Name: 2023 European FFA Cocktail Reception
Start: 2023-09-14T18:00:00Z
End: 2023-09-14T22:00:00Z
Location: De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms

FFA Event

2023 European FFA Cocktail Reception

September 14, 2023

London

Become a sponsor of our first Fund Finance Association European Networking Cocktail Reception!

Platinum Sponsors

Appleby

Appleby is one of the world’s leading international law firms, and a market-leader in the Fund Finance sector.

Our experienced Fund Finance team are experts in advising banks and finance providers in the development of sophisticated financing solutions. We regularly act across multiple fund and collateral structures, involving partnerships, LLC’s and other corporate vehicles as borrowers and guarantors. The team have unparalleled experience and expertise and have advised on advised on hundreds of subscriptions, NAV, hybrid and asset-backed facilities that have ranged from a hundred million to billions of dollars in subscribed investor commitments.

Appleby holds a strong reputation and history in this market space and is a founding member of the Fund Finance Association.

Ashurst

Ashurst is a leading global law firm with a rich history spanning 200 years. Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing exceptional standards of service have seen us become a trusted advisers to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments. With 30 offices in 20 countries, over 470 partners and a further 1,600 lawyers working across 11 different time zones, we can respond to our clients wherever and whenever they need us.

Working in tandem with our market-leading fund formation practice, we advise lenders and funds on a wide variety of financing structures, including capital call, umbrella, net asset value (NAV), hybrid, single managed account and management fee facilities. With experience leading fund finance transactions out of Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, London, Luxembourg, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt and New York, our global team has the expertise to find solutions to the problems that can arise in a fund financing transaction and to efficiently manage multiple jurisdictions.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

With over 225 years of legal experience, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP serves a diverse client base, including many of the world’s leading financial institutions, funds, Fortune 500 companies and other leading corporations, and individual private clients. With offices in New York, London, Charlotte and Washington, D.C., Cadwalader offers legal expertise in antitrust, banking, corporate finance, corporate governance, energy, environmental, executive compensation, finance, financial restructuring, health care, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private wealth, real estate, regulation, securitisation, structured finance, tax and white collar defense. Cadwalader has more than two decades of experience in fund finance, providing practical, yet cutting edge, advice to a wide variety of financial institutions active in the space. The Fund Finance team regularly represents the agent, lead arrangers and lenders on subscription credit and capital call facilities to real estate, private equity and other investment funds.

Carey Olsen

Carey Olsen is a leading offshore law firm. Our fund finance specialists have extensive experience of advising on all types of lending to investment funds in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey. Our lawyers regularly deal with subscription facilities, GP leverage, co-invest facilities as well as hybrid and NAV based arrangements, with loan sizes ranging from tens of millions to billions of dollars. We work alongside all of the major onshore law firms, accountancy firms and insolvency practitioners on corporate transactions and matters involving our jurisdictions. Our advice is delivered by an approachable and experienced team of globally-minded lawyers who work in partnership with our clients to help them achieve their objectives. We have the expertise and resources to handle the most complex international transactions combined with a personal approach to business.

Clifford Chance LLP

Clifford Chance is one of the world’s pre-eminent law firms, with the depth and range of resources to help our clients across all the major global financial centres. As a single, fully integrated partnership, we pride ourselves on our ability to work seamlessly across national borders to deliver broad industry expertise and local knowledge.

Clifford Chance brings a market-leading fund finance proposition, advising lenders and funds on a wide range of financing options, including capital call bridge financing, leveraged NAV facilities and borrowing base deals (including hybrid facilities), along with facilities for general partners. Our global funds/funds formation practice of over 130 lawyers works in tandem with our lending team to provide a complete fund financing platform for our clients.

Dechert LLP

Dechert’s Global Finance Practice provides a responsive, interdisciplinary, multi-jurisdictional team to address the complexities of modern finance transactions across categories and geographies. With more than 200 lawyers in the world’s major financial centers, our internationally recognized practice provides clients with innovative deal structuring, creative financing strategies and efficient execution. Our clients receive comprehensive solutions for all of their finance needs. By tapping into the breadth of Dechert’s expertise, we deliver advice on fund finance, real estate finance, structured finance, leveraged finance and securitization matters. In particular, Dechert advises approximately 100 asset managers in a broad range of financings to their various investment vehicles, including BDCs, closed-end funds, open-end funds, private funds and separately managed accounts. Learn more.

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. The bank focuses on its strengths in a Corporate Bank newly created in 2019, a leading Private Bank, a focused investment bank and in asset management. Deutsche Bank provides financial services to companies, governments, institutional investors, small and medium-sized businesses and private individuals. The Investment Bank focuses on its traditional strengths in financing, advisory, fixed income and currencies.

