FFA Event

1st Annual European Leadership Forum

Name: 1st Annual European Leadership Forum
Start: 2025-09-17T12:00:00Z
End: 2025-09-18T21:30:00Z
Location: Old Billingsgate

September 17 - 18, 2025

London

We are delighted to introduce Old Billingsgate as our exclusive venue for our 1st Annual European Leadership Forum!

The Leadership Forum will feature tailored programming and a seated dinner in an intimate setting.

Tentative agenda

Platinum Sponsors

Alpha Group

Alpha’s Fund Finance division is part of Alpha Group International, a FTSE 250 company servicing over 1,300 investment managers across eight global offices. The team consists of a specialist mix of lender and borrower-side experience accumulated over 50 years in the fund finance industry. From senior structuring and execution positions within leading lending organisations to fund operations and portfolio management at leading alternative asset managers, the Alpha team has completed over 400 fund finance facilities to date.

In 2023, the division launched the industry’s first digital intermediary platform, Alpha Match. With over 300 lender profiles already on the platform and a client base of over 1,300 investment managers, Alpha Match enables borrowers and lenders to quickly and seamlessly match with one another based on their ideal requirements. To find out more, visit, https://www.alphagroup.com/institutional/fund-finance/

Barclays

Barclays Investment Bank deploys financial solutions to help our clients with their funding, financing, strategic and risk management needs across sectors, markets and economies.

The Investment Bank is comprised of the Investment Banking, International Corporate Banking, Global Markets and Research businesses, aiding money managers, financial institutions, governments, supranational organisations and corporate clients around the globe. We offer a full spectrum of strategic advisory, financing and risk management solutions to help drive innovation and growth.

For over 330 years, our commitment to shared success has been at the heart of what we do, because we are all at our best when we all progress.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

With over 230 years of legal experience, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP serves a diverse client base, including many of the world’s leading financial institutions, funds and corporations, as well as individual private clients. With offices in New York, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., London and Dublin, 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, securitization, 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 is a recognized leader in subscription finance, NAV transactions, and in pioneering innovative solutions that leverage the firm’s market-leading securitization and regulatory capital advisory practices.

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.

Fitch Ratings

As one of the world’s top three credit ratings agencies, Fitch Ratings plays a critical role in global capital markets by providing supplementary credit analysis, ratings, research, and commentary to financial market participants.

For over 100 years, Fitch Ratings has been creating value for global markets through its rigorous analysis and deep expertise, which have resulted in a variety of market leading tools, methodologies, indices, research, and analytical products. Fitch Ratings is part of Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries, which also includes Fitch Solutions.

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

For additional information, please visit fitchratings.com.

Haynes and Boone

Haynes Boone is a leading U.S. corporate law firm whose attorneys were 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 70 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. Haynes Boone has offices in New York, California, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Washington D.C., London, Mexico City, Shanghai and across Texas, representing agent banks in Fund Financings in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America. With over 700 lawyers, Haynes Boone is ranked among the largest U.S.‐based firms by The National Law Journal.

ING

ING is a global bank with a strong European base. Our more than 60,000 employees offer retail and wholesale banking services to customers in over 40 countries.

Our purpose is to empower people to stay a step ahead in life and in business.

Our products include savings, payments, investments, loans and mortgages in most of our retail markets. For our Wholesale Banking clients we provide specialised lending, tailored corporate finance, debt and equity market solutions, sustainable finance solutions, payments & cash management and trade and treasury services.

Customer experience is what differentiates us and we’re continuously innovating to improve it. We also partner with others to bring disruptive ideas to the market faster.

ING’s dedicated Fund Finance team have a presence in London, Luxembourg, New York and Singapore.

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 3,500 attorneys across 19 cities 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 2018, Kirkland has executed more than 1,000 fund financing transactions for over 400 clients, including more than 110 NAV facilities, representing approximately $248 billion in aggregate transaction value.

King & Spalding

King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 1,300 lawyers in 24 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and consistently earns recognition for the results it obtains, uncompromising commitment to quality, and dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. More information is available at www.kslaw.com.

Our Fund Finance practice comprises dedicated professionals who have been advising both lender and borrower clients across all asset classes since the inception of the fund finance market across all fund finance primary products including subscription credit and hybrid facilities, NAV financing, GP financing, executive programmes, back-leverage and hybrid preferred equity structures as well as distribution solutions, including structured note programmes and JV structures.

