CorpGov would like to provide video highlights of the third annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum, which was held on Nov. 8, 2023 at at the Lake Worth Pavilion and Cucina Palm Beach. The audience was comprised of over 200 attendees including public and private corporations, private equity and VC funds, institutions, family offices, attorneys, investment bankers, other key advisors and select media.
The forum’s topics included private equity value creation and real estate, universal proxy season 2024, public markets opportunities, healthcare trends and 2024 prospects, mergers and acquisitions, practical uses of AI, and the present and future of SPACs and IPOs, among others. The event also featured the launch of PE Edge with three panels of private equity practitioners and advisors, including Goldman Sachs as cornerstone partner.
2023 CorpGov Forum Highlights:
Speakers and Sponsors:
- Lawrence Elbaum, Partner, Co-Head of Activism Defense, Vinson & Elkins
- Ramey Layne, Partner, Capital Markets and M&A, Vinson & Elkins
- Zach Swartz, Partner in the Corporate Real Estate Practice, Vinson & Elkins
- Tara Dziedzic, Head of Listings – US Sectors, NYSE
- Joseph C. Semsar, Regional Head, East Coast Capital Markets, NYSE
- Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Goodmans LLP
- Michael Partridge, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Goodmans LLP
- Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Private Equity, Goldman Sachs
- Laura Sennett, Vice President, Sustainable Investing Goldman Sachs
- Andrew Freedman, Partner, Co-Head Activist & Equity Investment Group, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
- Ira Gorsky, Executive Vice President, Edelman Smithfield
- Katrina Allen, Executive Vice President, Edelman Smithfield
- Mark Beccue, Research Director, AI, Futurum Group
- Joseph J. Mills, Senior Partner, Saratoga Proxy Consulting
- John J. Ferguson, Senior Partner, Saratoga Proxy Consulting
- Christopher Ludwig, Managing Director, Shareholder Advisory, Mergers & Acquisitions, Barclays
- John Marchisi, National Director, SPAC Segment, Gallagher
- Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO, Okapi Partners
- Shari Mager, Partner, National Capital Markets Readiness Leader, KPMG
- Richard Kane, Chairman and CEO, Verijet
- Don Duffy, President, ICR
- Anton Nicholas, Managing Partner, ICR
- Ashley DeSimone, Partner, Co-Head Media, Sports & Entertainment, ICR
- Terri Clevenger, Partner, Healthcare, ICR
- Jay Jackson, CEO, Abacus Life, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABL)
- Charles Gradante, Co-Founder, Hennessee Group LLC
- Adam Kommel, Senior Activism Analyst, Bloomberg LP
- Keith Rosenbloom, Managing Partner, Cruiser Capital
- Michael W. Robinson, Chairman and CEO of The Montgomery Strategies Group, former Chief Spokesman & Policy Director at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Jordan Kovler, Managing Director, Harkins Kovler
- John Grau, President, InvestorCom
- Dan Zacchei, Managing Partner, Longacre Square
- Casie Connolly, Partner, Head of Digital Communications, Longacre Square
- Jimmy Frischling, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Branded Hospitality Ventures
- Michael Seifert, Founder and CEO of PSQH
- Peter Harkins, Jr., Managing Director, Harkins Kovler
- Omeed Malik, President, 1789 Capital
- Felix Tabary, Co-Founder and CEO of Troop
- Robert Jacks, CEO, Sparrow Pharmaceuticals
- Robert Maxwell, Founder and CEO, ClinConnect
- Tom Nolan, CEO, Kendra Scott
- Josh Kosman, New York Post Business Reporter
- Thomas Sandgaard, Chairman, CEO & Founder, Zynex Medical
- Kyle D. Henderson, President, Sandgaard Capital
- Mark Harms, Chairman and CEO, Global Leisure Partners and Managing Partner, Bespoke Capital Partners
- Michael A. Verrechia, Senior Managing Director, Morrow Sodali
- Edward Kovary Jr., Managing Director, Head of SPAC Capital Markets, BTIG
- Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov and IPO Edge (Moderator)
- John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov and IPO Edge (MC)
Contact:
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