Association for Corporate Growth Orange County to Showcase Private Equity Marketplace Featuring Deal Flow and Wine Tasting.

TUSTIN, Calif. -- The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Orange County Chapter today announced that its 5th annual Private Equity Marketplace will be held on Thursday, January 11 from 5:30-8:30 PM at the Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin, Calif. The event will showcase deal flow and feature wine tasting for the group's membership of more than 300 local business professionals.

According to Brian Ruttencutter, ACG OC president, the 52 year-old organization is expecting more than 350 attendees from the mergers and acquisitions community, including private equity firms, investment bankers, attorneys, lenders, business owners, chief financial officers, chief executive officers, and commercial bankers, as well as the "Who's Who" of the M&A market in Southern California.

"If you're looking for capital to grow your business then this is where you have to be," said Ruttencutter. "Why make countless inquiries or fly all over the country to make your pitch when you can meet with Private Equity investors and other sources of capital in person right here in your own backyard?"

Participating equity and capital firms include Allied Capital, American Capital, Bison Capital, Bolder Capital, Bridge Finance Group, CapitalSource Finance, Century Park Capital Partners, Fortress, G.L. Ohrstrom & Co, Inc. Lincolnshire Management, Inc., Marquette Business Credit, Marwit Capital, McCoppin & Associates LLC Riordan, Lewis & Haden, River Associates Investments, Sorenson Capital, Summit Investments, Sun Capital Partners, Svoboda, Collins LLC, The Compass Group, The Jordan Company, The Riverside Company, TSG Consumer Partners and Windjammer Capital Investors.

The Private Equity Marketplace event sponsors include B. Riley & Co.; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP; PNC Business Credit; Steel City Capital Funding; and Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.

ACGOC Platinum Sponsors include Barney & Barney, LLC; Irwin Union Bank; Hein & Associates, LLP; Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin; RSM McGladrey; Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth and Tatum.

ACGOC Gold Sponsors include Aon Risk Services, Inc.; Ballenger Cleveland & Issa LLC; Business Wire; Daly-Swartz PR; DLD Insurance Brokers, Inc.; First Bank & Trust; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Jackson DeMarco Tidus & Peckenpaugh; Janes Capital Partners; RSM EquiCo; Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein LLP; Snell & Wilmer LLP; Squar Milner Reehl & Williamson LLP; and Union Bank of California.

Admission to The Private Equity Marketplace is $25 for ACG members, $75 for non-ACG members, and $100 at the door. For more information or to register, email Christina Lucas at [e-mail], call 714/259-1ACG or go on-line to www.acgoc.org.

About ACG Orange County

Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth (www.acgoc.org) is a global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Today ACG stands at more than 10,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms representing Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies in 51 chapters in North America and Europe.