PRIVATE EQUITY PERSPECTIVES ON THE CURRENT MARKET PROGRAM GUIDE SPONSOR
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 • Montage Hotel
TODAY’S PANELISTS Ken Firtel Transom Capital Group Mr. Firtel is a Founder and Managing Director with Transom Capital Group, a lower middle-market private equity fund with heavy operational focus to private equity investing, including special situation, restructuring, turnaround, and distressed transactions. Prior to founding Transom Capital, Mr. Firtel was an investment professional at Platinum Equity and, before joining Platinum Equity, was an associate in the Transactions Department of O’Melveny & Myers. Mr. Firtel holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University, a Master of Science, Industrial Relations-Diploma in Business Studies from the London School of Economics, and a Juris Doctor from the USC Gould School of Law. He played Varsity soccer at Yale and published an article in the Southern California Law Review. He serves on the Operating Committee of SCORE, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injuries.
Matthew Garff Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Matthew Garff is a Managing Director and the head of the Los Angeles office for Sun Capital Partners. Matthew has been with Sun Capital since 2001. During his time at Sun Capital, Matthew has completed dozens of transactions in a variety of industries and using multiple structures. Prior to joining Sun Capital Partners in 2001, Matthew worked for The Carlyle Group in Washington, DC. Prior to Carlyle, he was with KSL Fairways, a business consolidating golf courses. Mr. Garff received a B.S. from the University of Utah and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Anthony Pritzker The Pritzker Group Tony Pritzker is a Managing Partner of The Pritzker Group, a private equity investment firm focused on industrial businesses, which he co-founded with his brother J.B. in 2002. He is an experienced manager of manufacturing and service companies. As President of Amsafe, Inc, Group Executive of The Marmon Group, Regional Vice-President, Asia of the Getz Bros. & Cos., President & CEO of Stainless Industrial Companies, and President & CEO of Baker Tanks he has proven himself effective in a number of highly successful turnarounds, both domestically and internationally. Tony is an active member of the Los Angeles community and serves on a variety of private and non-profit boards. He has been honored by Heal The Bay, a non profit environmental group, Friends of Sheba Medical Center in Israel, Young Presidents’ Organization, and, most recently, was honored by the Brandeis Bardin Institute and UCLA as a Visionary for his humanitarian efforts. Tony graduated with an MBA from the University of Chicago and earned his BA in Engineering from Dartmouth College.
TODAY’S PANELISTS Eric Reiter Brentwood Associates Eric Reiter is a Partner at Brentwood Associates, a Los Angelesbased private equity firm. He joined Brentwood in 1999 and is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Presently, Eric serves as a Director of Spectrum Clubs, Soft Surroundings, Sundance Holding Company, and The Teaching Company. Prior to joining Brentwood, Eric worked in the merchant banking division of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where his primary responsibilities included analyzing and structuring investments for the $3 billion DLJMB II L.P. private equity fund. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a dual bachelor’s degree in finance and operation and information management from the Wharton School of Business. In addition, Eric serves as a member of the Penn Fund Executive Board, the University of Pennsylvania’s undergraduate annual giving program.
TODAY’S MODERATOR Stephen Antion Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP D. Stephen Antion’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities law, executive compensation, private equity and family offices. He has represented a number of companies and investors in a wide range of matters, including investments, acquisitions and dispositions, and has served as outside general counsel to a number of public and private companies. He has represented clients in a broad range of industries, including software, electronics, distribution, finance, retail, automotive components, biotechnology, consumer products and aerospace. Mr. Antion previously was president of Ridgestone Corporation, a private investment company. At Ridgestone, Mr. Antion sourced, structured and monitored private equity and real estate investments. He was also responsible for asset allocation, manager selection and performance review of Ridgestone’s passive investments. Prior to his tenure with Ridgestone, Mr. Antion was a partner in the Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP and co-chair of the Middle Market Practice Group. Mr. Antion has served on the boards of both public and private companies. He regularly speaks on topics related to hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and private family offices. He is also a regular guest lecturer for the Entrepreneurship and Venture class at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. Mr. Antion earned his BA from the University of California, Los Angeles and his JD from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. He is admitted to practice in California.
