Top Africa Deal Makers to Gather at Key Conference in Washington, D.C

CONCORD, Mass. - April 22, 2015 - PRLog -- The law firm of Baker & McKenzie and co-sponsors  AfricaTLF.com, the Emerging & Frontier Markets Association and PWC will host a lively, practical conference on “Doing the Deal in Africa” in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, May 28. The discussion will look at the unprecedented growth rates and increase in capital flowing in and out of the African continent, examine some of the deals that are being made, and provide practical guidance on best practices when doing business in Africa.

The discussion will look at the unprecedented growth rates and increase in capital flowing in and out of the African continent, examine some of the deals that are being made, and provide practical guidance on best practices when doing business in Africa.

An important segment of this event will focus on financing the African deal, whether it is private equity based, government and multilateral financing, or strategic partnerships. Speakers for this part of the program include:

Carolyn Campbell, Co-Founding Partner and Managing Director at Emerging Capital Partners
Dana M. Reed, CEO PanAfrican Investment Co., LLC
Kenroy Dowers, AtlasMara (In December 2013, the firm raised $325 million through an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange as an Africa focused entity operating commercial banks in Africa.)
Chinesom Ejiasa  Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC)

The conference is timely. Its organizers point to much publicized statistics that show African countries experiencing unprecedented growth rates; more capital flowing in and out of the continent than ever before; and heavy investment by global corporations—from General Electric, IBM, Wal-Mart Stores and Google, to fast-food brands McDonald’s, KFC, and Burger King—in the continent’s promising economies.

“Deals are getting done all of the time, and anyone doing deals needs to know what is happening,” says Gary Brown, founder of the Africa Tax, Law & Finance Hub, AfricaTLF.Com.

Other panelists include:

 Kofi Appenteng of Dentons, Also chair of the Africa-America Institute.
John Forry a former senior partner at Ernst & Young
Reagan Demas of Baker & McKenzie
Gilles.j.de.Vignemont of PWC
Javade Chaudhri of Jones Day
Anthony Giustini,  co-head of the Africa practice at Clifford Chance
Mark Norris of Sullivan &  Worcester
Carlos Ramos Mrosovsky of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Dr. Daniel N. Erasmus Esq. Ph.D (law) TaxRiskManagement.com·
Obiamaka P. Madubuko,  McDermott, Will & Emery
Aubrey Hruby, africaexpertnetwork.com

Tax Issues Also Covered

In addition, Gilles.j.de.Vignemont of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and Dr. Daniel N. Erasmus of  TaxRiskManagement.com will speak on tax issues. such as transfer pricing,thin cap rules, tax issues in selling companies or repatriating capital or profits, taxation of expatriates working in Africa.

This conference is intended for international corporate business development executives, corporate legal counsel, tax executives, and corporate tax counsel, investment and commercial bankers, private equity and wealth management  investors, financial executives, CFOs and controllers, government officials dealing with FDI and trade development, and other executives and professionals with companies or clients currently or expecting to do business in Africa.

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