FFA Event

7th Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium

Name: 7th Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium
Start: 2025-11-06T00:00:00Z
End: 2025-11-06T00:00:00Z
Location: Conrad Hong Kong

November 06, 2025

Hong Kong

Registration is open for the 7th Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium!

We are delighted to introduce Conrad Hong Kong as our venue for the 7th Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium! This year's symposium will offer a dynamic and engaging experience for all attendees.

Individual passes are USD $1,800.

Platinum 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

Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie (www.bakermckenzie.com) brings insight and foresight to clients across more than 70 global offices. Our team of 13,000 people, including over 6,500 lawyers, works alongside our clients to drive growth that is both sustainable – and inclusive.With locations in financial centers and emerging markets, Baker McKenzie’s Global Banking & Finance Group advises on complex financing transactions and regulatory matters across borders. Our locally-embedded, globally-experienced lawyers bring deep sector expertise and an innovative and commercial approach to offer a seamless, end-to-end experience for clients and deliver maximum value to stakeholders in the global financial markets.Our Fund Finance practice seamlessly integrates our market leading Funds and Banking & Finance practices to advise local and international financial institutions, PE funds, credit funds and real estate funds on a wide range of fund finance solutions, including capital call facilities, GP facilities and NAV facilities.

グローバルに展開する法律事務所であるベーカーマッケンジーは、70を超える世界各地の拠点よりクライアントのビジネスをサポートしております。6,500名超の専門家を含む13,000名のメンバーが、クライアントとともに持続可能かつインクルーシブな成長を達成すべく、日々邁進しております。各金融センター及び新興市場に拠点を置くベーカーマッケンジーのバンキング＆ファイナンス・グループは、複数法域に跨る金融取引や規制に精通しています。現地に根ざしたノウハウ及びグローバルな経験を併せ持つ専門家が、産業分野に関する深い専門知識と革新的なアプローチを駆使して、クライアントに一貫したサービスを、そしてステークホルダーに最大限の価値を提供しております。また当事務所のファンド・ファイナンス部門は、市場をリードするファンド部門とバンキング＆ファイナンス部門の専門家により構成されており、国内外の金融機関、PEファンド、クレジット・ファンド、不動産ファンドに対し、キャピタル・コール・ファシリティ、GPファシリティ、NAVファシリティを含む広範なファンド・ファイナンスに関するアドバイスを行っています。

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 leading Investment Bank and Private Bank,a Corporate Bank newly created in 2019, 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 has a comprehensive global offering, providing institutional and corporate clients with fixed income and currencies risk management and liquidity provision, leading financing capabilities, and a full suite of origination and advisory services.

Deutsche Bank is an active participant in the fund finance market globally 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 APAC, EU and US based sponsors seeking to execute on new subscription finance 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’s Global Financing and Credit Trading platform.

EverBank

About EverBank

EverBank, N.A. (“EverBank”) is a nationwide specialty bank providing high-value products and services to consumer and commercial clients nationwide. As a pioneer in online banking, we offer convenient digital access for clients 24/7, in addition to phone banking services and a network of financial centers across Florida. EverBank’s commitment is to deliver to our clients high-performing, high-yield solutions backed by exceptional service, always giving them the advantage they expect, to make the most of their money. Visit everbank.com or connect and interact with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or X (formerly Twitter). EverBank is a Member FDIC.

About EverBank Fund Finance

EverBank’s Fund Finance business is a division of EverBank, N.A., a nationwide specialty bank providing high-value products and services to consumer and commercial clients nationwide. EverBank’s Fund Finance division provides lending and financing solutions to alternative asset managers and the private equity community. Products include subscription credit facilities, hybrid and NAV loans, management company facilities and other bespoke financings, along with advisory and placement services, as needed, and customized treasury management capabilities built specifically for the private markets. This specialized business team has some of the industry’s most experienced professionals to help deliver tailored solutions with preeminent service to help clients maximize their performance and efficiency. For more information on EverBank’s Fund Finance offerings, visit EverBank.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.

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.

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.

Société Générale

Société Générale is a top tier European Bank with more than 126,000 employees serving about 25 million clients in 65 countries across the world. We have been supporting the development of our economies for 160 years, providing our corporate, institutional, and individual clients with a wide array of value-added advisory and financial solutions. Our long-lasting and trusted relationships with the clients, our cutting-edge expertise, our unique innovation, our ESG capabilities and leading franchises are part of our DNA and serve our most essential objective - to deliver sustainable value creation for all our stakeholders.

The Group runs three complementary sets of businesses, embedding ESG offerings for all its clients:

French Retail, Private Banking and Insurance, with leading retail bank SG and insurance franchise, premium private banking services, and the leading digital bank BoursoBank.

Global Banking and Investor Solutions, a top tier wholesale bank offering tailored-made solutions with distinctive global leadership in equity derivatives, structured finance and ESG.
Mobility, International Retail Banking and Financial Services, comprising well-established universal banks (in Czech Republic, Romania and several African countries), Ayvens (the new ALD I LeasePlan brand), a global player in sustainable mobility, as well as specialized financing activities.