Deutsche Bank is an active participant in the fund finance market and has arranged or supported as a member of a wider syndicate a variety of transactions. Deutsche Bank is well-placed as a reliable funding partner particularly on bespoke financing solutions and can help the sponsors achieve a variety of objectives through a wide product suite. Deutsche Bank is a global financial services provider that takes a holistic view of sponsor client relationships and can cater to multiple objectives, asset types and structures. Deutsche Bank’s multi-currency and jurisdictional solutions are especially advantageous for EU and US based sponsors seeking to execute on European opportunities or opportunistic add-on acquisitions to platform/portfolio companies and clients are provided with connectivity to Deutsche Bank’s overall platform, when desired. Deutsche bank’s structuring capabilities are best in class with customizable solutions aimed at achieving goals prescribed by the sponsor. Deutsche Bank has financing capabilities across a broad spectrum of assets, matching the breadth of Deutsche Bank Structured Finance platform.

Haynes and Boone

Haynes and Boone, LLP is one of the leading U.S. corporate law firms with offices across Texas, in New York, California, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Washington D.C., London, Mexico City and Shanghai, representing agent banks in Fund Financings in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America. With more than 600 lawyers, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest U.S.‐based firms by The National Law Journal. The firm was instrumental in developing the structure and documentation for subscription financing in the early 1990s. With over 30 years of industry experience in the global subscription financing market, our Fund Finance Practice has worked through numerous business cycles, taking a multi‐disciplinary approach to working with clients and their customers on each transaction, preserving the lender‐borrower relationship by conducting all negotiations with an understanding of the fund’s business issues, while preserving each fund’s relationship with its investors. Our work in the global subscription financing market has been recognized by The Drawdown as Fund Finance Advisory Firm of Year and by Private Equity International’s Global Annual Awards as one of the top law firms in the “Transactions” category for both Asia and North America. Our global team’s focus is a collaborative team approach with an emphasis on partner‐led deals. Our fund finance team of over 65 attorneys and specialists advises on all types of fund finance including subscription financing, NAV/Hybrid, unencumbered asset pool financing, employee co-invest, GP support and management fee financings.

KBRA

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC and its affiliates (KBRA) is a global full-service rating agency with a mission to set a standard of excellence and integrity. Established in 2010, KBRA remains dedicated to the restoration of trust in credit ratings by creating new standards for assessing risk and by offering timely and transparent ratings. KBRA provides market participants with an alternative solution by delivering in-depth ratings and research across various sectors within the United States, UK and European markets. At KBRA, we value new ideas and are wary of conventional thinking that stifles innovation. We believe that collaboration is key to our success in providing better products for investors, who have come to trust the analysis behind our ratings. We strive to provide products and tools put forth by KBRA Analytics group to assist the market in making more informed decisions.

Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis provides exceptional service to clients around the world in complex corporate and tax, litigation, intellectual property, restructuring and counseling matters. The Firm offers clients the unsurpassed resources of a large, integrated, multidisciplinary, global team of more than 3,000 attorneys across 19 offices in New York, Chicago, Austin, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Munich, Palo Alto, Paris, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C.

Kirkland is a global leader in providing sophisticated advice to investment fund sponsors, institutional investors and other market participants in the alternative investment fund space. Kirkland’s strength lies in our unique ability to bring together best-in-class lawyers in all major markets across an extensive, cross-border private equity platform in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. With more than 570 dedicated Investment Funds attorneys, no other law firm matches the breadth, depth and scope of Kirkland’s experience in investment funds legal services. In addition to offering one of the largest and most active investment funds practices in the world, Kirkland’s platform also includes a dedicated fund finance bench that brings in-depth practical market knowledge to a wide range of financing structures. Since 2017, Kirkland has executed more than 650 fund financing transactions for over 450 clients, including more than 60 NAV facilities, representing approximately $165 billion in aggregate transaction value.

Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking is part of Lloyds Banking Group, a UK-focused retail and commercial bank with more than 30 million customers across the globe, including 1 million SME customers and 91% of the FTSE 100.

In North America, our Commercial Banking business provides a client-oriented approach for businesses with strong links to the UK. Through our network of relationship managers and by working closely with our Head Office, we offer sound local US and UK knowledge and advise our clients on their businesses and the solutions they need to secure growth and manage risk. We provide them with core banking products such as lending, to develop their activities, drive wealth and job creation, as well as deposits and a range of domestic and international transaction banking services. We are also experts in the Capital Markets and Financial Markets areas, present in the US through our local broker dealer Lloyds Securities Inc.

