An Update on Capital Markets and M&A for 2009, From Experts in Banking and Corporate Finance

Trying to figure out how to plan for 2009? Here are just a few items to ponder: A new, untested administration is taking office, consumer confidence is down, unemployment is up, the stock market and housing market are both badly wounded, and unprecedented government bailouts for the banks and key industries have barely shown any effect.

How do you run and grow your company in this kind of turbulent environment — much less strategize about major changes such as a possible M&A transaction? Come to the February 11 breakfast meeting of ACG 101 to find out!

Our panel of corporate growth, finance and investment banking experts will look at the roadblocks and opportunities ahead in corporate finance, credit markets, the regulatory environment and more!

Our panelists will be:

Lindsey Alley, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, in Century City. Lindsey, a member of the firm’s national M&A practice, advises clients on both the buy side and sell side; and

Jonathan R. Surridge, Vice President - Investment Banking, Wells Fargo Securities, San Francisco. Jonathan was one of the first to warn of the dangers inherent in the housing "bubble," and he sees other risks – including inflation – on the horizon.