Speaking Engagement

11th Annual 2005 Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference

The Harvard Business School held their 11th Annual 2005 Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference on Saturday, February 5, 2005. The conference is the largest student-run industry conference at HBS, attracting interest among students, alumni, faculty and industry professionals alike. Kirkland & Ellis partner John Weissenbach moderated the panel `Middle-Market Private Equity: Identifying and Exploiting Competitive Advantage.' The objective of the panel was to investigate some of the trends in the middle-market private equity market, discussing how firms are sourcing and financing deals in the current environment, and the factors that will allow firms to generate superior returns going forward.