Loyens & Loeff

Loyens & Loeff is a leading law firm with integrated legal and tax practices. We handle all matters relating to investment funds, banking, corporate, private equity, real estate and tax law. Our offices in the Benelux and Switzerland mainly represent banks, financial institutions, investment funds and corporations, operating internationally.

The fund finance team of Loyens & Loeff advises in relation to the structuring of fund finance transactions and the related security packages. Relying on our extensive experience in the structuring of capital call subscription credit facilities, permanent leverage facilities and GP facilities, we handle transactions involving alternative or regulated investment fund borrowers of all types, sizes and asset classes. Major lenders, investment fund managers, sponsors and market players in both the US and European markets count on our expertise regarding fund finance transactions. Our dedicated fund finance team has successfully acted for the most active international banks, arrangers, lenders and fund managers in these markets.

Maples Group

The Maples Group, through its leading international legal services firms, advises global financial, institutional, business and private clients on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg, and is an independent provider of fiduciary, fund services, regulatory and compliance, and entity formation and management services. Combining the Maples Group’s leading finance and investment funds capability, the Group’s Fund Finance team has widespread experience in advising on all aspects of fund finance and related security structures for both lenders and borrowers. The Maples Group distinguishes itself with a client-focused approach, providing solutions tailored to their specific needs. Its global network of lawyers and industry professionals are strategically located in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East to ensure that clients gain immediate access to expert advice and bespoke support, within convenient time zones. For more information, please visit: maples.com.

Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown, the founding sponsor of the Annual Subscription Facility and Fund Finance Symposium, is a global legal services organization advising clients across the Americas, Asia and Europe. Our presence in the world’s leading markets enables us to offer clients access to local market knowledge combined with global reach. Mayer Brown’s finance platform is based on the Firm’s global position and our balanced and integrated practice, which encompasses all the focused skill sets that our clients demand— from cross-border acquisition finance and international capital markets work to project finance, structured finance, and derivatives.

Mayer Brown is a market leader and has acted as Adviser to Lenders and Funds on over 500 subscription credit facilities in the last two years. The firm has relationships with every major US lender along with the majority of active lenders in the European and Asian markets. The team has led transactions funded by balance sheet lenders and commercial paper conduits as well as large syndicated facilities to accommodate various types of insurance companies. Its lawyers are experienced documenting the full suite of fund and portfolio-level financings including subscription-backed credit facilities, NAV facilities, private placements, equity commitment facilities, hybrid facilities, open-end fund facilities, management fee credit lines and an assortment of leveraged asset level transactions.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo, MUFG has a global network that includes over 1,800 locations in more than 50 countries. With close to 150,000 employees and approximately 300 entities worldwide, MUFG provides access to commercial banking, trust banking, securities trading services, credit cards, consumer banking and finance, asset management, leasing, and other services. Through close partnerships with its operating companies, MUFG aims to “be the world’s most trusted financial group” by responding flexibly to customers’ financial needs, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE:MUFG) stock exchanges.

MUFG Investor Services

MUFG Investor Services provides asset servicing solutions to clients globally.

We partner with our clients to provide solutions across a wide range of services, including fund finance and liquidity solutions, agency securities lending, FX solutions, Global Custody, and middle office. Our core fund administration platform also services almost USD 800 billion in assets under administration across all investment strategies, asset types, and fund structures.

Our quality of staff, unique service model, and innovative IT strategy are our most significant competitive advantages. Globally integrated technology infrastructure and workflow management allow us to provide efficient, accurate, and transparent solutions. In addition, we are part of and fully supported by the 5th largest global bank in the world, MUFG, providing additional security to you and your investors.

For more information visit our website www.mufg-investorservices.com

Ogier

Recommended as a top-tier firm by Legal 500, Ogier has advised on fund finance since the inception of the funds industry, regularly acting for banks, financial institutions, funds and sponsors on a full range of fund finance transactions. The firm's specialists are highly accomplished and many of its lawyers have been actively involved in drafting key legislation that underpins the fund structures in BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg, making Ogier the only firm to advise on those six laws. The diverse nature of Ogier's practice provides its team with valuable insight and understanding of the funds market and the legal and commercial issues relevant to borrowers and lenders alike. With a growing team of more than 1,000 people across 12 of the world's most distinguished international finance centres, Ogier's 'hands-on' partner-led teams ensure a consistent approach, while providing responsive and practical advice.

Visit www.ogier.com to read more about Ogier's fund finance offering and see the global team.

Paul Hastings

In today’s world of transformative change, our purpose is clear — to help our clients and people navigate new paths to growth.

Founded in 1951, Paul Hastings has grown strategically to anticipate and respond to our clients' needs in markets across the globe. Our innovative approach and unmatched client service has helped guide our journey to becoming one of the world’s leading global law firms in such a short time.

