Moderator:
Šarūnas Skyrius, Partner at Superia
Panellists:
Valērija Lieģe, Partner at Oaklins (Latvia)
Simonas Gustainis, Managing Partner at BaltCap (Lithuania)
Priit Koit, CEO at Utilitas (Estonia)
Program
Please note that forum language is English
8:30–9:00 Sound and video adjustments
Will M&A ever be the same?
09:00–09:10
Lead-in: goals of the Forum
Ugnius Jankauskas / „Verslo Žinių“ generalinis direktorius
09:10-09:30
The global and local economy: what to expect in 2021-2022
Lars Christensen / Economist, Markets & Money Advisory founder and CEO (Denmark)
09:30-09:35 Q&A
09:35-09:50
M&A as means for exit: European trends
Elžbieta Lukenskaitė / CFA, Vice President at Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking Division (UK)
09:50-09:55 Q&A
09:55-10:10
M&A Baltics 2020 in a nutshell
Šarūnas Skyrius / Partner at Superia (Lithuania)
10:10-10:15 Q&A
10:15-10:50
Discussion
DISCUSSION: M&A in COVID-19 times & what’s next? Scenarios and strategies from M&A leaders
Speakers
10:50-11:15 Coffee break
Case studies: session 1
11:15-11:30
The deal between Investment Funds: faster, easier, and more convenient for the minority shareholder. InMedica case study
Nerijus Drobavičius, Board Member at INVL Asset Management
Kęstutis Broniukaitis, CEO and minority shareholder at InMedica (Lithuania)
Kornelijus Čelutka, Partner at BaltCap
Speakers
11:30-11:35 Q&A
11:35-11:50
Case study: Thermory, and building Baltic companies globally
Kaido Veske / Co-founder at Livonia Partners (Estonia)
11:50-11:55 Q&A
11:55-12:05
Pipedrive case study: How do unicorns grow?
Sergei Anikin / Chief Technology Officer of Pipedrive, one of the Estonian Unicorns (Estonia, USA)
12:05-12:10 Q&A
12:10-12:30
2020 Best Investment in CEE by Real Deals' Private Equity Awards: Baltik Vairas and LitCapital Case Study
Šarūnas Šiugžda, Founder & Managing Partner at LitCapital (Lithuania)
Niels Peter Pretzmann, Owner of Asgaard A/S (Denmark)
Speakers
12:30-12:35 Q&A
12:35-13:20 Lunch Break
Case studies: session 2
13:20-13:40
Interview: How to scale your business fast?
Tomas Okmanas, Co-founder of Tesonet
Laimonas Skibarka, Managing Partner at Sorainen (Lithuania)
Speakers
13:40-13:45 Q&A
13:45-14:00
Case study: The implication of institutional investors joining the business
Māris Simanovičs / Chairman of the Board of Eco Baltia (Latvia)
14:00-14:05 Q&A
14:05-14:20
What didn't fit into the press release of the biggest IPO in the Baltics? Ignitis case study
Jonas Rimavičius / Head of Corporate Finance at Ignitis Group (Lithuania)
14:20-14:25 Q&A
14:25-14:40
Qvalitas / Unimed case study: building an Estonian healthcare champion
Oliver Kullman / Partner at BaltCap (Estonia)
14:40-14:45 Q&A
14:45-15:05
M&A as one of the main strategies for growing business
Gerd Pleuhs, Executive Vice President Corporate & Legal Affairs and General Counsel at Mondelez International (Chicago, USA)
Jonas Bružas, Vice President & Chief Counsel Global Law, Intellectual Property and Operations at Mondelēz International (Chicago, USA)
Speakers
15:05-15:10 Q&A
15:10-15:30 Coffee break
ESG session
15:30-15:45
ESG and what do investors think about it – EIF’s perspective
Patric Gresko / Head of Division - Innovation and Technology Investments at European Investment Fund (Luxembourg)
15:45-15:50 Q&A
15:50-16:05
Sustainable finance and its impact on the financial sector
Justė Galvydytė / Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Change Project Manager (Sustainable Finance) at Credit Suisse (Switzerland)
16:05-16:10 Q&A
16:10-16:45
Discussion
DISCUSSION: Situation getting better: women in Private Equity and Venture Capital in the Baltics
Moderator:
Karina Andriukaitienė, Investment Funds Lawyer (Lithuania)
Panellists:
Deimantė Korsakaitė, Executive Partner at INVL Asset Management (Lithuania)
Heidi Kakko, Partner at BaltCap Growth Fund (Estonia)
Monika Nachyla, Partner and Head of IR and ESG at Abris Capital Partners (Poland)
Sandija Kulbe, CFO at Livonia Partners (Latvia)
Speakers
16:45-17:05
Interview: Does it cost or pays off to be sustainable?
