AFH Holding & Advisory's Amir Heshmatpour to speak on raising capital in the current market environment
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. and SHANGHAI, March 19 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --
AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC, a leading financial advisory and management consulting firm, announced today that its Managing Director, Mr. Amir Heshmatpour, will be a featured speaker at the International PIPEs Conference in Shanghai, China on March 23. Mr. Heshmatpour will discuss a variety of capital raising options for private and public companies in the current turbulent environment, including strategies for listing on public exchanges that are viable even today.
Amir Heshmatpour will join a panel that explores PIPE financing, convertible debt issuance, rights offerings, pre-IPO private equity investments, and the advantages of reverse mergers. He will also discuss stock listing options on exchanges around the world, including those in the United States, Asia, and Europe. The panel entitled "Creative Financing Options for both Private and Public Companies" is the first panel on Monday, March 23, at 8:40 a.m.
"Effective capital raising in today's very discerning market environment requires best-of-breed advisory, planning and logistical support of all key processes prior to and following a capital raise, including audit and legal, not least to meet the increased transparency requirements demanded by investors," said Amir Heshmatpour. "Through our involvement in this conference we to hope to share our expertise with Chinese companies seeking to raise capital or list on an exchange."
Hosted by DealFlow Media, the Second Annual PIPEs Conference takes place in Shanghai, China from March 23-25, 2009. The conference is the most influential event covering cross-border investment in small-cap Chinese companies and the largest gathering of company management teams in China. Joining Amir Heshmatpour on the panel are Peter Kuo from Susquehanna International Group; John Micklitsch from Ancora Advisors; Mitch Nussbaum from Loeb & Loeb; Virginia Tam from Jones Day; and James Walsh from Sinova Merchant Partners.
For more information about the conference, visit: http://www.dealflowmedia.com/conferences/pipes_conference_int_09.cfm
More information on Amir Heshmatpour can be found at http://afhholdingandadvisory.com/amir_heshmatpour.asp
About AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC
AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC is a leading integrated financial advisory and consulting firm serving U.S. and international clients who seek capital formation and business strategies including the preparation and implementation of alternative public offerings, PIPE financing, acquisitions, corporate governance development, regulation and compliance, among other services -- all executed concurrently to provide a seamless transition to a listed public company. Led by Mr. Amir Heshmatpour, AFH delivers objective thinking, proven practices and best-of-breed partners to help clients achieve their specific development and financial goals. AFH maintains offices in Beverly Hills, California and Shanghai, China. http://afhholdingandadvisory.com/
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