We offer clients unrivalled cross-border capabilities and experience with respect to the legal and commercial issues relevant to lenders and borrowers of these products. We pride ourselves on our ability to understand the dynamics of our clients’ businesses and our ability to deliver practical, innovative and business-focussed solutions.

We are uniquely placed to advise on all aspects of fund finance, being the only law firm with a dedicated Fund Finance - Capital Solutions platform and specialist ESG fund finance expertise.

Ranked Tier 1, Legal 500 Fund Finance (2025); Band 1, Chambers Fund Finance (2025)

Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Bank Corporates & Institutional

Since 1765, we have been providing expert support and guidance to businesses of Britain. Supporting British businesses and the UK economy continues to be central to what we do.

Our Corporate and Institutional franchise maintains active relationships with two-thirds of the FTSE 350, supporting clients with annual turnover in excess of £100m.

With a well-established sector focus, we continue to drive our purpose outcomes by supporting goals such as regional development and building on our green financing initiatives to support more clients with their transition plans.

We support clients with their core banking solutions such as lending, deposits, transaction banking and risk management services. We also provide extensive expertise in capital markets, financial markets and private equity, all of which aim to meet the varying and often complex needs of our clients.

To find out more about Lloyds Bank Corporates and Institutional head over to our website:

Corporate Banking | Business Banking | Lloyds Bank

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.

Visit www.maples.com for more information about our global fund finance team and our legal and fiduciary services.

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.

MUFG Investor Services

MUFG Investor Services is a leading solutions provider for the global alternative investment management industry. From 17 locations around the world, MUFG Investor Services, through its suite of solutions, helps clients mitigate risk, execute seamlessly, and increase efficiencies across their pre- and post-trade operations. With more than $1 trillion in assets under administration, MUFG Investor Services is one of the top fund administrators globally and provides a broad range of solutions including administration, asset servicing, banking and liquidity, corporate and regulatory services, financing, business consulting, and more. Its nearly 500 clients represent funds across the public and private markets, including hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity, private debt, real assets, infrastructure, mutual funds, venture capital, and more. MUFG Investor Services is a division of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc (MUFG) one of the largest banks in the world with approximately $3 trillion in assets. To learn more, please visit us at www.mufginvestorservices.com.

Ogier

Recommended as a top-tier firm by The 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 1,200 people across 13 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.

RBS International

We specialise in helping institutional clients look after their money and manage risk. This includes transactional banking, fund financing, liquidity and risk management, and depositary services (through separate legal entities). We’re based in Jersey, Guernsey, London, Luxembourg, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man so our clients get personal, tailored support from a local expert. And our multi-currency online banking platform, eQ, lets them move and manage money the same way they do their personal banking.

Our clients include alternative investment fund managers, asset managers, fund administrators and corporate service providers. With our culture of restless innovation, we work to make banking easy. We’re focused on delivering all the services our clients need, where and when they need them.

Reed Smith

Reed Smith is a market-leading international law firm specializing in fund finance. With more than 1,600 lawyers across more than 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 the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We have one of the largest team of fund 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 fund finance team sits within our Financial Industry Group, that contains more than 194 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.

Simmons & Simmons LLP

Collaborative, agile and partner-led: that’s Simmons & Simmons. A law firm that challenges, creates new possibilities and offers opinion not just option. A law firm that acts as your business partner and works with you, not for you.

We focus on four highly regulated sectors using our specialist skills to understand your business, and the forces at play around it. All grounded in exceptional knowledge of the legal detail. This is how we consistently deliver smarter, more efficient ways to tackle our clients’ most complex challenges.

Our International Funds Finance practice is no exception. Operating across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia, we’re recognised for both technical excellence and outstanding commerciality. The team advises banks, hedge fund managers, private equity funds, real estate funds and investment fund managers in connection with a wide range of financings involving many different fund asset classes. As both the Asset Management/ Investment Funds and Financial Institutions sectors are key areas of focus for our firm, whether we are acting for a lender or a borrower, we are able to deliver an efficient and high calibre service.

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 1,300 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.