SPONSOR ACG LA Sponsoring ACG LA meetings is a great way to increase your firm’s visibility among the decision makers and deal makers who attend. Members know that your support helps maintain our high quality programming and they appreciate your involvement. For more detailed sponsorship benefits, please visit www.acgla.org or call Ramesh Swamy, Vice President, Sponsorship at 213.688.3356.
TODAY’S SPONSORS
PROGRAM CHAIR Gary Rabishaw, Managing Director, Intrepid Investment Bankers
PROGRAM GUIDE SPONSOR Greenberg Glusker is a 100 attorney, Los Angeles-based, full-service law firm that provides the highest quality legal services and strategic business advice to entrepreneurs and companies. Our areas of practice include: Corporate, Tax, Bankruptcy/Insolvency, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment, Real Estate, Environmental, Employment, Estate Planning, and International transactions. Contact: Andrew Apfelberg, Partner, 310.553.3610 or AApfelberg@ greenbergglusker.com.
2013 ANNUAL SPONSORS ACG LA is generously supported by our Annual Sponsors, whose commitments enable us to produce the highest quality programming with reasonable attendance fees:
Avant Advisory Group
James F. Davidson, Managing Director, 714.924.7888, JDavidson@AvantAdvisory.com
Comerica Bank
Geoff Matthews, Vice President & Group Manager , 818.379.2941, gjmatthews@comerica.com
Crowe Horwath
Jeff Tillman, Director, 818.325.8416, jeff.tillman@crowehorwath.com
Crystal & Company
Shawn Bernardini, Executive Director, 619.265.6305, Shawn.Bernardini@crystalco.com
DLC
Rahul Merani, Director of Client Services, 310.895.7000, rmerani@dlcinc.com
Grant Thornton
Damon Frier, Partner, 213.688.1780, Damon.Frier@us.gt.com
Green Hasson Janks
Anant Patel, Partner, 310.873.1672, apatel@greenhassonjanks.com
Houlihan Lokey
Scott Kolbrenner, Managing Director, 310.712.6524, SKolbrenner@hl.com
Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC
Gary S. Rabishaw, Managing Director, 310.478.9000, grabshaw@intrepidib.com
Loeb & Loeb
Jennifer Manton, Chief Marketing Officer, 212.365.8279, jmanton@loeb.com
McGuireWoods, LLP
Richard Grant, Partner, 310.315.8234, RGrant@mcguirewoods.com
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Robert C. Kelly, Assistant Director of Marketing, 213.612.2500, Robert.kelly@morganlewis.com
PNC Business Credit
Gail Bernstein, Executive Vice President, 626.432.7540, gail.bernstein@pnc.com
Polsinelli | Shughart
Tracey M. Ginn, Principal, 310.203.5304, TGinn@Polsinelli.com
Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLC Eric Klein, Partner, 213.228.3728, eklein@sheppardmullin.com
SingerLewak LLP
Suzie Doran, Partner, 310.477.3924, sdoran@singerlewak.com
Troy Gould PC
Larry Zamora, Marketing Coordinator, 310.789.1336, lzamora@troygould.com
Windes & McClaughry
Peter Lee, Partner, 562.435.1191, plee@windes.com
ABOUT ACG
Driving Middle Market Growth in Los Angeles ACG LA is one of the largest and most active chapters of the Association for Corporate Growth (“ACG”) and the premier association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development and mergers and acquisitions. ACG LA delivers thought provoking, knowledge-based events and networking opportunities for professionals responsible for facilitating corporate growth initiatives at middle market companies. Participants in ACG LA’s monthly meetings, world class conferences and intimate roundtable discussions include corporate officers, private equity sources and service providers who seek to remain abreast of current issues relating to corporate growth and to interact with thought leaders. ACG presently has 57 chapters in North America and Europe, with 14,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance and professional service firms. Visit www.acgla.org or call 310.426.9710 to join.
