Recent Events

• Private equity trends, including funds with DFI capital: Fund formation & continuation funds for older funds
  10 June 2024
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  Emerging Markets Symposium
  London, UK
  Speaker: Matthew Dickman, Tom Berry
  Speaking Engagements
• Co-Investment Trends and Best Practice in Emerging Markets
  8 November 2023
  Global Private Capital Association
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Geoffrey Kittredge
  Speaking Engagements
• The LP Perspective: Emerging Managers - The Future Lifeblood of the Industry or 'Too High Risk'?
  19 October 2022
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  Emerging Managers Summit
  London, UK
  Speaker: Matthew Dickman
  Speaking Engagements
• Optimising Exit Opportunities and Options for VCs and PE Firms
  22 June 2022
  Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  Lagos, Nigeria
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Patrick Taylor
  Speaking Engagements
• Continuation Funds
  4-6 April 2022
  Global Private Capital
  2022 Global Private Capital Conference
  New York, New York
  Speaker: Sally Bergmann Hardesty, Andrew J. Gershon
  Speaking Engagements
• Latest Development in SFDR
  18 November 2021
  Global Private Capital Association (formerly EMPEA)
  GPCA Leadership Councils
  Webcast
  Speaker: Patricia Volhard
  Speaking Engagements
• The Latest on Mauritius and Other Regulatory Conditions Affecting Fundraising: Mauritius Update and Path Forward & Fund Domicile Alternative and EU Regulatory Considerations
  12 October 2021
  Global Private Capital Association
  GPCA Africa Council Meeting
  Webcast
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• What You Need to Know to Raise Capital in Europe
  9 September 2021
  Global Private Capital Association (former EMPEA)
  GPCA - Debevoise Live Training: Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
  Webcast
  Speaker: Patricia Volhard
  Speaking Engagements
• Deal Management During the Pandemic
  18 May 2021
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Global Private Equity Conference
  Webcast
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  Speaking Engagements
• Draft Guidelines for Sustainable Investment Funds
  28 April 2021
  BaFin - Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Financial Regulatory Authority for Germany)
  Webcast
  Speaker: Patricia Volhard
  Speaking Engagements
• Private Equity and Healthcare in Africa
  21 April 2021
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  AVCA 2021 Annual Conference
  Webcast
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Preliminary Considerations and Transaction Structuring
  26 February 2021
  Nigeria Bar Association: Section on Business Law
  M&A Masterclass Series
  Webcast
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Learning from Practitioners: GP-Led Secondaries
  19 November 2020
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Member Programme
  Webcast
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson, John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• Learning from Practitioners: Practical Considerations for Securing LP Commitments from a DFI
  28 September 2020
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Member Program
  Webinar
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Matthew Dickman
  Speaking Engagements
• What’s on the Horizon? A Regulatory and Compliance Update
  11 March 2020
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  Emerging Managers’ Forum
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Using Dispute Resolution Strategies to Protect and Enhance Investment Value in Nigeria
  5 December 2019
  AELEX
  AELEX & Debevoise Joint Seminar
  Lagos, Nigeria
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Patrick Taylor, Conway Blake
  Speaking Engagements
• Legal Strategies: Balancing GP Interests and Maintaining Marketable Positioning to LPs
  10 October 2019
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Masterclass - London
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey Kittredge, Matthew D. Saronson, Matthew Dickman
  Speaking Engagements
• M&A in Emerging Markets
  10 October 2019
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Masterclass - London
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Using International Arbitration as an Investment Strategy
  9 October 2019
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Africa Council Meeting
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Does the Structure Fit the Purpose?
  8 October 2019
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Sustainable Investing in Emerging Markets Summit
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey Kittredge
  Speaking Engagements
• Deep Dive Case Study Workshop - Healthcare
  8 October 2019
  EMPEA
  EMPEA Sustainable Investing in Emerging Markets Summit
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Legal Strategies: Protecting GP Interests And Maintaining Competitive and Marketable Positioning to LPs
  16 September 2019
  EMPEA
  EMPEA Private Equity Masterclass in Singapore
  Singapore
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson, Andrew M. Ostrognai
  Speaking Engagements
• Fund structuring complexities and best practices; Trends in emerging markets terms and conditions; Tax and regulatory considerations affecting fund structures and terms; The impact of evolving global regulation on emerging markets funds
  11 September 2019
  EMPEA & Debevoise & Plimpton
  Changing Landscape of Emerging Markets Private Equity Fund Formation
  EMPEA Webcast
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson, Rafael Kariyev, John W. Rife III, Sally Bergmann Hardesty
  Speaking Engagements
• Private Equity M&A in Emerging Markets: Governance and Structuring
  16 May 2019
  International Finance Corporation in association with EMPEA
  Global Private Equity Conference – EMPEA Master Class Series
  Washington, D.C.
  Speaker: Sergio Torres
  Speaking Engagements
• A Good Company Always Attracts a Buyer: Examining Pathways to Liquidity via Trade Sales, Secondaries and IPOs
  3 April 2019
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  16th Annual AVCA Conference
  Nairobi, Kenya
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Legal Strategies: Protecting GP Interests and Maintaining Competitive and Marketable Positioning to GPs
  17 January 2019
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Masterclass in Hong Kong
  Debevoise & Plimpton, Hong Kong
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson, Andrew M. Ostrognai
  Speaking Engagements
• PE Deals in Emerging Markets: Structuring and Governance Issues
  17 January 2019
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Masterclass in Hong Kong
  Debevoise & Plimpton, Hong Kong
  Speaking Engagements
• Legal Strategies: Balancing GP Interests and Maintaining Competitive and Marketable Positioning to LPs
  3 December 2018
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Private Equity Masterclass
  Mumbai, India
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson, Geoffrey Kittredge
  Speaking Engagements
• International Issues Facing Senior Lawyers Active in Emerging Markets
  19 November 2018
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  Debevoise Emerging Markets Legal Symposium
  London, UK
  Speaker: E. Raman Bet-Mansour, Geoffrey P. Burgess, Tony Dymond, David Innes, Geoffrey Kittredge, Samantha J. Rowe, Matthew D. Saronson, James C. Scoville, Vera Losonci, Dr. Clare Swirski, Konstantin Bureiko, Andrew H. Lee, Robert Maddox, Matthew Dickman, Timothy McIver, Clarissa McNerney, Cécile Beurrier, Aimee-Jane Lee
  Speaking Engagements
• Legal Strategies: Balancing GP Interests and Maintaining Competitive and Marketable Positioning to LPs
  25 October 2018
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association