SMBC

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 150 offices and 120,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and ADRs on the New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

SMBCグループは、約400年の歴史を持ち、銀行、リース、証券、クレジットカード、コンシューマーファイナンス等、幅広い事業を展開する世界トップクラスの「複合金融グループ」です。東京に本社を構え、世界中の約40か国に150以上のオフィスと120,000人の従業員を擁しています。

持株会社である三井住友フィナンシャルグループは、日本の三大銀行グループの一つで、その株式は東京、名古屋、およびニューヨーク証券取引所（NYSE: SMFG）で取引されています。

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 $46.8 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration and $4.7 trillion* in assets under management as of September 30, 2024, State Street operates globally in more than 100 geographic markets and employs approximately 53,000 worldwide. For more information, visit State Street's website at www.statestreet.com.

* Assets under management as of September 30, 2024 includes approximately $83 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.

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 200+ retainer clients have more than $3.2 trillion in combined assets under management.

Since 2010 we have delivered market-leading 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 programs, through dedicated resources and proprietary technology.

In addition, since 2018 we have provided 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. We also provide automated technology solutions to help clients meet ongoing operational requirements related to their financing facilities.

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

Ashurst

We are pioneers in Fund Finance. As one of the first law firms to advise in this market, we have helped shape its growth and development into the multiple finance products available today. Collectively, our industry-leading partners have over 80 years of experience in structuring and acting for lenders and borrowers on all types of fund financings, including capital call, NAV, preferred equity, SMAs, family offices, co-investments and GP & management facilities. Our unrivalled breadth of experience, commitment to the market and track record of delivering exceptional standards of service means we are a trusted adviser to all the major lenders, GPs, managers and sponsors.

We know funds. Working with our award-winning fund formation, fund tax and fund regulatory practices, we are able to advise and guide the most demanding clients on all aspects relating to funds.

We find solutions that work across borders. As one of the world's leading global law firms, our story is one of change and progress. Since 1822, our ambition has always been to lead the field, to be ahead of our time, and to inspire change. Through our 200-year history, taking a progressive stance on the issues of our time has been a constant thread, every step of the way. And this thread continues to run through our global law firm. We have 31 offices in 18 countries and offer the reach and insight of a global network, combined with the knowledge and understanding of local markets. With over 450 partners and a further 1,800 lawyers working across 11 different time zones, we are able to respond to clients wherever and whenever required. Our network of fund and fund finance experts are one global team that seamlessly and efficiently find solutions and manages the largest and most complicated cross-border transactions.

Ashurst – ranked Band 1, Legal 500 Fund Finance 2024

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. Learn more at AssuredGuaranty.com.

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.

Goodwin

At Goodwin, we partner with our clients to practice law with integrity, ingenuity, agility, and ambition. Our 2,000+ lawyers across Europe, the United States and Asia excel at fund formation, complex transactions, high-stakes litigation and world-class advisory services in the private equity, technology, life sciences, real estate, and financial industries. In the fund finance space, we represent sponsors, lenders and other market participants on management financings, subscription lines, NAV facilities, secondaries transactions and an array of other innovative liquidity solutions. The firm’s unique combination of deep experience serving both the innovators and the investors in a rapidly-changing, technology-driven economy sets Goodwin apart. To learn more, visit, us at www.goodwinlaw.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

Harneys

Harneys is a leading international offshore law firm offering expert advice on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Bermuda, Anguilla, and Jersey* to a global client base that includes the world’s top law firms, financial institutions, and investment funds, as well as high-net-worth individuals. We are a full-service offshore law firm that manages all transactional, contentious, and private client disciplines. Our lawyers often work alongside Harneys Fiduciary, our strategic alliance partner, which offers a full complement of corporate, wealth, and fiduciary services.

Harneys has played in key role in the offshore finance industry since its inception. Our clients include almost every significant bank and financial institution in the world as well as listed and private companies. Harneys have advised on a wide range of offshore financing transactions including fund finance, leveraged finance, margin lending, acquisition finance, pre-IPO finance, take-private transactions, bond issuances, convertible instruments, derivative transactions, property finance and syndicated lending.

*Jersey legal services are provided through a referral arrangement with Harneys (Jersey) which is an independently owned and controlled Jersey law firm.

Howden

Howden Group is a leading global insurance and risk advisor with employee ownership at its heart. Founded in 1994, it operates in 55 countries, employing 19,000 people and handling US$38bn of premium on behalf of clients.

