M&A WORLDWIDE - Agenda

Programme

WHEN: 12th May 2016, 12:30 PM

WHERE: Warsaw Marriott Hotel,
Al. Jerozolimskie 65/79, Warsaw 00-697

12:30–1:00

REGISTRATION

1:00–1:10

INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
M&A Worldwide, Capital One Advisers

1:10–1:30

POLAND – THE COUNTRY OF OPPORTUNITIES

WHY POLAND IS A GREAT PLACE TO INVEST

1:30–1:55

CASE STUDY: INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS IN POLAND

IPH GROUP (France), Mr. Patrick Kistenpfennig, Co-Chairman Europe

IPH GROUP is one of the most important technical distributor groups in Europe.

1:55–2:20

CASE STUDY: POLISH CHAMPIONS GOING GLOBAL – THEIR CROSS-BORDER M&A ACTIVITY

WORK SERVICE (Poland), Mr. Tomasz Hanczarek, Vice President of the Supervisory Board

WORK SERVICE is the largest Central European company in the HR sector, dual- listed on the London Stock Exchange.

2:20–3:00

PANEL DISCUSSION I: GLOBAL M&A TRENDS

How transactions are driving change in selected industries (Automotive & Transport, IT, Healthcare, FMCG, Energy & Clean Technology)

Gerhard Abel	Partner	Active M&A Experts Germany
Jacques Jetten	Managing Partner	Aeternus The Netherlands
Bernard Lechat	Partner	MBA Capital France
Carlos Parizotto	Managing Partner	Cypress Associates Brazil
Giuseppe J. Sangiovanni	Partner	Director Energy & Cleantech Linkers France

3:00–3:30

Coffee Break

3:30–4:10

PANEL DISCUSSION II:
HOW TO SUCCEED IN CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS
Critical success factors, valuation and due diligence aspects, M&A best practices

Marcin Jerzy Duszyński	CEO, Managing Partner	Capital One Advisers	Poland
Paul Hermann	Partner	Bluebox Corporate Finance Group	United Kingdom
Aleksandra Porębska	Board Member	FORDATA	Poland
Piotr Szymański, Phd	Lecturer, Valuation Expert	Wroclaw University of Economics	Poland
Marcin Dudarski, Phd	Attorney at Law, Managing Partner	JP Weber	Poland

4:10–4:50

PANEL DISCUSSION III:
AFTER THE TRANSACTION: THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL ASPECTS FOR EFFECTIVE INTEGRATION
How much does culture really affect the process?

Tomasz Hanczarek	Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board	Work Service	Poland
Moritz Herfert	Managing Director	DEININGER Consulting	Germany
Sang Kang	Director	Morgen Evan Advisory Services	USA
Patrick Kistenpfennig	Co-chairmen SAFE AG	IPH Group	France/Germany
Tobiasz Kowalczyk	Head of Legal & Compliance \| Proxy	Samsung Electronics Poland Manufacturing	Poland
Jędrzej Piechowiak	Managing Partner	JP Weber	Poland