***Last chance to register and join over 140 delegates at this annual industry gathering***

Since its inception in 2007, delegates at the Annual Acquisition and Leveraged Finance CEE Conference have heard from the most senior industry executives and mingled with over 300 hundred fellow attendees. The 4th conference will bring together private equity firms, corporate banks, mezzanine lenders and professional advisors to explore upcoming opportunities in the region and review the major developments of the prior year.

Following a period of unprecedented global change the conference will look to ahead to the implications for acquisition finance in 2010. Will banks move to write down underperforming assets? What will be the implications for liquidity and the minority shareholders? Are current portfolio companies finally exhausting their cash reserves? Are mezzanine providers pricing too high?

Join your peers in Prague in May at the industry’s leading forum for acquisition and leveraged finance professionals in Central and Eastern Europe. Network with top-level executives, and discover their opinions on what will be the essential industry issues in the year ahead. With Euromoney Seminars’ extensive experience in bringing the financial industry together from across the globe, this event is a key part of our established and leading portfolio of acquisition and leveraged finance events.

 Key issues to be discussed in at the conference include:
• Will 2010 be a strong year in terms of deal volume? Will intermediaries return to form?
• How will the debt financing landscape look in the coming year – will economic recovery increase liquidity, or will the consequences of delayed
writedowns pull it back? Which players are withdrawing from the market?
• Distressed assets – how will minority equity holders work with banks to ensure timely action for suffering portfolio companies?
• How long can portfolio companies survive on their internal resources and is there an appetite for follow-on investment?

Testimonials from last years event:

“Definitely the seminar for CEE professionals. All the key players were present”
Andrew Feary, West LB

“An excellent confrontation of Western European deal infrastructure with the CEE market opportunity”                                  Michal Surowski, Rabobank

“Gathering of the ‘crème-de-la-crème’ of CEE Private Equity”
Manuel Toupal, UniCredit

“…the most high-profile event for acquisition & leveraged finance in the region, excellent networking opportunity”
Thomas Wilfling, UniCredit

“Excellent line-up of speakers and delegates; very well organised”
Julian Healy, EBRD

“The best attended CEE conference anywhere”
Barbara Nowakowska, Polish PE Association

Please contact:

Karina Katysheva, kkatysheva@euromoneyplc.com - for registrations or marketing opportunties