Speaking Engagement

Can IPOs Create Value for Companies and Shareholders?

Blank Rome is proud to be a sponsor of Marine Money's Greek Ship Finance Forum 2010 held in Athens, Greece on Wednesday, October 13. 

Brett Esber, partner in Blank Rome's maritime group, will be speaking on the panel, "Can IPOs Create Value for Companies and Shareholders?", which will discuss the implications of the under performance of IPOS and companies seeking to list, as well as which IPO structures give deals the best chance of success.  The panel will be moderated by Mark Friedman, Senior Managing Director, Evercore Partners.  Other panelists include: Robert Lustrin, Partner, Capital Markets Group, Seward & Kissel; Stamatis Molaris, Chairman and CEO, Alma Maritime Ltd.; and Anthony Argyropoulos, Managing Director, Investment Banking Group, Cantor Fitzgerald & Company.

Other topics on the agenda include:

• The Economic Outlook for 2011: Greece, Europe and the World
• Shipping Outlook: Is Greek Dominance Under Threat?
• The Criminalization of Shipping
• Shipping and Finance: The Happy Couple
• Recent Trends in Capital Markets
• Shifts in Public Investor Sentiment
• Is Greek Shipping and Ship Financing Immune to Onshore Greece?
• Can IPOs Create Value for Companies and Shareholders?
• Institutional Equity Investor Panel—the Positives and Negatives of Investing in the Maritime Sector
• Banking industry, BRICS and the Greenback
• Managing Legacy : Grasping Opportunities

To learn more about this event, or Marine Money, please visit www.marinemoney.com.