Committed to building together with its clients a better and sustainable future, Societe Generale aims to be a leading partner in the environmental transition and sustainability overall. The Group is included in the principal socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (Europe), FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Refinitiv Diversity and Inclusion Index, Euronext Vigeo (Europe and Eurozone), STOXX Global ESG Leaders indexes, and the MSCI Low Carbon Leaders Index (World and Europe).

For more information, visit societegenerale.com.

Gold Sponsors

Allens

Allens is a leading international law firm serving clients throughout Australia and Asia. We are the pre-eminent firm for Fund Finance in the Australian market, representing the whole spectrum of Sponsors, Financiers, and Investors.

We have built our reputation on the quality of our people, the strength of our client relationships and our innovative approach to complex work. We combine technical excellence with commercial understanding to provide the best insights and whether you're a global multinational or a start-up with a bright idea, our commitment to outstanding service is the same.Our focus on achieving excellent results for our clients has led to many accolades, including being ranked in Chambers & Partners for over 20 years as a Band 1 – Banking & Finance Team.

Appleby

Appleby is one of the world's leading international law firms, a market-leader in the Fund Finance sector and a founding member of the Fund Finance Association (FFA).

Ranked as Tier 1 by The Legal 500 Banking & Finance, our globally recognised 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 hundreds of subscriptions, NAV, hybrid and asset-backed facilities that have ranged from a hundred million to billions of dollars in subscribed investor commitments.

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.

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 and product areas to deliver broad industry expertise and local knowledge.

Experienced global fund finance team

Our Fund Finance team acts for many well-established fund managers and major lenders (banks and alternative lenders), which allows us to anticipate our clients’ requirements and key pressure points and to use our deep experience to structure commercially oriented and efficient solutions. We advise on both fund and asset level financing solutions.

We are experienced in structuring, efficiently diligencing and executing all types of fund finance solutions and have advised on some of the most challenging and innovative transactions in the market (for example, we recently advised on non-bank funding of capital call facilities).

We regularly advise on:

Manager/GP/Co-Invest Facilities
NAV facilities
Hybrid facilities
Preference based transactions
Bridge/Capital Call Facilities
Securitisation Fund Facilities/Private CLOs
Innovative Structures.

Deep fund expertise

Our experience is complemented by top tier fund formation, regulatory and tax teams with whom we collaborate closely. This makes us uniquely placed to deliver creative, complex financing solutions and help clients navigate regulatory and contractual challenges. Our clients come to us for their most complex fund finance and securitisation work and are looking for innovative solutions. Clifford Chance has led many of the largest and first-of-a-kind fund financing transactions in the market.

We are set up as a global fund finance team and our market-leading practice covers the UK, Continental Europe, the US and APAC. Our team provides a full, coordinated legal service to clients across practices and jurisdictions to ensure that we deliver commercial and tailored advice. Our ability to collaborate allows us to structure creatively and problem solve effectively.

If you would like to discuss how our fund finance team can support your business, or to learn more about our experience and capabilities, please get in touch with us. We look forward to helping you achieve your objectives in this dynamic and evolving market.

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.

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)

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.

Mizuho APAC

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 18^th largest financial institution in the world as measured by total assets of $1.8trillion, according to S&P Global 2025. Mizuho's 60,000+ employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries from 800 offices throughout Asia, EMEA, and the Americas.

Mizuho Singapore acts as a regional hub for Mizuho in the Asia Pacific region, and provides comprehensive regional support for clients in advisory, financing, debt and trade services. Mizuho APAC has a dedicated team supporting both Japanese and non-Japanese MNCs in Asia and its capabilities span across investment and corporate banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Mizuho APAC has over 50 offices across the region. Learn more at https://www.mizuhogroup.com/asia-pacific.

Morrison Foerster

Morrison Foerster is a leading global law firm that transforms complexity into advantage for its clients. Our clients include some of the largest financial institutions, banks, consulting and accounting firms, and Fortune 100, technology, and life sciences companies. Highlighting the firm’s commitment to client service, leadership in market-changing deals and impact litigation, and values-based culture, Morrison Foerster has been named to The American Lawyer’s A-List for 20 of the ranking’s 21 years. Year after year, the firm receives significant recognition from Chambers and The Legal 500 across their various guides, including Global, USA, Asia Pacific, Europe, UK, Latin America, and FinTech Legal. Our lawyers passionately care about delivering legal excellence while living our values.

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.

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 close to 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. Natixis CIB is committed to aligning its financing portfolio with a carbon neutrality path by 2050 while helping its clients reduce the environmental impact of their business.

As part 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+).

S&P Global Ratings

S&P Global Ratings is the world's leading provider of independent credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. We have more than 1 million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities. We offer an independent view of the market built on a unique combination of broad perspective and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain independent information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings.

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.

