Day One: Thursday 19th March 2009
08:00 Registration and coffee
08:45 Chairman’s opening remarks
09:00 Economist and banker viewpoint: The syndicated loan market in the face of broader economic turmoil
Trevor Williams, Chief Economist, Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets
Ian Fitzgerald, Managing Director, Head of Loan Syndicate, Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets
09:40 Pan European perspectives on the European economy and the impact on the syndicated loan market
Michael Murray, Member of Cabinet of Mr. C. McCreevy (European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services), European Commission
10:10 Coffee and networking hosted by Slaughter & May
10:55 Annual heads of syndication round table
Tim Ritchie, Managing Director, Head of Global Loans, Barclays Capital
David Bassett, Global Head of Syndicate, The Royal Bank of Scotland
Julian Van Kan, Head of Loan Syndications and Trading, BNP Paribas
Francesco Carobbi, Deputy General Manager, Head of Syndications EMEA, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Kristian Orssten, Head of Loan & High Yield Capital Markets, JP Morgan
Marco Antonio Achon, Global Head of Structured Finance, Santander
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Corporate borrowers’ panel: How are global corporates combating the credit squeeze?
Marco Antonio Achon, Global Head of Structured Finance, Santander
Carlos Alvarez, CFO, Gas Natural
Ricardo Rittes, Global Treasurer, AB InBev
14:45 Loan documentation under scrutiny
Clare Dawson, Executive Director, LMA
15:15 Coffee and networking hosted by Slaughter & May
15:45 Restructuring & workouts: How is the syndicated loan fairing in the credit crunch?
Matthew Tobin, Partner, Slaughter and May
16:15 Treasury operations and corporate funding: How can the bank-borrower interface help facilitate market recovery?
John Grout, Policy & Technical Director, Association of Corporate Treasurers
Martin O’Donovan, Assistant Director - Policy & Technical, Association of Corporate Treasurers
16:45 How will regulation change to reflect the lessons learnt during the financial turmoil?
Simon Hills, Executive Director, British Bankers Association
17:30 Chairman’s closing remarks followed by cocktail reception hosted by Lloyds TSB
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Day Two: Friday 20th March 2009
8:30 Registration and coffee
9:00 Chairman’s opening remarks
9:15 Seconds out – what are the key origination issues in the syndicated loan markets?
Sean Malone, Head of Corporate & Structured Loan Capital Markets, The Royal Bank of Scotland
9:45 On stage interview with a borrower
Ricardo Rittes, Global Treasurer, AB InBev
Francesco Carobbi, Head of Syndications – EMEA, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ
10:15 What’s next in the life of leverage?
David Wilmot, Managing Director, Babson Capital
Ryan McGovern, Investment Director, Nomura Mezzanine
Dagmar Kent Kershaw, Head of Credit Fund Management, Intermediate Capital Group
Christine Vanden Beukel, Senior Managing Director, Corporate Mezzanine Lending and European Collateralized Corporate Debt, GSC Group
11:00 Coffee and networking hosted by Slaughter & May
11:30 The changing role and strategy of private equity in the face of a credit drought
Matthew Strassberg, Partner, Mid Europa Partners
Vince O’Brien, Director, MONTAGU Private Equity
Hugh Briggs, Managing Director, CVC Capital Partners
12:15 How to price in the current markets
Rebecca Manuel, Global Co-Head, Corporate and Structured Syndicate, The Royal Bank of Scotland
12:45 Emerging market outlook: Implications for demand
Charles Griffiths, Head of Origination - Europe, Syndications Group, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Stephen Clarkson, Director, Loan Sales, HSBC
Hasan Mustafa, Head of CEEMEA Syndicate, The Royal Bank of Scotland
Oliver Blount, Head of Loan Capital Markets for CEEME, ING
13:30 Chairman’s closing remarks followed by Lunch
Separately bookable post conference masterclass
15:00 Managing a restructuring or workout: How to keep ahead of the game
20th March, 2009
Lead by Slaughter and May
Ian Hodgson, Partner; Miranda Leung, Partner and Matthew Tobin, Partner