On May 29, 2012 at the Hilton Hotel in Warsaw the third edition of “Private Equity Forum & Awards Gala” conference was held. FIDEA took an active part in this event and Marek Dojnow, Managing Partner at FIDEA, moderated the panel “Value added  of a PE fund for a company”. The discussion covered inter alia such topics as: when and why it is worth to partner with a PE fund, business elements important for PE funds and decisive factors for business owners to start cooperation with a private equity fund.

After the conference the official gala took place, during which Diamonds of Private Equity were awarded. FIDEA was awarded Corporate Finance Advisor of the Year 2011, whereas the investment of Advent International into American Heart of Poland S.A. where FIDEA was the sole financial advisor of AHP, was nominated in the category Transaction of the Year 2011.

The summary of the gala (in Polish) is available on the Parkiet daily website.