AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum 2012

The 13th Annual AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Japan Forum, the country's longest-running and most important PE event.

After years of stagnation and successive disasters, Japan's corporate sector is rife with opportunities for PE to add value by helping medium-sized firms consolidate and globalize their businesses. While the larger end of the Japanese buyout market suffers from limited deal flow, the mid-market offers great promise as well as the potential to provide an easier path for investors to find buyers when the time comes to exit.

The AVCJ Japan Forum will feature detailed analysis of Japan's PE industry including an in-depth look at the sectors most likely to reward investors as well as those posing challenges. After years of tepid deal-flow, how can the PE industry succeed anew?

Topics at the event will include:

• Can market innovation still translate into market success in Japan?

• What sectors have the most active and promising VC activity?

• How can PE inspire or fuel offshore expansion?

• What are the best mid-market opportunities?

• How can domestic firms secure commitments from foreign LPs?

• What role should PE have in the corporate sector, and how can the industry expand locally?

• Keynote Speakers

Jesper Koll,Sebastiaan C. van den Berg,Tim Flower,Motoya Kitamura,Kazushige Kobayashi,Tatsuya Kubo,Toshiyuki Kumura and many more.

Who should attend

The AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum China conference will be of particular benefit to executives with the following job functions:

• Corporate CEOs

• Private equity professionals

• Commercial bankers

• Mezzanine players

• Corporate financiers

• Lawyers

• Due diligence providers

• CFOs

• Directors of corporate development

• Risk insurance carriers and brokers

• Investment banks

• Management consultants<