Howden Capital, Advisory & Placement (CAP), part of Howden, is the capital, advisory and placement business for financial institutions and corporates. We advise global investment houses, international banks and multi-national corporates on insurance and capital solutions that are key to the strategic aspects of a client’s business.

CAP leverages the skills and expertise of specialists with backgrounds in banking, law and ‘Big-Four’ consultancy with the breadth and depth of insurance specialisms. CAP houses the broker’s market-leading Mergers & Acquisitions practice, its Global Credit Solutions and Surety practices, and specialists in regulatory capital, risk weighted assets, private equity, insolvency, tax, credit, and structured finance.

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Latham fund finance team represents private debt and private equity firms, as well as financial institutions, in structuring and executing a wide range of subscription credit facilities and other fund-level financings in a variety of industries. We work in tandem with colleagues across Latham practices and global offices to develop innovative fund-level financing structures that account for the full spectrum of tax, finance, and regulatory issues that sponsors and investors face.

Given our experience with a wide variety of fund-level financing structures, we routinely advise clients on everything from capital call facilities, NAV financings, ESG-linked facilities, and general partner facilities, to multi-currency and multi-jurisdictional financings, as well as cash-flow and asset-based loans. Our fund finance team leverages deep experience and relationships across private capital, financial institutions, and the investment funds industries to help clients navigate complex transactions at the forefront of the market.

We work seamlessly with the Latham global corporate, finance, investment funds, and tax teams to find solutions that allow clients to achieve their most critical commercial objectives.

Macfarlanes

Macfarlanes

We are a unique firm. Our blend of expertise, agility and culture means we have the flexibility to meet our clients’ most challenging demands and to champion innovation.

Our approach is simple. Our firm is built and shaped around the needs of our clients with whom we form long-lasting relationships. They entrust us with their most difficult and complex problems in the areas in which we practise. We find, recruit and train talented people from all backgrounds, who we want to have long-lasting careers with us and who will one day shape and lead the firm. To achieve this, we operate differently.

A simple model

We do not aim to be all things to all clients. Instead we have grown thoughtfully to provide the depth and breadth of services they need. We operate with our clients in three broad areas.

We assist them with their major transactions. This includes anything from complex M&A and real estate transactions to the creation of sophisticated financial products.
We assist our clients with their most consequential litigation and investigations.
We advise on all aspects of our clients’ private capital needs, working with asset managers, family offices and individual entrepreneurs, including, uniquely, through our market-leading private client practice.

The scope of our services is distinct. We are one of the foremost firms in each of these areas.

A different international approach

We operate from two offices: in London, our main office, and in Brussels, where we focus on EU law.

We have a strong international network which we work hard to maintain, as we view these firms as our partners in delivering services to our clients and to theirs. We work with the best lawyers for the mandate in each jurisdiction. This gives clients choice and enables us to provide them with the highest possible level of service.

A human-sized culture

We recruit people to build careers for the long term. We know each other personally which means we work together with cohesion and speed. We have a strong, independent culture, which is challenging and supportive, creating an entrepreneurial environment where everyone, at whatever level, can thrive.

Mourant

Our cross-practice fund finance team advises open-ended and closed-ended funds established in the Cayman Islands, the BVI, Jersey, Guernsey and Luxembourg, as well as bank and non-bank lenders to those funds.

We regularly advise on the structuring and implementation of subscription credit lines, NAV facilities (including hybrid arrangements), GP loans and other fund level leverage and related security arrangements. We often do so in conjunction with leading law firms onshore.

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.

National Australia Bank (NAB)

National Australia Bank (NAB) is a leading Australian bank. Our global Corporate and Institutional Bank serves Financial Institutions and Corporates through our offices in Australia, Asia the US and Europe. The New York based team provide full relationship services, originating and executing product solutions with a focus on infrastructure, sustainability and investor solutions. We work with some of the leading participants in the infrastructure sector – leading deals across all market segments including renewables, energy, resources, transport and commodities – and coordinate closely across fund and asset level exposures. We have a dedicated Funds business which operates globally through US, UK, Asia and Australia which provides banking and markets solutions for asset managers and financial sponsors. We are an agent for subscription financing and credit facilities for private and publicly listed funds.

RBC

Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 100,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 18 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. Additionally, we are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at rbc.com/community-social-impact.

