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India: Opportunities and challenges in Private Equity and Venture Capital
Monday 6th November 2006
at 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE

As the Indian economic growth story continues to unfold, India is fast becoming one of the most attractive emerging markets for global private equity players. SJ Berwin LLP and the India Venture Capital Interest Group have pleasure in inviting you to a seminar exploring the opportunities and challenges for private equity and venture capital investment in India.

The distinguished panel of speakers for the event includes:

To view the speakers slides, please click on their names.

Richard Laing, Chief Executive Officer, CDC Group plc
Harpal Randhawa, Chairman, GEM (Global Emerging Markets) Holdings
Shantanu Bhagwat, Business Development Partner (Asia), Amadeus Capital Partners
Jonathan Blake, Senior Partner and Head of Private Equity, SJ Berwin LLP

Timetable
17.30 Registration & coffee
18.00 Seminar begins
19.00 Questions & panel discussion
19.30 Seminar ends followed by a drinks reception

Programme

The seminar will:

• provide an overview of private equity and venture capital activity in India
  
  
• examine the role of private equity and venture capital in India's economic growth
  
  
• provide a unique insight on investing in India based on the speakers' first-hand experience of the market
  
  
• highlight the legal, regulatory and structural issues for private equity funds investing in India 

The India Venture Capital Interest Group is a non-profit, private sector initiative that strives to raise awareness about opportunities and challenges related to Venture Capital & Private Equity in India. The Group has more than a dozen members who meet informally several times a year to discuss latest developments and matters of interest. Members are drawn from some of the leading private equity/VC firms in Europe including 3i, Apax Partners, Atlas Venture, Benchmark, GEM Holdings, Intel Capital and others. The core team comprises Martin Bloom (Cambridge Accelerator Partners), Geeta Gupta (Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets), Ajay Vohora (CREATE Partners), Ajay Pathak (SJ Berwin) and is led by Shantanu Bhagwat (Amadeus Capital Partners).

For further information on The India Venture Capital Interest Group please click here http://global-themes.com/india-vcig

SJ Berwin is a full service international law firm with 150 partners and 600 lawyers. SJ Berwin has a dedicated team of 150 private equity lawyers across Europe. Recent private equity awards won by the firm include "Law Firm of the Year" at the EVCA/Real Deals Private Equity Awards 2004 and 2005, "Law Firm of the Year" at the European Venture Capital Journal Private Equity Awards 2004, 2005 and 2006 and "Best Law Firm (Fund Formation)" by Private EquityOnline and Private Equity International 2004, 2005 and 2006.  

Training
SJ Berwin is accredited as a provider of continuing professional development by the Law Society and other professional bodies. Attendance at this seminar qualifies as 1.5 CPD hours, quoting reference 012/SJBE.

RSVP

RSVP by E-mail to debi.rhodes@sjberwin.com including in the message your name and organisation. Alternatively by fax on 020 7111 2000. Colleagues are welcome to come with you or in your place, but please let us know if this is the case.

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