Management Buy-Outs Demystified
Event Information
Description
Management Buy-Outs ("MBOs") Demystified is a free seminar that explains the processes, benefits, risks and planning issues relating to this type of transaction.
The event is for either shareholders who are considering their exit options or ambitious management teams looking to become their own bosses through an MBO.
The speakers are experts in their fields of corporate finance, law and accounting with 'real life' insight from Richard Grethe who will tell his story of the MBO of Focus Pharmaceuticals. Richard led the MBO in 2007 when Focus was turning over £12m. In 2014 Focus was sold to a trade buyer for £70m.
Key points covered in the seminar include:
Agenda
- 8:00 am: Registration, buffet breakfast, coffee and networking
- 8:30 am: Speakers:
- Odyssey Corporate Finance: MBO structure overview, funding, deal process and key considerations
- Wilkes Partnership: Preparation, legal issues and potential pitfalls
- Jerroms: The tax implications to consider when structuring an MBO
- Guest Speaker: Richard Grethe, the insider's view: a deal from pre-MBO to exit
- 9:30 am: Q&A
- 9:45 am: Coffee and networking
Rick Smyth
Experience: 18 years' experience as a specialist corporate lawyer and having lead on over 50 buyouts in excess of £5m acting for both venture capitalists and management teams.
Experience: A Chartered Tax Advisor with 15 years' of experience advising on personal and corporate tax compliance and tax planning, with particular expertise in exit strategies and structuring transactions in the most tax effective manner.
Richard Grethe
Experience: Richard led the Venture Capital-backed MBO of Focus Pharmaceutical in 2007 when Focus was turning over £12m. Focus specialise in the development, licensing and marketing or generic pharmaceutical products in the UK.
In 2014 Focus was sold to a trade buyer for £70m. Richard will tell his story highlighting the challenges, tactics and strategies that led to the initial MBO and ultimate sale of the business.