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. In a volatile world we are a safe pair of hands in safe jurisdictions.

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. Our people and our approach to solving our clients challenges are tried and tested, but that doesn’t mean we ever stand still.

Walkers' global fund finance group provides commercially focused advice to both lenders and borrowers on a range of financing solutions. 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. Markets change, regulation evolves, businesses adapt, and we keep on reinventing our service for the times we find ourselves in.

Silver Sponsors

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.

AlpInvest Partners

AlpInvest Partners is one of the largest private equity managers in the world, with over $85 billion of total capital committed and over 455 investors across its platform globally, as of September 30, 2022. AlpInvest commits across the private equity spectrum on a global basis, including large and middle market buyout, growth capital, venture capital, and distressed / special situations, as well as private subordinated debt. These investments generally fall within three investment strategies: direct subscriptions for interests in private equity funds sponsored by third-party managers, secondary purchases of interests in private equity funds and private operating companies, financings backed by private equity funds, GPs and LPs, and co-investments in single portfolio companies alongside leading GPs.

Ares Management

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of September 30, 2024, Ares Management Corporation's global platform had approximately $464 billion of assets under management, with more than 3,100 employees operating across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

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 69 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 3,900 retail financial centers, approximately 15,000 ATMs (automated teller machines) and award-winning digital banking with approximately 57 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 4 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 more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BAC).

www.bankofamerica.com

Bank of China Limited, London Branch

Established in 1912, Bank of China is the Bank with the longest continuous operation among all Chinese banks. As China’s most globalised and integrated bank, Bank of China has a well-established global service network with institutions set up across the Chinese mainland as well as in 62 countries and regions. It has established an integrated service platform based on the pillars of its corporate banking, personal banking, financial markets and other commercial banking business, which covers investment banking, direct investment, securities, insurance, funds, aircraft leasing and other areas, providing its customers with a comprehensive range of financial services.

Established in 1929, Bank of China London Branch is the first ever overseas Chinese financial institution in global financial centers. Its history in the UK perfectly illustrates the international journey of China’s modern financial services industry. Over the past 94 years, Bank of China has expanded steadily in the UK and has become the first choice for both Chinese ‘going-out’ customers and local UK customers seeking to establish relationships with China, with branches in the City of London, London Chinatown, Manchester, Birmingham, and Glasgow across the UK. It is taking a leading role amongst UK based Chinese financial institutions and is one of the mainstream foreign banks in the European market.

Bayview Asset Management

Bayview is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, with over 1,450 employees globally and manages appx. $19.5

billion of assets as of October 2024. Bayview was founded in 1993 as an advisor to large financial

institutions on valuing, hedging, and trading Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSRs). The Firm has grown from a

small advisory boutique to a fully integrated investment manager. Bayview’s expertise spans every aspect of the credit value chain,

including the origination and acquisition of whole loans, special servicing, securitizations, securities trading, fund finance,

special situations investing, and the acquisition, management, and origination of MSRs. Bayview was

established with the premise that significant value is created at the intersection of credit investing funds and

credit operating companies. We believe these businesses, under one roof, provide unique market insights,

data and analytics, differentiated investing capabilities, and significant barriers to entry. Anchoring Bayview’s

operating units are originations and servicing businesses, which enable the Firm to invest and originate across the entire

mortgage, consumer and fund universe, with a proven ability to invest through market cycles.

BC Partners Credit

BC Partners Credit was launched in 2017 and seeks to provide a full credit cycle investment platform, allocating liquid and illiquid capital to the middle market. We invest diverse pools of capital across the risk / return spectrum totaling $6.9 billion of AUM, which gives us the flexibility to propose solutions tailored to each borrower’s unique objectives. This allows BCP Credit to be a value-added partner who can scale throughout the borrower’s life cycle. Recognized as a leader and early mover in GP and NAV financing, BCP Credit has deployed over $600mm across a substantial GP/NAV portfolio as alternative managers search for creative financing solutions to address the current themes of (1) slower fundraising, (b) delayed exits, and (c) increased investor demand for returned capital.

