Credit Crunch Has Given Them The Upper Hand
Fifth Annual West Coast MasterClass™ On Mezz Financing For Middle-Market PE Deals
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How To Buy & Fix Distressed Companies During The Recession -- The Art of Dealmaking In & Around Bankruptcy
Second Annual MasterClass On PE Investing In Distressed Companies
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How To Help Portfolio Companies Cope With Shortfalls In Revenue, EBITDA, & Liquidity
Second Semi-Annual MasterClass™ On Adding Value To Middle-Market PE Portfolio Companies
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package February 2009How To Find & Buy Regional Banks -- The Newest Major Opportunity For PE Investors
Another All-NEW Annual MasterClass™ For Middle-Market PE Firms
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package January 2009How To Stabilize Restaurant Portfolio Companies & Find New Opportunities - Despite Falling Demand & Rising Costs
Fourth Annual MasterClass™ On PE Investing In Middle-Market Restaurant Companies
Find out more... December 2008Surviving the PE Credit Crisis -- Where to Go, What to Do, Who to See
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package November 2008Where to Place Your Healthcare Investment Bets
No Matter What They Do in Washington!
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package October 2008How Independent (aka "Fundless") PE Sponsors Are Winning in the Middle Market
Footloose & Fund-Free
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Investing in Financial Services Companies
Turning Hard Times Into Hard Profits
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package September 2008Fundraising for Private Equity Firms
Tough Times Demand Fresh Tactics
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Mezz Finance for Today's Private Equity Deals
How to Address the New Face of Junior Debt
Find out more... July 2008Private Equity Summer PowWow
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The Big Picture -- What's the Fate of Leveraged Deals?
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Investing in Retail & Consumer Deals
How The Downturn May Create Exciting New Opportunities
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package June 2008Adding Value to P.E. Portfolio Companies
Strategies for Improving Their Operations & Returns
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package MasterCast
Creating A China Strategy to Add Value to Your Portfolio Companies
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Investing in Food and Beverage Companies
How You Can Outperform Competitors Despite Rising Costs & Slumping Economy
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package May 2008Investing in Family-Owned Companies
How to Turn Landmines into Gold Mines
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Smaller Middle-Market Deals
The Bonanza in Today's Turbulent Economy
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Spring MasterForum & Cocktail Reception
Five Private Equity Sages Discuss Where There Are Silver Linings in Recessionary Clouds
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package April 2008P.E. Investing in Distressed Companies
How to Pick Out the Slightly Bruised Apples From the Truly Rotten Ones
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Energy-Sector Services & Products
How Middle Market Private Equity Is Riding An Unexpected Expansion
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package March 2008Nuts & Bolts of Running a P.E or V.C Shop
In Today's Demanding Environment
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package MasterCast (Webcast) on Real Estate Issues in Middle-Market P.E Deals
Deal-Makers & Deal-Breakers
Find out more... Mezzanine Finance
Why P. E. Firms Are All of a Sudden Cozying up Again with Middle-Market Mezz Funds
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package February 2008Fundraising for P.E. & V.C. Firms
Why Prospects Look Bright in 2008
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package The Art of Building the Right Deal Flow
How Middle-Market P. E. Firms Can Boost Their Origination Efforts
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How More & More Fundless Equity Sponsors -- & Investors
- Are Staking Claims in P.E.'s New Frontier
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New Opportunities for P.E. Investors In a Rapidly Evolving Industry
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package P.E. Investing in Middle-Market Restaurant Companies
Sponsors Show Renewed Appetites As Valuations Come Back to Earth
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package November 2007MasterCast: The Art of Investing in Family-Owned Companies
How to Successfully Win Their Hearts, Minds & Shares
Find out more... October 2007Due Diligence MasterClass
25 Seasoned Experts Reveal Ways To Improve The Odds
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Investing in Middle-Market Medical Device Companies
How You Can Benefit From the Consolidation Binge
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Which Sectors Are Getting Investors' Attention, Which Are Not?
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Mezzanine Finance MasterClass
TURBULENCE IN THE CREDIT WATERS -- How Middle-Market Mezzanine Users Can Navigate Them
Find out more... September 2007Financial Services Companies
Fresh Source of Dynamic Opportunities for Middle-Market P.E. Investors
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Fundless Equity Sponsors MasterClass
How a New Breed of Investors -- & The Funds That Back Them -- Are Expanding Their Share of the P.E. Market
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How to Successfully Win Their Hearts, Minds & Shares
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Eighth Annual Private Equity Forum 2007
Find out more... June 2007Investing in Food & Beverage Deals
Are P.E. Firms On The Cusp Of A Gold Rush?