We have a strong presence throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. We offer a complete portfolio of services to support our clients’ complex, often mission-critical needs—from structuring first-of-their-kind transactions to resolving complicated disputes to providing the savvy legal counsel that keeps business moving forward.

Please visit www.paulhastings.com for more information.

Reed Smith

Reed Smith is a market-leading international law firm specialising in funds finance. With more than 1,700 lawyers across 30 offices, we advise lenders and funds on capital call/subscription lines, NAV and asset-backed facilities, secondary funds facilities, hybrid facilities, co-investment and GP/manager support facilities and other fund liquidity facilities in Europe, the U.S., Asia and the UAE. We have one of the largest team of funds finance lawyers globally and provide specialist advice on the new and developing products in this area. Reed Smith has particular capability with financings of direct lending, secondary and PE funds. Reed Smith’s funds finance team sits within our Financial Industry Group that contains more than 210 lawyers who provide dedicated multi-jurisdictional services to clients in the financial sector focusing on finance, funds and investment management, regulatory, tax, litigation and commercial restructuring and bankruptcy.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (www.simpsonthacher.com) is one of the world’s leading international law firms. The Firm was established in 1884 and today has more than 1,000 lawyers. Building on over 135 years of experience, the Firm has played a substantial role in many of the most complex and noteworthy transactions and matters of the last decades. Headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Brussels, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Tokyo and Washington, D.C., the Firm provides coordinated legal advice and transactional capability to clients around the globe.

The Firm offers a market-leading fund finance practice with deep experience providing fund- and asset-level leverage solutions for private equity, real estate, investment, special situations and infrastructure funds. Complementing the Firm’s preeminent private funds practice, our global fund finance team represents clients across a broad spectrum of transactions encompassing all aspects of the investment management business.

Validus

Validus is a leading independent financial services firm, providing market risk management, fund finance advisory and technology solutions to the alternative investment industry. Our clients have more than $2 trillion in combined assets under management.

For the past ten years our core expertise has been to deliver effective and efficient risk management solutions for alternative investment firms, mitigating exposures such as foreign currency or interest rates. Our award winning service also includes turnkey solutions to the operational challenge of implementing, managing and monitoring hedging programmes, through dedicated resources and proprietary technology.

We also provide expert advice and resources to sponsors seeking to establish, refinance and re-negotiate fund finance facilities. Our unique position in the industry enables us to help clients navigate and benchmark the market, design and evaluate optimal structures, and negotiate terms to best meet their requirements.

Wells Fargo Bank

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $1.9 trillion in assets, proudly serves one in three U.S. households and more than 10% of small businesses in the U.S., and is a leading middle market banking provider in the U.S. We provide a diversified set of banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through our four reportable operating segments: Consumer Banking and Lending, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth & Investment Management. Wells Fargo ranked No. 41 on Fortune’s 2022 rankings of America’s largest corporations. In the communities we serve, the company focuses its social impact on building a sustainable, inclusive future for all by supporting housing affordability, small business growth, financial health and a low-carbon economy.

Gold Sponsors

17Capital

17Capital is the go-to global source of strategic finance for investors in private equity. It specializes in providing non-dilutive capital to high-quality private equity management companies, funds, and institutional investors as part of their toolkit for value creation and portfolio management.

17Capital offers portfolio finance across the capital structure, providing a broad range of financing options. Investments are structured to support clients’ objectives, while keeping the interests of GPs and LPs aligned.

Since inception, 17Capital has raised over $11 billion and has deployed over $9 billion across 88 investments. In July 2022, 17Capital announced the completion of Oaktree’s acquisition of a majority interest in 17Capital. The partnership will give 17Capital access to Oaktree’s deep global network. Following the closing of the transaction, 17Capital, will continue to operate as an independent business, with its own product offerings and investment, marketing, and support teams.

abrdn

abrdn operates in over 30 locations worldwide and manages £465.3 billion of assets for our clients.* By offering investment expertise across all key asset classes, regions and markets, we help our clients to capture investment potential wherever it arises. We combine fundamental research, thematic thinking, sustainable best practice and extensive on-the-ground analysis. This helps us to find the most future-fit investment opportunities, globally. We offer clients access to all major areas of private credit in Europe, including commercial real estate debt, infrastructure debt, corporate private placement debt, direct (mid-market) lending and syndicated loans. We manage over £10 billion of capital across these strategies.*

Allen & Overy

Based across 31 countries in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, Allen & Overy’s global fund finance practice has extensive experience in advising banks, agents, alternative lenders and investment fund managers on a broad range of upstream and downstream facilities.

