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Chapter Sponsors
Baker Donelson
LongueVue Capital
McGlinchey Stafford
First NBC
Regions
Stone Pigman
Ernst & Young
Jones Walker
ACG CUP Competition - Third Annual
Third Annual ACG Louisiana CUP Competition

On Saturday, March 16, 2013, teams of MBA students from LSU, Loyola and Tulane competed in ACG Louisiana’s third annual ACG Cup for cash prizes and bragging rights until next year’s competition.  The team from LSU, consisting of Kendall Knobloch, Andrew Guice and Drew Baynham, took home the ACG Cup and $2,500 cash.
 
The ACG Cup is an M&A case study competition hosted annually by ACG chapters across the country that is designed to give MBA students real world experience and invaluable insights into the areas of mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, and financial advisory services. This year’s event was sponsored by Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C. and Stonehenge Capital, hosted by LSU and organized by Julie Chauvin, an associate at Stone Pigman and Chair of the ACG Cup Committee.
Partners
Baton Rouge Area Chamber
Greater New Orleans Regional Economic Alliance
A.B. Freeman School of Business
  
Welcome to ACG Louisiana

ACG Louisiana, a regional chapter of ACG, Association for Corporate Growth, is a non-profit organization created to facilitate the networking of business professionals in Louisiana and the surrounding areas. Our monthly luncheon meetings feature business leaders who speak about the development of their companies or on topics of interest to business professionals. Visit our EVENTS page for information on future meetings.

 

We host several events in addition to our monthly luncheon meetings, which include the CUP Competition, Awards Dinner (May) and Taste of New Orleans (October), a venture capital, private equity, bank networking event.  Our annual dues are $420 per year which includes attendance at our monthly luncheon meetings as well as members rates for other ACG events.  We continue to attract corporate executives, capital providers and industry professionals to Louisiana in our efforts to help develop and grow companies in our region.


Members have access to the ACG Membership Directory, ACG Capital Link, and the monthly ACG publication, Mergers & Acquistions.  The InterGrowth conference takes place in April 2013 in Orlando, FL which is where attendees will experience the business-building power of the ACG community.

ACG Louisiana Taste of New Orleans Sponsorship Opportunities

A Taste of New Orleans

October 10-11, 2013 – The Roosevelt New Orleans

 

Sponsorship Levels

 

Program Sponsor - $3,000 (Limited to 5)

This sponsorship package includes:

Admission to the event for six people

Opportunity to moderate one of the panel discussions or introduce a speaker

Host of a specialty drink or food table during the evening networking event

Display of sponsor’s logo as a Program Sponsor at the registration table

Display of sponsor’s name at their table during the evening networking event

Sponsor’s name printed on the cover of the program given to each attendee

Sponsor’s name with firm description and contact information printed in the program given to each attendee

Sponsor’s logo on ACG Louisiana website and event marketing materials

 

Food/Specialty Drink Table Hosts - $2,000 (Limited to 20 providers of capital or investment banks)

This sponsorship package includes: 

Admission to the event for four people

Host of a food table at the evening networking event

Display of sponsor’s name at their table at the evening networking event

Sponsor’s name with firm description and contact information printed in the program given to each attendee

Sponsor’s logo on ACG Louisiana website and event marketing materials

 

Fleur de Lis Sponsor - $1,000

This sponsorship package includes:

Admission to the event for three people

Display of sponsor’s name as a Fleur de Lis sponsor at the event

Sponsor’s name and contact information listed in the program given to each attendee

Sponsor’s name listed on ACG Louisiana website and in event marketing materials

 

Registration for this event will be available at www.acg.org/louisiana.

 

For more information regarding this event please contact:

 

Les Alexander at Lesalex3@yahoo.com or 504-319-3994 or

Renee Ganucheau  Renee@eventsno.com or 504-525-1115


3rd Annual ACG Louisiana Taste of New Orleans

 

 ACG Louisiana Announces Third Annual 
Taste of New Orleans

The Louisiana Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG Louisiana) will host its third annual "Taste of New Orleans", a two day conference of networking and educational events with business professionals interested in deal making, corporate growth and access to capital. The event will take place on Thursday October 10th from 11:30am to 9:00pm and Friday October 11th from 8:30am to 11:30 am at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. 
 
The conference will begin on Thursday and will kickoff with our keynote speaker. In addition, other educational sessions will feature speakers such as Gary Labranche, President and CEO of ACG, Tim Williamson of Idea Village, and others discussing topics such as the State of the Louisiana Deal Market, Does Private Equity Investment Create Jobs, Working Together to Create Value – an interview with a private equity investor and portfolio company management, Who Has the Capital and Where Do I Find It, and the Entrepreneurship Explosion in Louisiana.

The business networking reception will feature private equity firms, lenders, investment bankers and [early stage venture capital investors] in a trade show type of setting speaking to business professionals about accessing financing or completing merger and acquisition transactions. Attendees will have the opportunity to speak with these firms who collectively represent billions of dollars of capital and are actively looking to complete transactions with businesses in our region. This year’s table sponsors include [Chaffe & Associates, Jefferson Capital Partners, Longue Vue Capital, New Orleans Startup Fund, Northcreek Mezzanine, PNC Business Credit, Rock Hill Capital Group, South Coast Angel Fund and Wells Fargo Capital Finance].

 A sampling of traditional New Orleans food and beverage items will be served throughout the evening by our table sponsors. Tickets are available for $150 for ACG members and $200 for non-members.  Tickets can be purchased on the ACG Louisiana website www.acg.org/louisiana 

 

 

 

  
Monthly Luncheon Meetings
ACG LOUISIANA JUNE MEETING
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

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Click here to see the full event details

Join Young ACG Louisiana
The Louisiana Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth has initiated Young ACG Louisiana to provide younger professionals in the local business community the benefits of ACG membership at a discounted annual rate.  It also allows Young ACG Louisiana members access to exclusive Young ACG educational programming and social events. To become a member please send an email to the ACG Louisiana Chapter Executive @ acglouisiana@acg.org for a membership application and instructions.
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