MAJOR TOPICS:
Understanding motivations and desires of business owners
Corporate preparedness: business, management and financials
Understanding the value of the business and key value drivers
Wealth management planning
Shareholder tax and estate planning
Liquidity strategies, process and timeline
Getting the maximum value at exit
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MODERATOR: Alexander B. Kasdan, Senior Managing Director,
DelMorgan & Co. With extensive experience in investment banking, corporate
law and restructuring at world’s leading firms, including Credit Suisse First
Boston, O’Sullivan Graev & Karabell LLP (now O'Melveny & Myers LLP), Battle
Fowler LLP (now Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP) and Schlumberger Ltd.,
and as a founding partner of Convergence Capital Partners, Alex brings more than
twenty years of senior-level Wall Street advice to middle market companies,
entrepreneurs and institutional investors.
Alex is a Senior Advisor to Governance and Transactions LLC, an advisory firm
established in 2003 by Mr. James L. Gunderson, former Secretary and General
Counsel of Schlumberger Limited, to assist boards, management and owners with
corporate governance, compliance, structuring and strategic transactions.
Alex is a frequent moderator and an interviewer at Expert Webcast roundtable
discussions attracting business leaders and leading professionals from around the
world.
Alex graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury College with a B.A. degree in
Economics and Italian and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa during his junior year. In
addition, he holds a J.D. degree from Columbia University Law School and has
studied at the University of Florence in Italy. He is admitted to the Bar in the State
of New York.
100 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 750
Santa Monica, CA 90401
+1 310 980 1718
ak@delmorganco.com
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Panelist: Thomas N. Mahoney is a 32-year veteran of the investment
industry with UBS Private Wealth Management, the firm's special division
serving very substantial individual investors and family offices. He is on
the Forbes State-by-State List of Top Financial Advisors. He holds the
Chartered Financial Analyst (or CFA) charter, and for the CFA Society Los
Angeles he was elected Vice President last year, is a member of its Board of
Governors, and is Co-Chair of its Private Wealth Management Committee,
which creates professional educational programs for financial professional in
L.A.
In 2004, he moved his practice from Credit Suisse to UBS Private Wealth
Management, successfully bringing all of his clients with him. As a Certified
Exit Planning Advisor, Tom guides a team with a focus on helping private
company founders prepare for and manage their exit liquidity.
Tom received his B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-
Madison. He completed the Private Equity and Venture Capital Program at
Harvard Business School, and he teaches a class on Alternative Investments for
the CFA Review Program of the University of Southern California Marshall
School of Business. He is Co-Founder and past President of the Chartered
Alternative Investment Analyst Association of Southern California and is
founder of ALTSLA, the largest annual alternative investment conference in
Los Angeles which is expected to draw over 1,000 attendees this year.
2000 Ave. of the Stars
7th Floor North
Los Angeles, CA 90067
310-734-2401
thomas.n.mahoney@ubs.com
http://financialservicesinc.ubs.
com/team/mahoneygroup/
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Panelist: Brad Bonde, CPA, is a Shareholder with LBMC’s Audit and Advisory
Services. He primarily specializes in private equity and venture capital-backed
healthcare entities.
Brad has over ten years of experience, including time spent with a Big Four firm, GE
Healthcare, and a national public accounting firm.
Brad also serves as a technical review expert for the Firm’s audit department and
frequently assists clients with buy-side and sell-side due diligence procedures and
quality of earnings analysis. Brad also serves as a speaker for numerous
organizations covering accounting and auditing issues, and has authored or been
cited in several articles related to accounting issues impacting healthcare entities and
the broader profession.
Brad’s clients in the healthcare industry include hospitals and hospital management
companies, home health and hospice agencies, durable medical equipment (DME)
providers, physician practices, urgent care providers, billing companies, and
outpatient imaging and cancer treatment centers.
Additionally, Brad serves Fortune 500, privately-held, and not-for-profit entities with
audit services for SEC-registered benefit plans and non-registered pension, health,
and welfare, 401(k), and 403(b) plans. Brad has assisted these plans with Form 5500
preparation and various compliance-related issues.
Brad holds a Masters of Public Accountancy from University of Wisconsin–
Whitewater.
201 Franklin Road
Brentwood, TN 37027
615-309-2434
bbonde@lbmc.com
www.lbmc.com
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Panelist: Cindy D. Brittain is a partner in the Trusts and Estates practice of
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, focusing on domestic and international estate
and tax planning. She assists family business members with succession planning
and advises her clients on tax mitigation strategies. Cindy partners closely with
clients to design efficient plans that satisfy their goals. She advises on the
effective use of multi-state jurisdictions for effective state income tax planning.
Cindy frequently addresses fiduciary and legal issues that arise during trust
administration. Her work with entertainment clients with special assets includes
providing creative solutions through advanced planning techniques. Cindy has
deep experience in international cross-border planning, advising large global
families and their wealth transfer strategies. Her experience bridges private client
and cross-border corporate integration.
Prior to joining Katten, Cindy was the director of Inbound Wealth Advisory and a
senior fiduciary officer at an international financial institution, where she assisted
clients with their cross-border strategies. She worked with the company's
Delaware office to establish foreign trusts with interposed foreign corporations.
Cindy also advised on pre-immigration planning, using eligible check-the-box
corporations, defective section 351 transactions and non-qualified preferred stock
for cost-basis step-up.
Cindy holds an LLM (Taxation) from University of San Diego, a JD from
California Western School of Law and a BA from The University of North
Carolina.
2029 Century Park East
Suite 2600
Los Angeles, CA 90067
+1.310.788.4499
cindy.brittain@kattenlaw.com
www.kattenlaw.com
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MAJOR TOPICS
• Understanding motivations and desires of business owners
• Corporate preparedness: business, management and financials
• Understanding the value of the business and key value drivers
• Wealth management planning
• Shareholder tax and estate planning
• Liquidity strategies, process and timeline
• Getting the maximum value at exit