Sponsors

Michel Dyens & Co. is a leading independent investment banking firm focused on mergers and acquisitions. With headquarters in New York and Paris, Michel Dyens & Co. has closed numerous landmark deals in luxury and upscale brands. Michel Dyens & Co. acted as exclusive financial advisor in such luxury goods deals as the ultra-premium Grey Goose vodka brand, Harry Winston, Boucheron, and many others.

For more information please visit www.micheldyens.com

American Express is a global service company, providing customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success. In addition to being the world's largest issuer of charge and credit cards as measured by purchase volume, American Express business includes business travel, prepaid products, corporate cards and merchant services.

American Express Global Merchant Services provides acquiring, processing, marketing, operations and analytic services to millions of merchants around the globe. The Company is well-positioned to create and deliver value to merchants because of its unique business model. As the choice of higher spending cardmembers, the Company maintains direct relationships with merchants who want to build business among these customers. 

American Express' participation across the payments landscape provides detailed transaction information and customer expertise which, in turn, enable deep and broad relationships and partnerships. For example, American Express Business Insights provides in-depth, actionable insights into consumer and business spending at the business, industry and geographic levels, leveraging proprietary transaction data from the American Express network of approximately 90 million cards in force across more than 125 markets. 

Founded in 1850, American Express has a long history of building an inclusive environment that leverages the talent and perspectives of its 58,000 employees worldwide to develop relevant products and services to reach diverse customer segments in support of its vision of becoming one of the world's most admired companies.

For more information please visit http://about.americanexpress.com

Location Luxury is familiar with all luxury retail locations worldwide. The advisor of luxury retailers and owners of retail properties has an intensive knowledge in the luxury property market. Therefore the European market leader is advising retailers in finding the best boutiques in prime locations and landlords in the selection of the best suitable tenants. Location Luxury is a branch of Location Group in Zurich.

For more information please visit www.locationluxury.com