Southern Europe unquote” is excited to announce the second unquote” Italia Private Equity Congress in 2008.

This one day single stream event, held in English, will focus on core issues influencing the private equity market, successful competitive strategies and investment potential in Southern Europe.

This exclusive, event is meticulously designed for leading institutional investors, venture capitalists, bankers, lawyers to discuss their concerns and the challenges surrounding investment in private equity in the Southern Europe region.

- Keynote address: An Italian entrepreneur’s perspective on the economic impact of PE in Italy

- Special guest keynote: Understanding the character and impact of Italian private equity, Giampio Bracchi, President AIFI

- Champagne Roundtable: GPs and LPs discuss private equity strategy, appetite and the expected pace of investment in 2009

• Finding and constructing the best deals
• Analysing contemporary capital structures through the credit crunch
• Institutional appetite and requirements for fundraising in Italy
• The Italian secondaries market
• Monitoring and managing corporate governance within portfolio companies
• Turnarounds and distressed debt in the Italian market
• Key legal issues arising out of a M&A transaction in an emerging eastern European market
• Latest developments in Italian tax legislation relevant to PE structures and a preview of the 2009 financial legislation

Speakers include:

• Gianluca Andena, PERMIRA
• Andrea Bonomi, INVESTINDUSTRIAL
• Giampio Bracchi, AIFI
• Nicola Emanuele, AKSIA GROUP
• Marco Fumagalli, 3i
• Paolo Garraffo, IDeA
• Raffaele Legnani, ATLANTIS CAPITAL SPECIAL SITUATIONS
• Katharina Lichtner, CAPITAL DYNAMICS
• Britta Lindhorst, GENERALI PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS GmbH
• Marco Mantica, VESTAR CAPITAL PARTNERS ITALIA
• Fabio Sattin, PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS
• Robert Tomei, ADVANCED CAPITAL