WE ALL USE HEALTHCARE, BUT DO WE REALLY KNOW HEALTHCARE?
“Obama Care”, healthcare reform’s impact on the future of healthcare, current healthcare investment trends and opportunities, health related technology trends…. where do the opportunities exist in healthcare and what are the pitfalls to avoid? Are healthcare deals getting done? Who will be the winners and losers in healthcare? Our March breakfast forum includes an expert panel of professionals who are "plugged in" on current healthcare issues. Join us to hear their insights and perspectives on this complex topic which affects us professionally and personally.
MODERATOR:
Michael Nemeroff, President and CEO of Vedder Price and Chairman of the Finance and Transactions Group. Mr. Nemeroff counsels corporations in mergers and acquisitions transactions and governance matters. He provides private equity firms and hedge funds with experienced direction in leveraged and management buyouts and guides financial institutions in complex finance transactions. Further, Mr. Nemeroff negotiates and structures executive compensation arrangements for companies, management teams, compensation committees and executives.
PANELISTS:
Bill Drehkoff, Partner, Linden Capital Partners. Mr. Drehkoff began his principal investing career when he joined First Chicago Equity Capital in 1999, after beginning his career in investment banking. Prior to re-joining the First Chicago team at Linden, Mr. Drehkoff was a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group and a Vice President at The Edgewater Funds.
Brent Felitto, Managing Director, Head of North American Investment Banking and Head of Global Health Care. Mr. Felitto joined William Blair & Company in 1993. His primary responsibilities consist of leading the firm’s health care investment banking effort, which include deal origination and leading the group’s execution team on a range of transactions including public and private equity financings as well as merger and acquisition assignments. Prior to joining William Blair & Company, he worked as a financial analyst in the merchant banking, high-yield and corporate finance groups of Merrill Lynch in New York.
Laura Keidan Martin, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Ms. Martin serves as the Head of Katten’s And Health Care Practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Her broad-based health care practice includes mergers and acquisitions, physician integration strategies, provider joint ventures and regulatory compliance. She counsels hospitals, device manufacturers, management companies and a variety of other health care clients. Ms. Martin was selected as Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyer of the Year for Chicago Health Care Law, and was named one of the “Top 10 Leading Women Lawyers in Illinois.”
Glen Tullman, is a pioneer in the field of healthcare IT. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts, the leading global provider of Electronic Health Records and other technologies essential to creating a Connected Community of Health, for 16 years until December 2012 when he stepped down to pursue other interests. In addition to his work at Allscripts, he founded a fast-growing solar energy company and holds investments in a number of entrepreneurial ventures.
Bryan Rupprecht, Managing Director, MidCap Financial. Mr. Rupprecht is engaged in MidCap’s Leveraged Lending group where he is responsible for originating and closing loans to middle market healthcare companies. MidCap Financial operates exclusively in the healthcare industry through four business segments: asset based lending, leverage lending, real estate, and venture debt. MidCap currently has over $1.0 billion of loans outstanding to healthcare businesses.
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Agenda
7:30 am - Continental Breakfast
8:15 am - Announcements and Speakers
9:30 am - Adjournment
Location
The Standard Club
320 S. Plymouth Ct
Chicago, IL
Cost
TMA Members $40
Non-Members $80
YP or NextGen Members $30
Students $15