M&A in Latin America: keeping dealmaking moving
8.30: Welcome coffee and registration
9.00: Prospects for M&A activity: the business and financial perspective
A panel of well-known business leaders and bankers will provide their forecast for M&A prospects in 2013, including how the more cautious mood among global investors, the slowdown in Brazil, and developments in other countries will affect regional dealflow.
Moderator: Paul Schnell, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Marcelo Martins, CFO, Cosan
Fabio Mourão, managing director and head of M&A, Credit Suisse
Jean Pierre Zarouk, co-head of investment banking, Lazard LtdAntonio Pereira, co-head of investment banking for Brazil, Goldman Sachs
10.00: Coffee break sponsored by Aguilar Castillo Love
10.30: Brazil: battling through a tougher environment
How to negotiate and close deals in a tougher environment
Company restructuring and other tactics to batten down the hatches
FCPA and other anti-corruption statutes
Key strategies for outbound investment
Case studies
Moderator: Jaime Mercado, Simpson Thacher & BartlettJon Bisgaier, general counsel, BTG PactualAlberto Bragança, VeiranoPedro Mariani, general counsel, AmbevCarlos Lima, Pinheiro Neto
11.30: Coffee break sponsored by Aguilar Castillo Love
11.45: Deal flow in Spanishspeaking Latin America
Will this part of the region remain strong?
Opportunities in Mexico
The new multilatinas
Special issues in commodities transactions
Case studies
Moderator: Michael McGuinness, Shearman & Sterling
José Manuel Abastos, Hernández & Cía
Felipe Larraín, Claro & Cía
Thomas Heather, Ritch, Mueller, Heather y NicolauAndrés Hoyos, Gómez-Pinzón ZuletaJ. Allen Miller, Chadbourne & Parke
12.45: Networking lunch sponsored by Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta
14.00: Governance issues in M&A
Governance of companies with dispersed ownership
The role and duties of the board in M&A transactions
Shareholder activism
Moderator: Manuel Galicia, Galicia
Francisco Müssnich, Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão
Jeffrey Lewis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
João Ribeiro, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga
15.00: Coffee break sponsored by Aguilar Castillo Love
15.15: Private equity finding opportunities in today's market
State of dealmaking and fundraising
Partnering with other international and in-country PE firms
Local LPs
Key sectors and regions
Moderator: Richard Aldrich, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Carlos Mello, Machado Meyer Sendacz Opice
Fernando Shayer, managing partner, Tarpon Investimentos
Fernando Borges, managing director and head of the South America buyout group,The Carlyle Group
Walter Piacsek, Brazil and South America lead, Apax Partners
16.15: Coffee break sponsored by Aguilar Castillo Love
16.30: Increasing government role in M&A
How to make deals work when the government has an influential role or interest
How to protect clients' interests
Expropriation risk around LatAm
CFIUS and other governmental hurdles for outbound investment
Moderator: Paulo Aragão, Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão
Francisco Fuentes, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes
Sergio Galvis, Sullivan & CromwellFulvio Italiani, D'Empaire Reyna
Carolina Zang, Zang, Bergel & Viñes
Francisco Ugarte, Carey
17.30: Close of conference - all delegates are invited to the annual CESA cocktails at the Jockey Club
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Speakers
José Manuel Abastos, Hernández & Cía
Jon Bisgaier, general counsel, BTG Pactual
Fernando Borges, managing director and head of the South America buyout group, The Carlyle Group
Alberto Bragança, Veirano
Francisco Fuentes, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes
Sergio Galvis, Sullivan & Cromwell
Manuel Galicia, Galicia
Thomas Heather, Ritch, Mueller, Heather y NicolauAndrés Hoyos, Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta
Fulvio Italiani, D'Empaire Reyna
Felipe Larraín, Claro & Cía
Carlos Lima, Pinheiro Neto
Jeffrey Lewis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Marcelo Martins, CFO, Cosan
Pedro Mariani, general counsel, Ambev
Michael McGuinness, Shearman & Sterling
Carlos Mello, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice
Jaime Mercado, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
J. Allen Miller, Chadbourne & Parke
Fabio Mourão, managing director and head of M&A, Credit Suisse
Antonio Pereira, co-head of investment banking for Brazil, Goldman Sachs
Walter Piacsek, Brazil and South America lead, Apax Partners
João Ribeiro, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga
Fernando Shayer, managing partner, Tarpon Investimentos
Francisco Ugarte, Carey
Carolina Zang, Zang, Bergel & Viñes
Jean Pierre Zarouk, co-head of investment banking, Lazard Ltd
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