pemacom 2024: Futura Europae: Souvereign or vassal? The economic outlook
Private Equity and M&A Community (pemacom) is the industry’s leading conference for cross-border private equity and mergers & acquisitions transactions.
1. pemacom 2024
Private Equity and M&A Community (pemacom) is the industry’s leading conference for cross-border private equity and mergers & acquisitions transactions.
On 24 September 2024, Munich Services & Consulting (MuSAC), in conjunction with DealCircle and Reed Smith as main co-sponsors, will host the 2024 annual Cross-Border Private Equity M&A conference pemacom at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich. Once again, we expect to welcome some 350 participants at the conference to share knowledge and insights, connect and network, and celebrate at Oktoberfest with panelists and sponsors.
2. What is Europe’s future?
In recent years, we have been faced with a vicious circle of crises.
The COVID-19 pandemic, outbreak of the war in Ukraine, rising inflation and crises in the Middle East might only have been the beginning of a perpetual chain of unexpected challenges. The potential economic segregation of the United States and China resulting from competition among the world’s superpowers might not yet have materialised. The world is in disorder and it seems that the upcoming election in the United States represents a junction on the global road ahead.
But what does this mean for us in Europe and where are we heading?
Following the shifting polls in the European Union and France, we are moving towards the presidential election in the United States. How will the resulting changes impact the future of Europe’s politics and economy?
During the first six months of 2024, transactional activity involving German angles was fairly stable despite the crisis environment. There was even a slight increase in the number of transactions albeit against the background of insolvency-triggered deals.
But what impact will 24H2 have on us? Some market players suggest an uplift in transactional activity based on a stabilising environment and an easing of financing conditions. That might depend on whether the outcome of the U.S. election will support investors’ confidence, given the clarity of the way ahead.
Certainly, technological shifts resulting from artificial intelligence (AI) and confidence in the technology sector will remain important drivers. But whether they suffice to overcome geopolitical tensions and segregation of geographic markets remains to be seen.
Against this background, it will be interesting to see how the mechanics of the private equity sphere will operate. Will exit pressure lead to an increase in deal activity, consequently unleashing the deployment of dry powder?
pemacom 2024 will explore these areas and expectations.
3. The conference features
pemacom 2024 will take into consideration the current disquieting environment.
Our keynote speaker will be Prof. Dr Gregor Kirchhof, LL.M., University Professor and Dean, University of Augsburg. He will discuss the loss of a paradigm and elaborate on what the European path might look like in a new world.
Panels will cover cross-border United States–Europe transactional markets and those across Europe. Sector panels will cover Employee Equity in Value Creation, Mittelstandsdeals, Special Situations, Family Offices and PE, Tech, AI and Cybersecurity, Digital Business Models, Health Care and Lifesciences, ESG, Leverage Finance, Private Funds and other topics.
The political developments and decisions of the next few months seem to be decisive for what lies ahead and will have a dramatic impact on the world and the private equity and M&A landscape. At pemacom, we will discuss what we might expect in the near future and how we can prepare. Be part of it!
With our very best regards,
Dr Nikolaus von Jacobs Christian von Sydow
