RSM McGladrey to Sponsor Two High Profile Private Equity Events in Boston

BOSTON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- RSM McGladrey, a leading national accounting and tax provider, is sponsoring two private equity events to be held by the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) in the Boston marketplace.  The Middle Market Forum will be held on April 15, 2010 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, and the ACG Growth Conference will be held on June 9-10, 2010 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers.

ACG's Boston Middle Market Forum is an invitation-only event for private equity, investment banking, corporate M&A and transaction professionals.  A panel of private equity investors, moderated by Jay Jester, Managing Director of Audax Group, includes Dave Brackett, Senior Managing Director of GE Antares Capital; Ed Imbrogno, Managing Partner of Fidus Partners; and Chris Williams, co-founder and Managing Director of Harris Williams.  The panelists will review the M&A market from the 80s and 90s and discuss lessons learned, comparisons to today and what's ahead.

"RSM McGladrey has expanded its focus on private equity, and our sponsorship of the Middle Market Forum demonstrates our firm's commitment to equity investors and the portfolio companies they represent," said Jim Byman, Managing Director and Leader of McGladrey's Boston private equity practice.  

RSM McGladrey has 700 private equity clients and 800 portfolio clients across the United States, whom they provide with transaction, assurance, tax, operations and portfolio company support throughout their transaction lifecycle.

For the first year, RSM McGladrey is sponsoring the ACG Boston Growth Conference as a platinum sponsor, along with long-time platinum sponsor Goodwin Procter. This ACG event is the largest M&A conference in New England, with more than 1,000 dealmakers attending. Capital Connection, part of the two-day event, offers private equity and mezzanine debt providers from across the United States a chance to meet face-to-face with potential deal syndication partners.  

"ACG continues to be a critical resource for private equity relationship management. The Boston Growth Conference is always a very high caliber event that allows us to connect efficiently with deal sources, financing partners, LPs and other advisors.  It is a must-attend event for our General Partners," said Jon Lemelman, a General Partner at Riverside Partners.

Press representatives interested in attending the Middle Market Forum or the Growth Conference should contact ACG directly at 781-213-9990 or [email protected].  

About RSM McGladrey

RSM McGladrey is a leading professional services firm providing accounting, tax and business consulting. RSM McGladrey operates in an alternative practice structure with McGladrey & Pullen LLP, a partner-owned CPA firm that delivers audit and attest services. Through separate and independent legal entities, they work together to serve clients' business needs. Together, the companies rank as the fifth largest U.S. provider of accounting, tax and business consulting services (source: Accounting Today), with 7,000 professionals and associates in nearly 90 offices. RSM McGladrey and McGladrey & Pullen LLP are member firms of RSM International, an affiliation of independent accounting and consulting firms.  www.rsmmcgladrey.com

About Association for Corporate Growth

The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is an individual- and company-based organization focused on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate growth.  ACG Boston members include corporate executives, private equity and venture capital investors, investment bankers, and service professionals. The mission of ACG Boston is to foster a networking community that enhances our members' effectiveness by providing events and access to information on dealflow and the capital markets.  More than 800 members cite ACG Boston as an indispensable source for networking in New England, as well as a center for excellence in all the disciplines related to dealmaking.

SOURCE RSM McGladrey