Rokas Pečiulaitis, Managing Partner at Contrarian Ventures (Lithuania)
Rob Genieser, Managing Partner at ETF Partners (UK)
Speakers
17:05-17:15 Closing remarks
17:15-17:45 M&A awards
Valērija Lieģe
Partner at Oaklins Baltics in Riga (Latvia)
Jonas Rimavičius
Head of Corporate Finance at Ignitis Group (Lithuania)
Deimantė Korsakaitė
Executive Partner at INVL Asset Management (Lithuania)
Māris Simanovičs
Chairman of the Board of Eco Baltia (Latvia)
Having graduated with a Master of Laws degree from Vilnius University, the Faculty of Law, in 1998, Mr Keserauskas continued his studies at King’s College London in the United Kingdom where he obtained an LL.M. degree in European Law in 2003 and a PhD in Law in 2010.
In 1998 Mr Keserauskas started lecturing at Vilnius University, in the Faculty of Law, where since 2005 he has been giving lectures on Competition Law. Mr Keserauskas was a visiting Competition Law lecturer at Riga Graduate School of Law (Latvia) from 2000 to 2005.
From 1998 to 2009, in addition to his work as a lecturer at Vilnius University, Mr Keserauskas was an associate and then a Competition Law Adviser at the law firm Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai LAWIN.
Mr Kesearuskas is often invited as a guest speaker to local and international competition events.
Šarūnas Skyrius
Partner at Superia (Lithuania)
Sergei Anikin
Chief Technology Officer of Pipedrive, one of the Estonian Unicorns (Estonia, USA)
Kęstutis Broniukaitis
CEO and minority shareholder at InMedica (Lithuania)
Justė Galvydytė
Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Change Project Manager (Sustainable Finance) at Credit Suisse (Switzerland)
Lars Christensen
Economist, Markets & Money Advisory founder and CEO (Denmark)
Nerijus Drobavičius
Partner at INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund (Lithuania)
Darius Daubaras
Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of Ignitis Group. Saudi Aramco Senior project manager for M&A and Strategic Projects (previous)
Tomas Okmanas
Co-founder of Tesonet (Lithuania)
Elžbieta Lukenskaitė
CFA, Vice President at Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking Division (UK)
Karina Andriukaitienė
Investment Funds Lawyer / Initiator of the project Women in Private Equity and Venture Capital in the Baltics (Lithuania)
Šarūnas Šiugžda
Founder & Managing Partner at LitCapital (Lithuania)
Kaido Veske
Co-founder at Livonia Partners (Estonia)
Rokas Pečiulaitis
Managing Partner at Contrarian Ventures (Lithuania)
Simonas Gustainis
Managing Partner at BaltCap (Lithuania)
Laimonas Skibarka
Managing Partner at Sorainen (Lithuania)
Rob Genieser
Managing Partner at ETF Partners (UK)
Jonas Bružas
Vice President & Chief Counsel Global Law, IP & Operations at Mondelez International (USA)
Sandija Kulbe
CFO at Livonia Partners (Latvia)
Monika Nachyla
Partner and Head of IR and ESG at Abris Capital Partners (Poland)
Oliver Kullman
Partner at BaltCap (Estonia)
Heidi Kakko
Partner of BaltCap Growth Fund (Estonia)
Kornelijus Čelutka
Partner at Baltcap (Lithuania)
Patric Gresko
Head of Division - Innovation and Technology Investments at European Investment Fund (Luxembourg)
Gerd Pleuhs
Executive Vice President Corporate & Legal Affairs and General Counsel at Mondelez International (USA)
Niels Peter Pretzmann
Owner of Asgaard A/S (Denmark)
Priit Koit
CEO at Utilitas (Estonia)
Ugnius Jankauskas
„Verslo Žinių“ generalinis direktorius
Piret Jesse
Partner at Sorainen (Estonia)
Mantas Petkevičius
Partner at Sorainen
Gerda Sakalauskaitė
Managing Director at Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association