  EMPEA Masterclass.

  London, UK
  Speaker: John W. Rife III, Matthew D. Saronson, Matthew Dickman
  Speaking Engagements
• Sustainable and Investible Innovate Financing Platforms for Access to Health in Emerging Markets
  23 October 2018
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Sustainable Investing in Emerging Markets
  London, UK
  Speaker: Philipp von Holst
  Speaking Engagements
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  25 October 2018
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Masterclass
  London, UK
  Speaker: Matthew D. Saronson
  Speaking Engagements
• PE Funds 101
  20 September 2018
  International Lawyers for Africa
  ILFA 2018 – Advanced Training
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey Kittredge, Matthew Dickman
  Speaking Engagements
• Structuring PE Deals in Africa
  20 September 2018
  International Lawyers for Africa
  ILFA 2018 – Advanced Training
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Private Equity Exits
  12 June 2018
  Private Equity Africa
  PEA LP-GP Investor Summit
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Private Equity Deals in Emerging Markets: Structuring and Governance Issues
  17 May 2018
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Masterclass
  Washington, D.C.
  Speaker: Rafael Kariyev
  Speaking Engagements
• Core Transaction Agreements – Shareholder Agreements
  25 April 2018
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  AVCA Legal Agreements Training
  Marrakech, Morocco
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Emerging Market Portfolio Companies: Going Public in the UK
  8 March 2018
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  Emerging Market Portfolio Companies: Going Public in the UK
  Debevoise & Plimpton, 65 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NQ
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, James C. Scoville, Vera Losonci
  Speaking Engagements
• Management and Governance
  15 November 2017
  Strathmore University
  Negotiating Impact Investments
  Nairobi, Kenya
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Philipp von Holst
  Speaking Engagements
• Capital Structures
  14 November 2017
  Strathmore University
  Negotiating Impact Investments
  Nairobi, Kenya
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Philipp von Holst
  Speaking Engagements
• Term Sheet Negotiations
  14 November 2017
  Strathmore University
  Negotiating Impact Investments
  Nairobi, Kenya
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Philipp von Holst
  Speaking Engagements
• Legal Strategies: Balancing GP Interests and Maintaining Competitive and Marketable Positioning to LPs
  19 October 2017
  Emerging Market and the Private Equity in Africa
  EMPEA Fundraising Masterclass
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey Kittredge, Matthew D. Saronson, John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• Mergers & Acquisitions
  19 October 2017
  Emerging Market and the Private Equity in Africa
  EMPEA Fundraising Masterclass
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• New Governance Challenges in Emerging Market Private Equity
  16 October 2017
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  Debevoise Seminar
  Debevoise & Plimpton - London
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Samantha J. Rowe, John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• Fund Formation
  13 September 2017
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA T&Cs Webcast
  Webcast
  Speaker: Jonathan Adler, Gavin Anderson, Rafael Kariyev
  Speaking Engagements
• Structuring PE Deals in Emerging Markets
  25 May 2017
  Stanford University Business School
  Frontier Markets Private Equity
  Stanford, California
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Reverse Solicitation
  18 May 2017
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA’s Investor Relations and Marketing Member Community - Breakfast Q&A
  Washington, D.C.
  Speaker: Geoffrey Kittredge, Patricia Volhard
  Speaking Engagements