Our fund finance team bring in-depth technical and commercial knowledge to a wide range of lending structures across the fund finance spectrum. Working together with top tier specialist lawyers in our fund formation, real asset (including private equity, real estate, transportation and infrastructure), tax and regulatory teams, we offer an exceptional breadth of experience and local expertise – and as a result, our clients benefit from our clear understanding of the current legal and commercial issues relevant to all parties in fund finance transactions.

Allvue

Allvue is a leading provider of technology for investment managers in the private capital and credit markets industry. Its mission is to empower superior investment decisions by pairing modern cloud-based software solutions with capabilities across multiple asset classes. Allvue’s software solutions serve the entire investment lifecycle and are seamlessly integrated to provide a comprehensive product suite, serving investment managers of all sizes worldwide. With a commitment to innovation and a focus on multiple asset classes, Allvue’s software solutions allow its clients to operate and grow their businesses more effectively by automating manual processes, improving data accuracy and consistency across workflows, and delivering enhanced analytics.

Assured Guaranty

With $11 billion in claims-paying resources and over three decades of structured finance and infrastructure finance experience, Assured Guaranty is the world’s leading provider of financial guaranty insurance. Its U.S., U.K. and French insurance subsidiaries work with banks, investors, issuers, arrangers and their advisors to provide cost-effective credit enhancement for capital market financings in developed markets around the world. Assured Guaranty guarantees timely principal and interest payments, improving the creditworthiness, potential marketability and market liquidity in both new and secondary markets for consumer and commercial asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), infrastructure financings and subscription finance. Assured’s guaranty enables risk transfer in public or private transactions for banks, insurance companies and asset managers to optimize the risk profile, internal exposure limits and capital consumption of existing and prospective portfolio exposure. Another subsidiary, Assured Investment Management, provides asset management services and is a prominent CLO manager. Learn more at AssuredGuaranty.com.

Bank of America

Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small

and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset

management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides

unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 67 million consumer and small

business clients with approximately 3,900 retail financial centers, approximately 16,000 ATM and award-

winning digital banking with approximately 56 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global

leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of

asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of

America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business households through a

suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through

operations across the United States, its territories and approximately 35 countries. Bank of America

Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Annual Report

To review our annual report, please visit Bank of America's Investor Relations website.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)

Connecting local and international opportunities to build a brighter Australia.

As one of Australia’s most recognised brands, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is a leading provider of personal banking, business and institutional banking and share broking services in Australia. CBA has a strong balance sheet, with total assets exceeding $A1,091.65 Billion (as at 30 June 2021).

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and with offices in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific, CBA is strategically positioned to work with clients across global markets, while connecting non-Australian clients to opportunities both in Australia and around the world. As custodian of Australia’s largest customer transactional data set, CBA can connect global clients to Australian opportunities backed by data-generated insights. Our scale enables us to unlock alternative pools of liquidity and capital, with strong executional capabilities complemented by a network of corporate referrals and diverse international expertise.

The Institutional Banking & Markets division offers a full range of capital raising solutions and financial markets capabilities, as well as transactional and risk management products and services.

Debevoise & Plimpton

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier law firm with market-leading practices and a global perspective. Approximately 800 lawyers work in nine offices across three continents, within integrated global practices, serving clients around the world.

The firm has extensive experience in all aspects of fund-level financing transactions for different types of investment funds and their managers. It has been regularly representing sponsors for more than a decade in a broad range of transactions, including subscription credit facilities, leveraged portfolio acquisition and other asset-based financings, hybrid facilities, management company liquidity facilities and co-investment facilities.

Debevoise’s fund finance practice is global in nature, with strong teams in the U.S., Europe and Asia advising an international client base.

Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary, and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch Ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective, and insights we provide help investors to make important credit judgments with confidence.

Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is comprised of: Fitch Ratings, a global leader in credit ratings and research; Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of credit market data, analytical tools and risk services; Fitch Learning, a preeminent training and professional development firm; and Sustainable Fitch, the first global ESG Ratings solution for all asset classes at an entity and instrument level.

With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst.

For additional information, please visit fitchratings.com.

ING

ING is a global financial institution with a strong European base, oﬀering banking services through its operating company ING Bank. The purpose of ING Bank is: empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. ING Bank’s more than 58,000 employees oﬀer retail and wholesale banking services to customers in over 40 countries.

ING Group shares are listed on the exchanges of Amsterdam (INGA NA, INGA.AS), Brussels and on the New York Stock Exchange (ADRs: ING US, ING.N).

Sustainability is an integral part of ING’s strategy, evidenced by ING’s leading position in sector benchmarks. ING's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating by MSCI was aﬃrmed 'AA' in September 2022. As of August 2022, Sustainalytics considers ING’s management of ESG material risk to be ‘strong’, and in June 2022 ING received an ESG rating of 'strong' from S&P Global Ratings. ING Group shares are also included in major sustainability and ESG index products of leading providers Euronext, STOXX, Morningstar and FTSE Russell.

Please note that neither ING Groep NV nor ING Bank NV have a banking license in the U.S. and are therefore not permitted to conduct banking activities in the U.S.

Intesa Sanpaolo Group

The Intesa Sanpaolo Group is one of the top banking groups in Europe and is an engine for sustainable and inclusive growth, with significant ESG commitment and strong focus on climate.

Intesa Sanpaolo is the leader in Italy in all business areas (retail, corporate, and wealth management) and has a strategic international presence, with approximately 1,000 branches and 7.1 million customers.

IMI Corporate & Investment Banking is a division of Intesa Sanpaolo. It aspires to be a global partner serving Corporates, Public Finance and Financial Institutions, on a national and international basis. The Division’s offer includes the following products and services: Commercial Banking, Transaction Banking, Structured Finance, Investment Banking and Capital Markets.

Macfarlanes

Macfarlanes is a distinctive London-based law firm with a unique combination of services built and shaped around the needs of our clients. Our unrivalled blend of expertise, agility and culture means we have the flexibility to meet their most challenging demands and adapt to the changing world around us. While many of our services can be found at other firms, the mix cannot.

We work on an international basis with the top independent law firms around the world. This strong international network gives clients choice and enables us to provide them with the highest possible level of service.

We recruit people to build careers for the long term. We know each other personally which means we work together with more cohesion, and less formality. Our culture is thoughtful, challenging and supportive, and we are a place where everyone, at whatever level, can thrive.

National Australia Bank (NAB)

National Australia Bank (NAB) is one of Australia’s largest banks and manages relationships with retail, corporate and financial institutions globally, with on-the-ground presence in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and the US.

NAB maintains an S&P AA- credit rating and our global operations serve over 12 million banking and wealth management clients, providing access to international financial markets and an extensive range of specialised funding, liquidity, investment, asset services and risk management capabilities.

NAB has been operational in Europe for over 160 years from our London based Branch and opened a new Subsidiary in Paris in 2022. Our European operations are primarily focused on supporting global institutions with business, trade and investment activity linked to Australia and New Zealand.

Our Europe based teams provide full relationship services, originating and executing complex product solutions with specific sector emphasis on infrastructure and utilities, natural resources and financial institutions. NAB is an active agent for subscription financing and credit facilities for private and publicly listed funds. NAB is also a worldwide leader in AUD and NZD rates and FX solutions and a leading global bank in cross border US Private Placement solutions.

Proskauer

Proskauer’s fund finance practice represents private funds, regulated investment companies, fund investors and lenders on a full range of financing transactions in the U.S. and the U.K. Our team curates innovative solutions at all levels of the capital structure, on matters involving secured and unsecured subscription/capital call facilities, NAV facilities, secondaries acquisitions, and GP, management and co-investment facilities. We have helped clients with leveraged secondary transactions for some of the world’s largest secondary funds, warehouse facilities for middle market lending joint ventures, NAV facilities backed by life insurance policies and hybrid facilities. We also employ a network of seasoned professionals across the firm, enabling us to understand any fund vehicle and appreciate the deal points that concern all parties.

State Street

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world's leading providers of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $35.7 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration and $3.3 trillion* in assets under management as of September 30, 2022, State Street operates globally in more than 100 geographic markets and employs approximately 41,000 worldwide. For more information, visit State Street's website at www.statestreet.com.

* Assets under management as of September 30, 2022 includes approximately $55 billion of assets with respect to SPDR® products for which State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (SSGA FD) acts solely as the marketing agent. SSGA FD and State Street Global Advisors are affiliated.

Silver Sponsors

Addleshaw Goddard LLP

AG is an international law firm, working from 17 offices around the world in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. By combining our own offices, our business groups and a network of preferred firms we offer a full range of legal services in over 200 jurisdictions.

We have a 3 partner-led (with over 50 years of combined experience) dedicated and collaborative Funds Finance team, one of the largest Funds Finance teams in the market and is a go-to firm for significant and complex cross-border Funds Finance transactions.

Few firms match the 360 degree breadth of practice AG brings to private investment fund managers and investors and their funders. The team works closely with AG’s Investment Management, Structured Finance and Securitisation teams which comprise of specialists in funds formation, tax and structuring, regulation and corporate and is one of the largest and most recognised practices in the UK.

Arthur Cox LLP

Arthur Cox LLP is one of Ireland’s leading law firms. We have been at the forefront of developments in the legal landscape here for over 100 years, establishing one of the largest and most innovative law firms in the country – a firm that stands at the front of the industry. We are an “all-island” firm with offices in Dublin and Belfast. We also have offices in London, New York, and San Francisco. Our practice encompasses all aspects of corporate and business law.

With over 530 legal staff and a total headcount of 740, we provide a comprehensive service to an international client base ranging from multinational organisations, banks, and financial institutions and established global leaders to government agencies and new players in emerging industry sectors.

Our story has been defined by our progressive outlook. For over 100 years, we have led the way in the legal field in Ireland, and have continuously worked to strive towards our goals. For our clients, we work to deliver the best service and support. With an independent, entrepreneurial spirit of innovation leading the way.

Bank of China U.S.A.

Established in 1912. Bank of China (BOC) is the oldest bank in China and the first commercial bank publicly listed in both the Mainland and Hong Kong. As the fourth largest bank in the world, BOC has over 305,000 employees in 62 countries and regions, with $4.2 trillion in assets.

Established in 1981, as a global bank with a local heart, Bank of China U.S.A. has established an integrated platform to serve as a bridge between U.S. and Chinese businesses and to play an integral role in the U.S. communities in which we operate. The main pillars of BOC NYB’S operation include: corporate banking, personal banking, financial institutions, trade services, commodities finance, global market services, and other commercial banking business.

Fund Finance is an important business for Bank of China U.S.A., which covers top tier PE and credit fund sponsors by providing a broad range of products and services for fund clients.

Mizuho

Headquartered in London, our business in EMEA represents our global promise of trust and integrity and a way of doing business that reflects our belief in long-term sustainable growth for the mutual benefits of the societies in which we operate. Mizuho’s European presence dates back to 1952. We have continued to grow ever since, spreading throughout the EMEA region. EMEA is a key part of the Group's global ambitions and going forward we are committed to our presence in this region and are well positioned to increase it. To learn more about Mizuho EMEA's business, values, and ethical commitments, and the entities it comprises, visit www. https://www.mizuhogroup.com/emea/

Mizuho Financial Group is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, offering comprehensive financial and strategic services through its subsidiaries. The group has approximately 900 offices and 60,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. As of December 31, 2021, its total assets were approximately $2 trillion. Learn more about Mizuho Financial Group at www.mizuhogroup.com.

Mourant

Our market-leading funds team spans time-zones and has an outstanding international reputation in offshore investment funds, working across a wide range of alternative fund asset classes – traditionally real estate, private equity, credit and hedge funds. We advise on the formation, structuring and regulation of investment funds in the Cayman Islands, the BVI, Jersey and Guernsey, and our lawyers provide ongoing legal advice to offshore funds and their managers and investors.

Our ‘one firm’ approach means that working together with clients we deliver seamless, objective and commercially grounded advice on the comparative advantages and disadvantages of the leading offshore fund jurisdictions. Our team exercises true commercial judgment in delivering advice, often going the extra mile, with a personal approach, and forming genuine partnerships with our clients and their advisers. Clients benefit from our teams working together and making things happen in this way, resulting in deals being delivered on time and within budget.

Visit www.mourant.com to find out more.

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.

Our teams of experts in 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. We are committed to supporting the environmental transition by aligning our financing balance sheet with a +1.5°C trajectory by 2050.

As part of the Global Financial Services division of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group’s financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A, Moody's: A1, Fitch: A+, R&I: A+).

Scotiabank

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. With a team of approximately 90,000 employees and assets of approximately $1.2 trillion (as at January 31, 2022), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BNS) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BNS).

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) conducts the Bank’s wholesale banking and capital markets business with corporate, government and institutional investor clients. GBM is a full-service wholesale bank and investment dealer in Canada and Mexico, and offers a range of products and services in the U.S., Latin America (excluding Mexico), and in select markets in Europe, Asia and Australia.

For more information, please visit http://www.scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter @ScotiabankViews.

SuMi TRUST

Established in 1925, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (“SuMi Trust”) is the largest Japanese trust bank, providing a wide range of banking and fiduciary services to its customers. In its domestic Japanese market, SuMi Trust business covers asset management, corporate and structured financing, real estate brokerage, mortgage loan and retail banking. In international market, SuMi Trust has branches in major global financial centers, where it is primarily focused on banking activity – most notably corporate and structured finance. SuMi Trust is well known not only for working openly and collaboratively with its banking clients, but also for seeking opportunities to introduce its Japanese investor partners enhanced investment solutions in line with its trust bank heritage.