Find out more... Investing in Consumer & Retail Deals
Why Smart P.E. Is Jumping In
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Best Practices For Your Back Office
Find out more... Fundraising for PE & VC Firms
Winning Strategies for Experienced & Emerging Managers
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Mid-Spring's Eve Private Equity Party
For Our Friends in the Private Equity, Buyouts, & Hedge Fund Communities
Find out more... April 2007Fundless Equity Sponsors
How You Can Buy Companies Without Having Your Own Private-Equity Fund
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package March 2007The Art of the Smaller Deal
How Smaller Middle-Market P.E. Funds Can Outperform the Great Big Ones
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package February 2007Third Annual West Coast Mezzanine Finance MasterClass
Despite Challenges, Mezz Thrives-- Learn New Strategies, New Firms, Best Deals
Find out more... MasterClass Restaurant Industry P.E. Deals
Where Investors Should Place 2007 Bets -- Latest Deal Opportunities & Newest Trends <br>
Find out more... January 2007MasterClass on Buyouts in the Media Industry
Middle-Market Heat Beneath the Mega-Market Hype
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package November 2006MasterClass on Buying Out & Expanding Medical Device & Product Companies
Where is the Smart P.E. Money Hunting?
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Acquisition Financing Summit 2006
In Partnership with Practising Law Institute
Find out more... MasterClass on Second Lien Borrowing
How You Can Find the Most Attractive Second-Lien Deals in 2007?? What New Twists are Hedge Funds Offering to Make Their Deals More Competitive?? How Do You Compare Terms on Second-Lien Deals??
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package October 2006MasterClass on Going Public Without an IPO
New Alternatives for Tapping the Public Capital Markets
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package MasterClass on "Fundless" Equity Sponsors
How You Buy Companies Without Having Your Own Fund
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Winning Strategies For Follow-on & Start-up Funds
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Fourth Annual MasterClass--Mezzanine Finance on the Rebound??
What That Means for Middle-Market Deal Sponsors Who Use Second-Lien Loans, Sub-Debt, & Preferred Stock
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package July 2006First Annual MasterClass on Strategic Deals in India
Opportunities For U.S. Private-Equity Firms
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package First Annual MasterClass on P.E. Investing in Healthcare Deals
Are We At the Top of the Cycle? Where Should Smart P.E. Money Head?
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Fourth Annual Midsummer's Eve M&A and Buyouts Party
Find out more... June 2006Second Annual MasterClass on Pricing, Valuation, & Due Diligence
The Art & Science of Negotiating Private Equity Deals
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package May 2006MasterClass on Tech Industry Buyouts -- Getting in on the Boom
Private equity firms doubled the amount invested in tech deals last year. The number of deals grew two-thirds. What changed? Who are the players? Where are the best opportunities? Where are the exits?
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Third Annual MasterClass on Fundraising for PE & VC Firms
Strategies for Follow-on & Start-up Funds
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package April 2006MasterClass on Restaurant Industry Buyouts -- What You Can Learn From Experienced Investors
Buying restaurants & restaurant chains is a profitable niche that's attracted huge interest lately. What do successful investors look for? Where have they found the best opportunities? What mistakes are they avoiding?
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package MasterClass on Activist Investing -- How to Pick Targets & Strategies to Reap Big Rewards
Activists buy minority stakes in public companies, then demand changes from management. What are the practical aspects of how they operate? What different strategies do they use? What are the pros & cons? How can you benefit?
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Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package MasterClass on Second-Lien Borrowing -- Q2/06 Update -- How You Cut Deals in a Cooling-Down Market
This market has transformed. It has become institutionalized. Now most sponsors treat it as a permanent part of the financial landscape. How does that change your dealmaking decisions in 2006? Where do you go for the best terms?
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Second Annual MasterClass on Smaller Middle-Market Buyouts -- How You Can Outperform Your Competition
This end of the market is red hot, competition is intense, multiples are on the rise. So where are funds finding attractively-priced deals? How are they still giving their LPs great returns?
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package February 2006Third Annual West Coast MasterClass on Mezzanine Finance
The competition is intense … how are smart investors benefiting from all this new money?