• Structuring PE Deals in Emerging Markets
  18 May 2017
  Emerging Market Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Fundraising Masterclass
  Washington, D.C.
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• A Finger on the Pulse – Investments in Healthcare
  5 April 2017
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  AVCA Conference
  Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Legal Strategies: Protecting GP Interests and Maintaining Competitive and Marketable Positioning to LPS
  5 December 2016
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Mumbai Masterclass
  Mumbai, India
  Speaker: Geoffrey Kittredge, Gavin Anderson
  Speaking Engagements
• Implementation Debate: What Stage of the Investment Lifecycle has the Most Opportunity for Creating Sustainable Value?
  25 October 2016
  FT Live/Emerging Market Private Equity Association
  Sustainable Investing in Emerging Markets 2016, co-hosted by EMPEA and FT Live
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Equity Investments Core Documentation
  24 October 2016
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  AVCA Legal Agreements in Private Equity Training Programme
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Changing Landscape of Emerging Markets Private Equity Fund Formation
  13 September 2016
  EMPEA
  EMPEA Terms and Conditions Webcast
  Webinar
  Speaker: Jonathan Adler, Peter A. Furci, Gavin Anderson
  Speaking Engagements
• Brexit and Emerging Markets Private Capital
  28 July 2016
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Webcasts
  Webinar
  Speaker: Sally Gibson
  Speaking Engagements
• Investing in Emerging Markets in Challenging Times
  7 July 2016
  Practising Law Institute
  Doing Business in and with Emerging Markets 2016
  New York, New York
  Speaker: Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  Speaking Engagements
• Legal Strategies: Protecting GP Interests and Maintaining Competitive and Marketable Positioning to LPs
  21 January 2016
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association and Debevoise & Plimpton
  EMPEA Fundraising Masterclass
  Hong Kong
  Speaker: Andrew M. Ostrognai, Gavin Anderson
  Speaking Engagements
• Legal Strategies: Balancing GP Interests and Maintaining Competitive and Marketable Positioning to LPs
  30 November 2015
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Fundraising Masterclass
  Mumbai, India
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Geoffrey Kittredge, Andrew M. Ostrognai
  Speaking Engagements
• Private Equity in Africa
  9 November 2015
  Columbia Business School
  Columbia Business School Lectures
  New York, New York
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Persistence, performance and returns
  27 October 2015
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association and The Financial Times
  Private Equity in Emerging Markets 2015
  InterContinental, London
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• What’s Hot (and what’s not) in Emerging Markets: Latin America, Russia, and India
  9 July 2015
  Practising Law Institute

  Doing Business in and with Emerging Markets 2015

  To learn more, visit the program page website.

  Practising Law Institute, New York, NY
  Speaker: Maurizio Levi-Minzi, Alan Kartashkin
  Speaking Engagements
• Leveraging Institutional Capital to Power Africa
  9-10 June 2015
  Africa Institutional Funds & Managers Series
  2nd Africa Alternative Investment Intensive
  Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY
  Speaking Engagements
• Welcome Address
  9 June 2015
  Africa Institutional Funds & Managers Series
  2nd Africa Alternative Investment Intensive
  Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY
  Speaker: John M. Vasily
  Speaking Engagements
• Private Equity in India – What’s New and What to Expect in 2015
  7 May 2015
  Speaker: Jonathan Adler, Gavin Anderson
  Debevoise Events
• Equity Investments: Core Documentation
  30 April 2015
  AVCA
  AVCA Legal Agreements Training
  London
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements