Women in Fund Finance Event

WFF US: Private Equity to Entrepreneur Networking Event

Name: WFF US: Private Equity to Entrepreneur Networking Event
Start: 2023-01-19T18:00:00Z
End: 2023-01-19T21:00:00Z
Location: The Raines Law Room at The William

January 19, 2023

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST

New York, NY

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Women in Fund Finance invites you to ring in 2023 with an evening of cocktails and conversation with Jenn Toyzer, Co-Founder and CEO of UME Plum Liqueur.

Join us as Jenn tells the amazing story of how she took UME from vision to launch in roughly six months. We will also hear how after eight years in investment banking and investing at Goldman Sachs she transitioned to founder of this unique and rapidly growing brand. Jenn will lead us through a tasting of UME and introduce us to their delicious and stunning purple cocktails.

This event is open to all genders.

Speakers

Jenn Toyzer

UME Plum Liqueur

Leah Edelboim

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Leah Edelboim

Partner | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Leah Edelboim is a Partner in Cadwalader’s fund finance practice where she advises banks and other financial institutions on syndicated, club, and bilateral subscription credit facilities as well as NAV, hybrid, and other fund finance transactions. She is an author and educator on fund finance, including as a regular contributor to Cadwalader’s weekly newsletter, Fund Finance Friday. Leah is also an active member of Women in Fund Finance. She received her B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. Before attending law school, Leah worked as a journalist and television producer.

Michele Simons

Wells Fargo Bank

Michele Simons

Managing Director | Wells Fargo Bank

‌Michele Simons is a Managing Director in the Subscription Finance Group / Financial Institutions Group, a division of Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking. Ms. Simons is Co-Head of US Originations for Subscription Finance Group providing lending facilities to private equity style funds. Michele oversees team origination, structuring, and execution of these facilities for the clients of Wells Fargo. Previously, Ms. Simons was Head of Subscription Finance and ABF Loan Syndications, providing dedicated distribution capabilities and supporting origination efforts across the Subscription Finance Group as well as the Asset-Backed Finance platform.

Michele, currently serves on the steering committee for the Corporate and Investment Banking Women GoFar Network and is also a member of the US Committee of the Women In Fund Finance. Michele lives in New York with her husband.

Sponsored by

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.

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.

Venue

The Raines Law Room at The William

: 24 E 39th St.
New York, NY 10016
Map

: https://www.raineslawroom.com/

Located in: Sonder The William