The IPO process of buying and selling is the subject of this Criticaleye breakfast Forum held in association with Cass Business School. Featuring speeches from Cass' Robert Cressy, LongAcre Partners Julian Culhane and Library House Founder and Chairman, Doug Richard, topics of discussion include:

• what makes a suitable buyer in acquisitions and trade sales
• the role of private equity
• retaining leaders in listed companies
• extracting value from the IPO process

• Are changes to the research process detrimental to the IPO process of buying & selling?
• Will the UK private equity sector continue to exceed expectations?
• Are there cases of trade sales yielding more than one buyer?
• Will retaining leaders in listed companies be harder in the future?