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🗓 Conference Agenda 2025
This year’s program features presentations, panel discussions, practical case studies, and thematic research covering all key trends in the private equity and venture capital markets.
Participants will gain actionable insights and expert guidance essential for navigating a rapidly evolving investment landscape.
09:00 – 09:30
09:00 – 09:30
Registration & Morning Coffee
9:30 – 10:15
9:30 – 10:15
Plenary Session: M&A in 2026 — An Era of Adaptation, Consolidation & Risk
  • Transactions as a tool for adaptation, not just scale
  • Consolidation, redomiciliation, and "block" sectoral deals
  • Ownership structures: opacity, indirect chains, closed-end mutual funds
  • Distressed assets as drivers of the next M&A cycle
10:15 – 10:40
10:15 – 10:40
2025 Deal Diagnostics: What Closed, What Collapsed — and Why
  • Case review: exits, secondary sales, state interventions
  • Investor profile transformation: who was buying and why
  • Structures that failed under market pressure
10:40 – 11:05
10:40 – 11:05
Legal & Regulatory Risks 2026: Sub-Commission, Discounts, Registry Access
  • New requirements for transactions involving foreign assets
  • Risks of deal invalidation and interim administration
  • What could change post-election and amid geopolitical shifts
11:05 – 11:30
11:05 – 11:30
Coffee & Networking Break
11:30 – 12:30
11:30 – 12:30
Panel Discussion: What Investors Want & How Deals Are Now Structured
  • Who’s still in the game: transformation of private and corporate investors
  • Where is the value? Distressed assets, logistics, IT infrastructure, regional plays
  • Why multiples remain low and deals stay complex
  • The return of earn-outs as a new standard
  • Framework agreements, options, three-stage settlements
  • Payment deferrals, hybrid formulas, and staggered consideration
  • Bridging the valuation gap between buyer and seller
  • When price is no longer the key: evolving logic of DD and asset valuation
12:30 – 13:10
12:30 – 13:10
Case Session: Structuring Deals with Overleveraged Businesses
  • Selling to write off debt: how the process works
  • Role of banks, GR teams, and government bodies in negotiations
  • Legal and tax aspects of acquiring debt-burdened assets
13:10 – 14:10
13:10 – 14:10
Lunch & Networking
14:10 – 15:00
14:10 – 15:00
Panel: Financing M&A in a High-Rate Environment — The Harsh Reality
  • Who is still funding deals at 20–21% key rate
  • State banks vs. private credit: what's accessible in 2026
  • Mechanisms: deferred payments and debt-to-equity swaps
  • ESG and green finance: paused or evolving?
15:00 – 15:25
15:00 – 15:25
Taxation & Equity Transactions: What to Expect from January 2026
  • Key tax changes coming into effect in 2026
  • Regulator shifts in taxation approaches
  • New progressive tax scales and implications for business transactions
  • Taxation specifics in asset resale
  • Optimizing structures for private exits
15:25 – 15:45
15:25 – 15:45
Post-M&A Integration: When “Synergy” Means Survival
  • What works in PMI during turbulence
  • Risk management: from HR to cybersecurity
  • “Soft” factors: communication, retention, governance
15:45 – 16:05
15:45 – 16:05
Coffee & Networking Break
16:05 – 16:45
16:05 – 16:45
Workshop: Closing Foreign Asset Deals — The 2026 Compliance Checklist
  • Asset preparation: independent valuation, discounts, Sub-Commission filings
  • Two-stage deal structuring via SPV
  • Legal supervision and common pitfalls
16:45 – 17:30
16:45 – 17:30
Forward Outlook: What to Expect in 2026–2027
  • Will growth deals return?
  • Is the re-export of Russian capital realistic?
  • What regions and sectors will drive growth under new alliances?
18:00
18:00
Conference Wrap-Up & Networking
Be part of the professional investment community and explore new opportunities at the Private Equity & M&A Conference.
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