Find out more... January 2006Second Annual MidWinter's Eve M&A and Buyouts Party
Meet lots of good people in m&a and buyouts…Don't miss our mid-winter party ... it's the place to be ...
Find out more... MasterClass on Food & Beverage Buyouts
What Successful Investors Are Doing Right, and Where the Best Opportunites Are
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package November 2005Non-Traditional Exit Strategies
Newest Trends in PIPEs, SPACs, Reverse Mergers, & Rollups
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package First Annual Autumn's Eve M&A and Buyouts Party
Gather with New York City's brightest investors, lenders, and advisors to celebrate the leading social event of the fall financial season
Find out more... October 2005Second Lien Lending Update
Dynamic changes are afoot in the second lien market -- Learn how to get the best deal & to bulletproof the terms you negotiate
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package September 2005Third Annual Mezzanine Finance MasterClass
Learn the latest trends, strategies, & deals in mezzanine finance, as well as best practices in structuring transactions
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What GPs & LPs Need To Know To Survive Today's New World Of Scrutiny
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Second Lien Lending
Why the Second Lien Market is Staying So Hot, & How You Can Benefit from the Competition It's GivingHedge Funds, Mezz Fund & Senior Lenders
Find out more... May 2005Fundraising for Private Equity Firms
Best Practices for Follow-On & Startup Funds
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package March 2005Morning Forum: Middle-Market Buyout Investing
How Audax Evolved Its Game Plan & Why That Led to Bigger Success
Find out more... Mastering Small Company Buyouts
How Niche Funds Are Getting Great Returns
Find out more... Fundraising for Hedge Fund Managers
Best Practices for Follow-On & Startup Funds
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Food Industry Buyouts
Best Practices for Private Equity & Hedge Fund Managers
Find out more... February 2005Morning Forum: Acquisitions in China
How Private Equity Firms Are Doing Successful Deals
Find out more... Second Annual West Coast Reverse Mergers Summit
Find out more... Second Annual West Coast Mezzanine Finance MasterClass
Find out more... A Midwinter's Eve Annual M&A and Buyouts Party
Find out more... January 2005Second Lien Lending
Why the Second Lien Market is Staying So Hot, & How You Can Benefit from the Competition It's Giving Traditional Mezzanine & Senior Financiers
Find out more... November 2004Morning Forum: The Complex World of Second Lien Lending
A Senior Hedge Fund Manager Defines the Terms of this Competitive Alternative to Traditional Mezzanine
Find out more... Third Annual SBICs MasterClass
The New Realities... Operating Your SBIC in Today's Environment
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And Close the Deal on Your Terms
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package October 2004Morning Forum: The Coming Boom in Private Equity
Opportunities Now that Institutions are Returning to the Market: How to Benefit from the Rising Optimism
Find out more... Second Annual Reverse Mergers Summit
18 Leading Experts Offer Insights into Best Practices for Doing Reverse Mergers
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Fundraising for Private Equity & Venture Capital Firms
Best Practices for Follow-On & Startup Funds
Find out more... September 2004Second Annual Mezzanine Finance MasterClass
Find out more... July 2004Morning Forum: The BDC Boom
A Pioneer's View of the Pros & Cons — & What the Future May Hold
Find out more... Second Annual A Midsummer Night's Eve M&A and Buyouts Party
Newest Trends in PIPEs
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package May 2004Fundraising for Private Equity & Venture Capital Firms
Best Practices for Follow-On & Startup Funds
Find out more... Morning Forum: Today's Debt Market
What Dealmakers Must Know About Structuring, Pricing & New Products
Find out more... Senior Lending Returns
Rebirth of a Market & What it Means for LBO Dealmakers
Find out more... April 2004Morning Forum: Why Investing in Smaller Middle-Market Buyouts has Become So Hot
Find out more... March 2004Spin-Offs, Spin-Outs & Carve-Outs
How to Successfully Structure Them
Find out more... February 2004Mezzanine Investing
Latest Trends, Strategies and Deals in Mezzanine Investing & Best Practices in Structuring Transactions from the Country's Most Seasoned Specialists
Find out more... Reverse Mergers — Viable Alternative to IPOs?
Pros & Cons of Using a Reverse Merger to Take Your Company Public & Why This Technique is Enjoying a Renaissance
Find out more... January 2004How to Take Public Companies Private... & Why
Find out more... Morning Forum: M&A Crystal Ball for 2004 & Beyond
Where are Middle-Market Dealmakers Going to Find the Best Opportunities?
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