DATE: Tuesday, 6 February 2024, 9:00 – 12:30
VENUE: KPMG office (1134 Budapest, Váci út 31.)
KPMG is arranging a unique business breakfast event on „The challenges of solar energy M&A and financing” to be held on 6 February, 2024 in their Budapest office.
Besides enticing food, their experts and special guests will present, among others, the key market developments that may affect the value of solar power plants, the challenges of solar energy transactions and financing solar power plants, and the questions around the Hungarian Government’s pre-emption right regarding the purchase of solar power plants in Hungary by foreign investors. After the presentations, KPMG experts will be joined by international renewable energy investors and representatives of leading commercial banks to discuss current practices and opportunities in the sector.
AGENDA
8:30 – 9:00: Registration, breakfast
9:00 – 9:05: Welcome speech: Tamás Simonyi (Senior Director, KPMG in Hungary)
9:05 – 9:20: Key market factors of the solar PV market: Böröcz Artúr (Director, KPMG in Hungary)
9:20 – 9:45: Trends and challenges in solar energy M&A and financing: Ferenc Szőlősi (Director, KPMG in Hungary)
9:45 – 10:10: Hungarian Government’s pre-emption right regarding the purchase of solar power plants in Hungary by foreign investors: how it works and its impact: invitation in progress
10:10 – 10:30: Coffee break, networking
10:30 – 11:10: Panel discussion: Opportunities and current practices around solar plant financing and M&A transactions in Hungary and beyond
Panelists:
- Tamás Jakab (Vice President – M&A, Enery)
- Mihály Országh (Head of Structured Finance, K&H Bank)
- Derek Qiu (Investment Director, CMC Europe)
- Sándor Végh (Head of Structured Finance, Erste Bank)
- Andrei Buse (Senior Manager, KPMG Romania) – via video link
- Jaime Segimón (Partner, KPMG Spain) – via video link
- moderator: Tamás Simonyi (Senior Director, KPMG in Hungary)
11:10 – 11:30: Q&A
11:30 – 12:30: Buffet lunch, networking
The discussions will be conducted in English and no translation will be provided.