Mergermarket M&A Forum Switzerland 2023
The Dolder Grand, Zurich
20
Sep
Panel: Deal financing in today's market
This session will review how corporates are financing M&A deals with leveraged loans, private debt and high yield bonds.
- What opportunities are available for sponsor-less lending for mid-cap companies?
- How has documentation evolved as the market enters a downturn and liquidity is stretched?
- What returns are direct lending for private equity and private debt funds yielding?
- How is pricing affecting valuations? And are debt / equity rations being called into question?
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SpeakersRalph Betz Managing Director Bridgepoint CreditKirsten Bode Co-Head Pan European Private Debt Muzinich & Co
Björn Lauschke Head of Debt Advisory Capvis
Moritz Frerker Managing Director Private Debt, Head of Direct Lending PATRIMONIUM
Johannes Koch Senior Reporter DEBTWIRE
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Ralph is a Managing Director within Bridgepoint Credit and joined the Firm in 2020 from EQT Credit which was acquired by Bridgepoint in 2020. He is responsible for origination and execution of financing solutions for mid-sized companies in Germany. Ralph is also part of the Bridgepoint ESG Committee.
Prior to joining EQT in 2014, he was Head of Acquisition in Germany at GE Corporate Finance Bank and Bank of Ireland. He has a wide range of transactional experience in European Leveraged Finance across a large expanse of industries sectors.
Ralph Betz ist Managing Director bei Bridgepoint Credit und kam 2020 von EQT Credit, welches von Bridgepoint im Jahr 2020 erworben wurde. In Deutschland ist er verantwortlich für Origination und Execution von Finanzierungslösungen für mittelständische Unternehmen. Darüber hinaus ist er Teil des Bridgepoint ESG Committee.
Bevor er 2014 zu EQT kam, war er Head of Acquisition in Deutschland bei der GE Corporate Finance Bank und der Bank of Ireland. Er verfügt über ein breites Spektrum an Transaktionserfahrung im Bereich European Leveraged Finance in einer Vielzahl von Industriesektoren.
Prior to joining Muzinich, Kirsten worked for six years as a Managing Director in the principal debt investing team at Macquarie, responsible for sourcing and executing transactions ranging from leveraged senior, unitranche and mezzanine debt to equity in the U.K., Germany and Benelux. Previously, she worked for Silver Point Capital, a U.S. based credit/distressed fund, in the private debt team in Europe. Kirsten started her career at Morgan Stanley in 1999, working in the generalist M&A and Leveraged Finance teams in Germany and London. Kirsten graduated from ESB Reutlingen and Middlesex University London with a B.A. Honors in European Business Administration.
Björn Lauschke has been with Capvis since 2012. Prior to joining Capvis, Björn was a Director in the debt advisory division of DC Advisory Partners and with The Royal Bank of Scotland, Credit Suisse and WestLB in the structured finance division.
Björn is Head of Debt Advisory and responsible for all debt financing in the Capvis portfolio.
He studied business administration at the University of Mannheim, Germany with a Dipl.-Kfm. Degree.