3rd Annual European Fund Finance Symposium | Fund Finance Association | 11 October 2017 | The Landmark London, 222 Marylebone Road, Marylebone, London NW1 6JQ, United Kingdom

9:00 - 9:05 AM - Welcome Remarks
9:05 - 9:20 AM - Preqin
9:20 - 9:35 AM - FFA Survey Results
9:35 - 10:25 AM - Credit Panel
10:25 - 10:40 AM - Networking Break
10:40 - 11:30 AM - Investor Panel
11:30 - 11:50 AM - Networking Break

11:50 AM - 12:35 PM
(Track A) What's New in Global Fund Finance
(Track B) Shark Tank
(Track C) Fund of Hedge / Funds Finance / Products

12:35 - 1:50 PM - Networking Lunch
1:50 - 2:35 PM
(Track A) Syndication Panel
(Track B) Jurisdictional Developments in Fund Structures
(Track C) Secondary Asset Finance

2:35 - 2:55 PM - Networking Break
2:55 - 3:40 PM
(Track A) Developments in Fund Raising
(Track B) What Keeps Subscription Finance Lawyers up at Night
(Track C) Not a Subscription Facility

3:40 - 4:00 PM - Networking Break
4:00 - 4:55 PM - Industry Roundtable
4:45 - 4:55 PM - Closing Remarks
4:55 - 7:00 PM - Networking Cocktail Reception hosted by APPLEBY

2017 Speakers

Jeremy Berchem
is a group partner and Group Head within the Corporate department in Guernsey.

Steve Berry
is a Managing Director in the London office of the Fund Finance team, part of the Specialised Investment Solutions division.

Haakon Blakstad
has a decade’s experience in financial services and capital markets, having previously worked in front office roles at Visa, Hoare Capital, and Société Générale – with a particular focus on structured credit.

Brandon Bradkin
is currently Partner and Chief Operating Officer at CVC Credit Partners.

Peter Brown
is currently Managing Director of the RBS International Funds Banking business.

James Burns
is a Managing Director of Crescent Credit Europe LLP focusing on European credit.

Steve Burton
joined ICG plc, a FTSE listed specialist asset manager, in November 2015 as Group Treasurer.

Jen Yee
specialises in funds finance for both fund managers and banks.

George Cherry
is a Director and the EMEA Head of the Subscription Credit Facility Finance Programme for Citi Private Bank.

Christen Cohen
is a Vice President in the Subscription Finance Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Jeremy Cross
is a vastly experienced funds finance lawyer and has been active in the U.K.
funds finance market (acting for both lenders and funds) for over 14 years.

Fi Dinh
is a Relationship Director within Barcla

Robin Doumar
is the Managing Partner and founder of Park Square Capital, LLP.

Nicole Downer
is a Managing Partner responsible for fund leverage and optimisation.

Kate Downey
is a corporate partner in Fried Frank’s Asset Management Practice.

Lee Doyle
has been acting on funds financings for over 20 years and has a unique range of experience acting as internal and external counsel for the major lenders in this sector, including European, US and Asian lenders and across all funds.

Robert Duggan
is the Managing Partner of our London office and specialises in all areas of corporate, banking and finance work.

Laurent Durdilly
joined CACEIS in 2001.

Kevin Early
is a Partner, European Finance in the Ares Finance Department.

Katrina Edge
is head of the Banking and Finance team in Jersey and in Europe.

Kyle Fox
Global Head of Capital Markets.

Ron D. Franklin
is a partner in the Corporate Department and co-head of the firm’s Finance Group.

Amira Hajili
heads the European Equity Bridge Fund Financing business at Natixis.

Richard Hope
is a Managing Director on Hamilton Lane’s Global Investment Team.

Andrew Husdan
is a partner in the Clifford Chance banking and finance practice.

Samantha Hutchinson
leads the Dentons global fund finance practice covering the UK, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Spain, Italy, North America and Canada.

Bronwen Jones
leads Macfarlanes’ investment fund finance group.

Kendall Langford
is one of the original founding partners of Patron Capital Partners.

Lea Lazaric Calvert
is a Managing Director in Evercore’s Private Capital Advisory team.

Jons Lehmann
is a corporate partner Fried Frank’s Finance Practice, resident in the London office.

