Dates: April 24 - 26, 2022
Location: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
The Forum is a biennial gathering of 48 senior in-house counsel from the largest Canadian institutional investors and preeminent lawyers from across North America, to address emerging legal risks and challenges in direct private equity investments and M&A transactions.
Using candid, peer-driven discussion, this Forum explores key private equity M&A trends and developments, to discern best practices and strategies for successfully negotiating and completing transactions.
This advisory group of leading practitioners drafted the Agenda and personally nominated all invitees to the Forum.
Emma is Senior Forum Director and Financial Services Lead at Cambridge Executive Connections (CEC), a subsidiary of Cambridge Forums, Inc. Naturally curious and a lifelong learner, Emma has developed and managed a variety of meetings in both the profit and non-profit sectors. Before joining Cambridge, Emma was Assistant Vice President, Global Marketing at State Street in Canada, where she spent close to two decades of her career, offering her a great depth of knowledge and understanding of the financial and investment sectors. In Emma’s current role, she leads CEC’s Financial Services portfolio, including programs for institutional investors, banking, private funds, risk, and governance professionals.
The Forum offers a private environment for leading legal practitioners to share insights on market practices and build valuable connections with key players from across Canada and the US.
"Great opportunity to discuss current practices and emerging trends in a collegial forum that brings together thought leaders and key experts in the PE, pension fund, and M&A deal community."
Sven Milelli Partner McCarthy Tétrault LLP Vancouver, BC"Market-leading experts sharing relevant experience with respect to changing market conditions and terms and collaborating to make the market more efficient."
Tara Rosenblatt Managing Director & Associate General Counsel Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan Toronto, ON"The Forum was very interesting and engaging and was well set up to foster open communication. Participants arrived ready to speak their minds and the moderators did a great job of keeping the discussion lively."
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