Travers Thorp Alberga

Travers Thorp Alberga is a boutique Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law firm comprised only of the most experienced lawyers from both jurisdictions and modelled for the post-financial crisis environment. We specialize in highly technical structuring involving complex securities and regulatory issues. Our partners provide incisive and highly effective advice to the highest standard on all types of offshore entities including hedge funds, private equity, corporate and partnership vehicles, asset and structured finance, cryptocurrencies, ICOs/IEOs/STOs, capital markets, general corporate and commercial matters and private client. We advise across a broad- range of fund finance products with particular emphasis on subscription financing, asset backed financing (NAV facilities), hybrid, GP support and co-invest facilities including financings via umbrella facilities and separately managed accounts. We are highly experienced in financing diverse investments, including real estate, distressed assets, loan portfolios and acquisition of assets located in emerging markets. We advise from our offices in Grand Cayman, the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, London, New Zealand and Australia.

Bronze Sponsors

Brickfield Recruitment

Brickfield Fund Finance Recruitment is the only talent acquisition service dedicated to the global fund finance sector. Our in-depth knowledge of the fund finance market, complimented by a diligent and discreet personal approach, gives us an unparalleled ability to bring the right people together.

Founded in 2018, Brickfield plays a key role in facilitating moves at all levels within the fund finance industry, as well as bringing brand new talent into the industry to assure its long-term capacity for growth.

Brickfield also provides strategic counsel to banks, law firms, funds and alternative lenders facing challenges in attracting high quality candidates within this competitive recruitment market, advising on fund finance industry specifics and key guidance on issues such as base salary expectations, bonus benchmarking and brand reputation.

Brickfield is the exclusive publisher of the Fund Finance Bankers Compensation Report which provides comprehensive US and UK salary and bonus data, as well as in-depth thought leadership and analysis on key recruitment and career-related issues from leading fund finance industry players. The latest 2022 edition of the Report is available free with registration at Brickfield’s website.

www.brickfieldrecruitment.com

Matheson

Matheson services the legal needs of internationally focused companies and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland. Our clients include over half of the world’s 50 largest banks, 7 of the world’s 10 largest asset managers, 7 of the top 10 global technology brands and we have advised the majority of the Fortune 100 companies. Our Finance and Capital Markets team consists of more than 50 lawyers and advises financial institutions and corporations involved in arranging and executing all forms of finance and capital markets transactions in Ireland. We act for all of the major Irish banks and financial institutions, corporate borrowers and many of the world's leading international banks, investment managers and investment funds, securities and derivatives trading houses, broker dealers, insurance companies, alternative finance providers, supranational organisations, rating agencies, trustees and other financial services firms in relation to their lending, borrowing, finance and capital markets transactions and arrangements.

Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management

OakNorth Bank

Launched in September 2015, OakNorth Bank provides fast, flexible debt finance (loans of £250k up to tens of millions of pounds) and has lent over £8.5B to date. Its experienced fund specialists have built a strong track record of supporting investment firms, private equity companies, and funds, providing bespoke debt finance solutions, including NAV financing, liquidity lines, capital call facilities, umbrella loan-on-loan facilities and more. Its expert lending teams have worked across a host of industry sectors, and have the in-house capabilities to understand each funds’ strategy – from asset level to fund level – offering the full spectrum of fund finance facilities within one team.

Pinsent Masons

Pinsent Masons is a multinational law firm with a reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in its deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. With over 2,000 lawyers operating from 28 locations throughout Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, Pinsent Mason is well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.

The firm has significant international credentials in the global energy, infrastructure, financial services, real estate and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. When it comes to the fund finance industry, Pinsent Masons’ experts are involved in a wide range of transactions, including subscription facilities, NAV facilities, hybrid facilities, and GP and management fee facilities.

Walkers

Walkers' global fund finance group comprises dedicated fund formation and finance lawyers who act on complex and innovative fund financing solutions and advise clients across the world’s financial markets. As one of the first offshore teams to work on subscription line credit transactions and hedge fund financing platforms, for both lender and borrower clients, we provide an unmatched depth of expertise across our global network in the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Our fund financing teams have been at the forefront of the development of the fund finance market in these regions, working closely with leading financial institutions, investment managers and law firms.

Walkers' global fund finance group provides commercially focused advice to both lenders and borrowers on a range of financing solutions. Located in all of Walkers' offices in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, BVI, Dublin, London, Jersey, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai, our multi-disciplinary team has an in-depth understanding of the structures used by investment managers and the legal and commercial issues relevant to fund finance providers. Our clients include agents, banks, alternative lenders and investment fund managers, including private equity, credit, real estate and hedge funds.

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms

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Location

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