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Head of Investment Banking France, Bank of America

Jeremy Scemama, Avocat admitted to the Paris bar, Jeremy Scemama has been working for more than 18 years with industrial groups and investment funds on a large number of transfers, acquisitions and mergers of listed companies – by means of cash tender offers, exchange tender offers, buyout offers, squeeze outs or standing market offers – and non-listed companies. Jeremy has also advised on numerous initial public offerings and issuance of financial instruments through a public offering or private placement, either for the issuer or for the bank underwriter. Furthermore, Jeremy has also developed an extensive experience in the implementation of ethics and compliance rules within listed industrial groups. He is leading Corporate Group DLA Piper France

Rich Thomas, Managing Director in charge of consulting activities related to shareholder activism for Europe, Lazard.

Ludovic Douge is a Manager, covering the secondary market activities for funds and direct stakes in Private Equity, Private Debt and Infrastructure. Ludovic was previously Director of a secondary intermediary based in Geneva. He also worked at Société Générale CIB. Ludovic holds a Master’s degree in Banking & Finance from Toulouse Business School. He speaks English and French.

Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Prof. Dr. oec. HSG Korbinian Eichner, M.A. HSG ist Professor für Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Corporate Finance an der Hochschule Pforzheim, sowie Lehrbeauftragter für Corporate Finance an der Universität St. Gallen (HSG), Schweiz. Herr Eichner ist Autor verschiedener praxisorientierter Fachartikel im Bereich Corporate Finance, M&A und Unternehmensbewertung. Vor seiner Berufung arbeitete Herr Eichner für die Unternehmensberatungsgesellschaft KPMG AG in München und Zürich, sowie für die Schweizer Bank UBS AG in Zürich.

Mehdi Benlamlih, Director, Perella Weinberg Partners

Patrick Siebert is Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal and Co-Leader of A&M Germany. Mr. Siebert brings 15 years of experience in restructuring and corporate transformation for both private and public companies across Europe, the U.S. and Asia.

Arnaud Berdou is an associate in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Paris office and a member of the Paris Bar.

Mark Fine focuses his practice on complex debt financing transactions for private equity houses, borrowers and lenders including direct lending, leveraged buyouts, domestic and cross-border syndicated lending, junior debt issuances, high yield offerings, special situations, distressed debt trading, portfolio acquisitions and restructurings at McDermott Will & Emery. Mark has previously held the position of European General Counsel at Bain Capital Credit in London.

Diane Segalen has recruited partners, managers and board members for more than 25 years. Diane founded Segalen + associés in Paris in October 2011 and oversaw its London launch in 2013. Prior to that, she was Vice-Chairman of CTPartners and opened the Paris office of this US-headquartered firm, which turned out to be one of the fast-growing new players of the industry.From 1992 to 2005 she was with Heidrick & Struggles (H&S) in New York and Paris, with a break from 1993 to 1997 to launch Boyden’s Paris office with a Partner from H&S. Diane began her career in investment banking in 1987 at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and in Paris at Banque Arjil, with Compagnie de Presbourg, a listed Private Equity firm. She holds a Masters in Business Law from the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas. Diane is now an Independent Board Member at Alantra (listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange), the Vice President in Europe of Helen Keller International and on the board of trustees of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

David R. King earned his PhD in strategy and entrepreneurship from Indiana University‘s Kelley School of Business, and he is the Higdon Professor of Management at Florida State University. Dave’s research focuses on merger and acquisition (M&A) activity.