Seminar | Corporate Finance

Investment Opportunities in South East Europe
Thursday 1st February 2007
at 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE

This seminar will explore the opportunities and challenges for private equity and venture capital investment in South East Europe. Long considered to be an underdeveloped part of Europe, today the region is experiencing rapid reform and growth. Composed of EU member states such as Slovenia and Greece, new members Bulgaria and Romania, and EU hopefuls Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Serbia, Macedonia and Turkey the entire region is diverse but more politically stable and open to inward investment than ever before.


The distinguished panel of speakers for the event includes:

Jonathan Blake, Senior Partner and Head of Private Equity, SJ Berwin LLP
Patricia Gannon, Chair, SEE Legal, Partner Karanovic & Nikolic, Belgrade  
Adriana Gaspar, Partner, Nestor Nestor Diclesceau Kingston Peterson, Bucharest
Pavel Ezekiev, Director, Deutsche Bank, Bulgaria

Timetable
08.30 Registration & coffee
09.00 Seminar begins
10.00 Questions & panel discussion
10.15 Seminar ends followed by more refreshments

Programme

The seminar will: 

• provide you with an overview of vital investment statistics on the region and of expected positives for investment in an EU integrated business environment.
  
  
• present FDI strategies and common trends; tapping into almost unexplored markets.
  
  
• highlight private equity fund regulation and local investment fund regulation - managing legislation and administrative practices in transition.
  
  
• discuss the latest investment opportunities - country by country - looking at sectors and potential returns.

SEE Legal is a unique group of leading independent law firms from South East Europe, each individually recognized as having an outstanding reputation in their jurisdiction. Composed of almost 300 lawyers, the Group operates on a regional basis to better serve the needs of clients, international law firms, and public and private institutions. SEE Legal provides a full range of top quality legal services to international clients which already have business in the region or are expanding to cover more than one country from the region. For further information please review the SEE Legal website at www.seelegal.org or contact Patricia Gannon at patricia.gannon@seelegal.org

SJ Berwin LLP is a full service international law firm with over 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 , 2005 and 2006 , "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. "Fund Formation Team of the Year " at the Financial News Awards for Excellence in Private Equity Advisory Services 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 CPD hour, 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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