Graham McDonald
is Head of Global Private Equity and is responsible for the Private Equity business within the Private Markets Division.

Philippe Max
is a finance partner in Dentons Paris office.

Tina Meigh
is a partner in the Cayman Islands office of Maples and Calder and is head of the firm’s fund finance group there.

Wesley A. Misson
is a partner in the firm’s Capital Markets Group.

Nick Mitra
manages the US Capital Call business for Natixis and is also the global coordinator
the Capital Call product ensuring compliance with exposure limits and adherence to consistent standards for Capital Call credit facilities.

Simon Moss
manages the EMEA investment team and is responsible for all of Hermes GPE’s private equity investment activity in EMEA, overseeing the sourcing, due diligence and monitoring of EMEA funds and co-investments.

Fred Nada
is a Partner of the Private Debt Group at BlueBay and was part of BlueBay’s Private Debt business from its inception in 2011.

Partha Pal
joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in the firm’s finance practice group in April 2015.

Joan Parsons
one of American Banker’s 25 Women to Watch in 2016, has devoted her career to the success of some of the world’s most innovative companies while in a variety of leadership positions at Silicon Valley Bank.

Daniel Peel
is a partner in the finance team at Travers Smith and co-heads the fund finance group.

Michael Peterson
has over 14 years’ experience as a principal and advisor.

Thomas Rapp
is a Managing Director in Wells Fargo’s Asset Backed Finance unit in London where he is responsible for origination and structuring of Subscription Credit Facilities in Europe.

Pierre Roux
is a partner in the finance department at Ashurst LLP in Paris.

Marie-Victoire Rozé
joined Ardian’s Fund of Funds team in 2005, where she began her career.

Emma Russell
is a partner and head of the Finance Practice Group in the London office of Haynes and Boone.

Scott Russell
is Director of Financial Sponsor Derivative Sales at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).

Craig Rydqvist
is a Managing Director of Värde and the Head of Capital Markets.

Kristin Rylko
is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Banking & Finance practice. Kristin represents a variety of financial institutions, funds and corporate borrowers across a range of lending transactions, with a particular emphasis on the financing of investment funds.

Stephen Short
is a partner in the credit group at Simpson Thacher, based in London.

Dee Dee Sklar
manages Subscription Finance, which is part of Asset-Backed Finance within Wells Fargo Securities LLC.

Robin Smith
is consistently recognised for his ability to deal with a wide range of international corporate and finance transactions.

Thomas Smith
is an English-qualified partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.

Liz Soutter
is a partner in the Banking & Finance practice of Mayer Brown’s London office.

Leon Stephenson
is a member of the Financial Industry Group and Head of Funds Financing in London.

Matt Taber
is a partner in Harneys’ Cayman office. Matt is a Cayman Islands investment funds specialist.

Chris Tilbrook
has over 20 years of corporate finance experience, advising on a wide range of transactions in that time.

Andrew Traynor
is based in Walkers’ Irish office and is a partner in the firm’s global Finance & Corporate Group.

Alex Walker
is a Managing Director at Alcentra, one of Europe’s largest specialist credit managers with over $33bn under management.

David Wasserman
is the Global Head of Subscription Secured Finance for SMBC. Mr. Wasserman’s department is responsible for the origination, structuring, syndication and servicing of Subscription Facilities to Private Equity Funds across all alternative asset classes.

Anna-Lise Wisdom
joined Appleby in 2007 and is Counsel within the Corporate department in Cayman.

Martin Wurth
is a Counsel in the Banking and Finance department of Clifford Chance’s Luxembourg office.

• Platinum
APPLEBY
ashurst
Cadwalader
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Fried Frank
Mayer•Brown
Wells Fargo

• Gold
Barclays
Carey Olsen
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Harneys
haynesboone
LLoyds Bank
Mourant Ozannes
Natixis Beyond Banking
Ogier
ReedSmith
Simpson Thacher

• Silver
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
caceis Investor Services
CITCO
Debevoise & Plimpton
Macfarlanes
Macquaire
Maples
Proskauer
RBS International
Ropes & Gray
Simmons & Simmons
Standard Chartered
State Street
SMBC
Travers Smith
Walkers

• Bronze
Credit Agricole
ING
National Australia Bank
Scotiabank
Silicon Valley Bank
Societe Generale