Luxury Law Summit 2023

LOCATION

New York

DATE & TIME

November 7, 2023

Accordion Panel - Private Equity and M&A Trends in Fashion and Beauty: 2023 and Beyond

Join Penny Tehrani-Littrell (General Council, Accordion) and Leslie Vaughn Mahre (Partner, Holland & Knight) at the 2023 Luxury Law Summit for their panel, “Private Equity and M&A Trends in Fashion and Beauty: 2023 and Beyond.”

Despite market volatility and dynamics this year, the fashion and beauty sectors had some blockbuster deals in 2023 (think: L’Oreal and Aesop, Kering and Creed, Tapestry and Capri Holdings, Estée Lauder and TOM FORD). What’s more, many luxury fashion houses are pouring dollars into building and/or rebooting beauty divisions (think: Prada, Dries Van Noten, Valentino, Kering, Richemont). So, what does 2024 hold for these sectors? How are these industries innovating to remain desirable to transactions during a recessionary economic environment? In this session, we’re bringing together experts from the Private Equity and Brand worlds to dig deep on these industries’ rampant M&A activity and top deal trends – as well as hot button topics like Generative AI, IPOs (think: Birkenstock going public this year), strategic global expansion, and more – to get a clearer picture of what’s to come for fashion and beauty for the remainder of 2023 and beyond.

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Meet the Panel

Penny Tehrani-Littrell (Moderator)

General Counsel, Accordion

Penny is a Managing Director and General Counsel at Accordion with over two decades of legal, regulatory, and compliance experience at large multi-national companies in financial services/investment banking and consumer products/retail. At Accordion, she oversees the legal and compliance matters for the firm.

Leslie Vaughn Mahre (Moderator)

Partner, Holland & Knight

Leslie is a private equity attorney at Holland & Knight. Her practice is multidisciplinary and focused on partnering with clients in the private capital space on a solutions-oriented approach as they navigate strategically important transactions.

Lucy Chen

Principal, L Catterton

Ms. Chen is a Principal at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Chen was a Vice President at Lee Equity Partners where she focused on investments in the consumer, healthcare and business services sectors.

Pascal Houdayer

CEO, Orveon Global

Pascal Houdayer is the CEO of Orveon Global with has three decades of experience leading beauty and personal care businesses across both developed and emerging markets.

Jessica Parry

Principal, Blackstone

Jessica Parry is a Principal at Blackstone, having joined the firm in 2019. With Blackstone, Jessica worked on the firm’s majority investment in SPANX – notably with an all-woman deal team.