BNY Mellon

BNY is a global financial services company that helps make money work for the world – managing it, moving it and keeping it safe. For 240 years BNY has partnered alongside clients, putting its expertise and platforms to work to help them achieve their ambitions. Today BNY helps over 90% of Fortune 100 companies and nearly all the top 100 banks globally to access the money they need. BNY supports governments in funding local projects and works with over 90% of the top 100 pension plans to safeguard investments for millions of individuals, and so much more. As of September 30, 2024, BNY oversees $52.1 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration and $2.1 trillion in assets under management.

Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management

Nordea

The Nordea Fund Finance team was established in 2014 and is a dedicated team of experienced fund finance professionals within our Leveraged Finance division. The team supports Nordea’s clients within the Private Capital segment with financing solutions across various strategies including private equity, infrastructure, growth, VC and private credit. We have the mandate and capabilities to support our clients with bespoke financing solutions across different fund sizes, geographies, as well as in various stages of fund life-cycles. In addition to subscription line financings, we can on a selective basis provide NAV/Hybrid financings, SMA financings, GP/Management financings and fund-backed HoldCo/SPV financings. As we form part of Nordea’s well established Leveraged Finance team, we commonly partner with our leveraged finance colleagues to provide flexible and tailor-made financing solutions across OpCo, HoldCo and fund level. We apply a deep and fundamental relationship-driven approach towards our clients and aim to establish ourselves as the #1 partner bank for global fund finance and Leveraged Finance business with a Nordic nexus.

Rabobank

Rabobank is a cooperative bank with a mission. Together with our stakeholders, we have been dedicated to creating a future-proof society and tackling major societal challenges for 125 years. In the Netherlands, we serve retail and corporate clients; globally we focus on the food and agriculture sector. Our starting point is: together we can achieve more than we could individually. We now operate in 38 countries, with over 43,000 employees. In the Netherlands, we serve retail and corporate clients with a wide range of financial products and services. Across the world, we focus on entrepreneurs and companies in the food and agriculture sectors. The Rabobank Group also includes BPD, Obvion and DLL, with which we offer our clients housing and leasing solutions.

Ropes & Gray

Ropes & Gray, a preeminent, global law firm, has been ranked in the top-three on The American Lawyer's prestigious "A-List" for eight years and is ranked #1 on Law.com International's "A-List" in the U.K.—rankings that honor the "Best of the Best" firms. The firm has approximately 1,500 lawyers and legal professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.

Scotiabank

Scotiabank’s vision is to be our clients’ most trusted financial partner, to deliver sustainable, profitable growth and maximize total shareholder return. Guided by our purpose: "for every future," we help our clients, 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 assets of approximately $1.4 trillion (as at July 31, 2024), 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 and in select markets in Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit https://www.gbm.scotiabank.com/en.html.

Travers Thorp Alberga

Travers Thorp Alberga is a leading offshore law firm for complex and novel financing structuring across all conventional disciplines. Our highly experienced partners advise in respect of all types of offshore structures including securitisations, collateralised loan obligation transactions, CFOs, SPV financing, hedge funds, private equity, corporate and partnership vehicles, asset and structured finance transactions, fund-linked structured products, cryptocurrencies, fintech, capital markets and general corporate and commercial matters. The multi-jurisdictional fund finance team advises on complex fund finance products including subscription financing, asset backed financing (NAV facilities), hybrid, GP support, preferred equity, secondaries, continuation funds and esoteric hybrid capital structures. The firm comprises around 60 fee-earners globally and advises from offices in Grand Cayman, the British Virgin Islands, London, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand.

Bronze Sponsors

Aberdeen Investments

Aberdeen Investments operates in over 20 locations worldwide and manages £369.7 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.

As at 31 December 2024

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 600 legal staff and a total headcount of 900, 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.

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 and the Working Guide to Fund Finance, a comprehensive “how-to” guide to European and offshore fund finance.

www.brickfieldrecruitment.com

Burness Paull LLP

Burness Paull LLP is a fully independent law firm that offers comprehensive legal services to leading organisations in the UK and internationally. The firm is headquartered in Scotland and with over 630 employees across three offices, 90 of whom are partners, Burness Paull LLP is well-equipped to provide premium legal services under both Scots and English law. The firm’s unique selling point is its human-centric and high-performing culture, which sets it apart from other law firms.

Our fund finance practice advises on all aspects of fund finance including subscription-line, NAV facilities, acquisition financings, GP and management fee facilities, both as lead and Scottish co-counsel.

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.

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