Ice Miller lawyers Tom Kesoglou and Chase Stuart will be participating in two separate presentations at iGlobal Forum's 16th Independent Sponsors Summit & Awards. The firm is also a sponsor of the event.

The meticulously crafted program is laser-focused on driving deal activity and will dive deep into the high-level strategies and complex industry topics you need to succeed in 2024 and beyond. And with more 1-1 meeting time than ever before, you will be able to foster invaluable connections with your peers. Join over 300 senior-level executives for the go-to destination event for the Independent Sponsors (IS) and Capital Providers (CP) community.

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Ice Miller Presentations:

Roundtable 5: Negotiating Economics with Your Capital Providers? (Tuesday, February 6, 2024 | 9:15 AM)

• What’s Market: Management Fees, Closing Fees, Promote
• How economics differ by capital provider (family office, PE, SBIC/Mezz)
• Different promote models: MOIC vs. IRR
• Broken Deal Fees

Speaker:

• Chase Stuart, Managing Partner, Ice Miller

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Raising Equity Funding (Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | 11:45 AM)

This panel will explore the various sources of equity capital, and the pros and cons of each.

• Assessing the available sources of equity capital (family offices, HNWIs, private equity, mezzanine, SBIC funds, non-control equity funds, etc.)
• How sponsors can make the co-investment process more efficient for them and their equity partners
• Reassessing equity, addressing valuation changes, and optimizing equity structures and compensation
• Finding and structuring deals that fulfil the required parameters to attract equity funding
• Building a reliable pool of equity investors to efficiently raise capital
• Evaluating the costs and benefits of single equity investors vs pools of equity investors

Moderator:

• Tom Kesoglou, Chair of Private Equity Group, Ice Miller

Panelists:

• Duran Curis, Partner, Ocean Avenue Capital Partners, L.P
• Austin Nuedecker, Managing Partner, Weave Growth Partners
• Michael Kornman, Partner, Align Collaborate