MEMBER BENEFITS • ACG’s dynamic global membership database. • Intergrowth, ACG’s annual global conference, facilitates informal deal exchange and networking with more than 2,000 leading international corporate growth professionals. • Mergers and Acquisitions: The Dealmaker’s Journal, ACG’s monthly publication. ACG members may submit articles and columns for publication. • Achieving Corporate Growth, ACG’s monthly e-newsletter. • Merger Mogul, an e-newsletter from Source Media that provides expert commentary, analysis and news on corporate and private equity-backed mergers and acquisitions, focusing primarily on middle market deals, people and transactions. Become a member today to gain access to the above benefits and more: • Attend ACG LA’s monthly events at a large discount from the non-member rate. • Attend ACG LA’s Annual Conference on September 17-18, 2013 a $150 savings. As a reminder, any ACG member who refers a new member to our chapter will receive free admission to one of our monthly chapter meetings. For more details, please contact Christyne Buteyn or Ari Nadelman, our VP of Membership.
2013 ACG LA DIRECTORS & OFFICERS Andrew Apfelberg - Chairman Greenberg Glusker aapfelberg@greenbergglusker.com 310.553.3610 Jason Brown - Past Chairman GE Capital jason.brown@ge.com 213.615.2116 John Brumlik - Co-VP Awards KPMG jbrumlik@kpmg.com 213.955.8180 Thomas Cleary - Secretary Dykema Gossett tcleary@dykema.com 213.457.1760 Suzie Doran - Treasurer SingerLewak, LLP sdoran@singerlewak.com 310.477.3924 Chris Hebble - VP ACG Cup Cerberus California chebble@cerberuscalifornia.com 310.903.5016 Stephen Lee - Co-VP Awards K & L Gates stephen.lee@klgates.com 310.552.5015 Steven Moon - VP Private Equity Duff & Phelps Securities steve.moon@duffandphelps.com 424.249.1689 Ari Nadelman - VP Membership Lionfish Advisors, LLC ari@lionfishadvisors.com 310.396.8000 Amy Oswick - Co-VP Women of ACG Revo Payments amy.oswick@gmail.com 310.904.9819 Michael Patrick - VP Communications Gallagher Equity Advisors michael_patrick@ajg.com 818.539.1421 Gary Rabishaw - VP Programs Intrepid Investment Bank grabishaw@intrepidib.com 310.478.9000
Lewis Stanton - VP Corp Exec Forum Stanton Associates lstanton@stantonassoc.com 818.752.6500 Ramesh Swamy - VP Sponsorship Deloitte Corporate Finance rswamy@deloitte.com 213.688.3356 Tracy Washburn - Co-VP Women of ACG JP Morgan Chase tracy.e.washburn@jpmchase.com 213.621.8036 DIRECTORS AT LARGE Paul Gurrola BDO USA pgurrola@bdo.co.com 310.203.1208 Eric Klein Sheppard Mullin eklein@sheppardmullin.com 310.228.3728 Scott Kolbrenner Houlihan Lokey skolbrenner@hl.com 310.712.6524 Peter W. Lee Windes & McClaughry plee@windes.com 213.327.0575 Rahul Merani DLC rmerani@dlcinc.com 310.895.7000 Margaret Shanley Duff & Phelps margaret.shanley@duffandphelps.com 424.249.1780 Bill Webster - Chief Executive Officer bill@acgla.org 310.245.5942 Christyne Buteyn - Chapter Executive info@acgla.org 310.426.9710 Anne Ettley - Chapter Administrator anne@acgla.org 310.426.9710
UPCOMING EVENTS May 20, 2013 - 2nd Annual ACG LA Golf Tournament El Caballero Country Club, Tarzana
June 19, 2013 - Branded Consumer Products California Club, Los Angeles
May 22, 2013 - Rush Hour Networking San Antonio Winery, Los Angeles
June 25, 2013 - Rush Hour Networking Napa Valley Grille, Los Angeles