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。

Trilegal

Trilegal is a leading full-service law firm in India with over 25 years of experience, trusted for its in-depth expertise and client-centric approach. The firm advises a diverse set of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, global investment funds, major Indian conglomerates, domestic and international banks, technology and media giants, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. With more than 145 partners operating under a distinctive lockstep model, Trilegal is the largest equity partnership in the country. The firm retains over 1,100 professionals across Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Gurugram offices.

Trilegal has consistently been recognised among India’s top-tier firms in leading legal directories such as Chambers & Partners (Asia Pacific and Global), Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and Benchmark Litigation. It has also earned several prestigious accolades, including being named Best Overall Law Firm by India Business Law Journal (IBLJ) 2025, Innovative Lawyers in Disputes & Crisis Management by the Financial Times (FT) Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific Awards in 2025, M&A Firm of the Year by IFLR Asia-Pacific in 2024 and Law Firm of the Year by Deal Volume at the VCCircle Awards in 2024.

Silver Sponsors

DBS Bank Ltd

DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia with a presence in 19 markets. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, DBS is in the three key Asian axes of growth: Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The bank's "AA-" and "Aa1" credit ratings are among the highest in the world.

Recognised for its global leadership, DBS has been named “World’s Best Bank” by Global Finance, “World’s Best Bank” by Euromoney and “Global Bank of the Year” by The Banker. The bank is at the forefront of leveraging digital technology to shape the future of banking, having been named “World’s Best Digital Bank” by Euromoney and the world’s “Most Innovative in Digital Banking” by The Banker. In addition, DBS has been accorded the “Safest Bank in Asia“ award by Global Finance for 15 consecutive years from 2009 to 2023.

DBS provides a full range of services in consumer, SME and corporate banking. As a bank born and bred in Asia, DBS understands the intricacies of doing business in the region’s most dynamic markets.

DBS is committed to building lasting relationships with customers, as it banks the Asian way. Through the DBS Foundation, the bank creates impact beyond banking by supporting businesses for impact: enterprises with a double bottom-line of profit and social and/or environmental impact. DBS Foundation also gives back to society in various ways, including equipping underserved communities with future-ready skills and helping them to build food resilience.

With its extensive network of operations in Asia and emphasis on engaging and empowering its staff, DBS presents exciting career opportunities. For more information, please visit www.dbs.com.

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.

Bronze Sponsors

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.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia’s leading independent law firm. We advise on the most significant global matters and connect with the best lawyers internationally to provide our clients with the right team for every engagement.

We are one of the leading firms in Australia with expertise in the fund finance space, with a broad range of experience including in relation to subscription / capital call facilities, NAV and hybrid facilities, GP financings and SMA transactions. We have a deep bench of partners and associates who act for both borrowers and lenders and are Australian counsel of choice for a number of leading international and domestic firms. Our fund financing practice comprises an integrated team of banking and fund formation expert lawyers with a track record of working together to execute on high value fund finance transactions.

Maples Group (Hong Kong)

2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the Maples Group’s presence in Hong Kong. Over the past three decades, the Group has established itself as a leading provider of comprehensive legal, fiduciary, fund, regulatory and compliance, as well as entity formation and management services. With 15 offices strategically located in key jurisdictions worldwide, the Maples Group is renowned for its expertise in corporate, commercial, finance, investment funds, litigation and trusts. By maintaining strong relationships with leading local legal counsel, the Group is able to leverage in-depth regional knowledge to deliver a seamless and integrated service offering for clients’ global business needs. Our extensive network of over 2,500 lawyers and industry professionals is based in major financial centres across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, ensuring clients benefit from immediate access to expert advice and tailored support, all within convenient time zones.

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.

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.

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APLMA

About the APLMA

The Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) represents the interests of institutions active in the Asia-Pacific syndicated loan markets. The association’s primary objective is to promote growth, liquidity and best practice in these markets.

The APLMA serves its member by providing access to a suite of continuously updated standard documents, advocating for the sustainable development of the syndicated loan markets and providing a professional networking platform to promote knowledge sharing and capacity building across the region. The Association also represents the interests of the APAC loan market in global issues through regular engagement with loan market associations in Europe and the US.

The APLMA is a professional, not-for-profit trade association funded by its members. For further information, please visit the website: https://www.aplma.com.

Global Legal Group

Global Legal Group (GLG) is an independent London-based legal media company firmly committed to delivering pivotal insights. Our range of print and digital products, as well as in-person and online events, provides primary legal, regulatory and policy information and reporting to businesses worldwide. We believe in pursuing fresh, indispensable information to advance the industry as a whole. Across our products, we cover more than 60 areas of law and over 190 jurisdictions, connecting our audience with the expert knowledge they seek out and rely on. We’re passionate about highly relevant, real-time information that empowers learning and advice as it’s shared among our global community, which is made up of private practice lawyers, in-house counsel, compliance officers and businesspeople.

Global Legal Insights to Fund Finance 2025 now into its ninth edition, provides in-depth analysis, insight and intelligence across 31 expert analysis chapters and 19 jurisdictions, covering key industry trends and developments around fund formation, net asset value facilities, subscription lines, enforcement, secondaries, ratings and collateralised fund obligations alongside much more. Written by leading industry participants from across the industry, this is the definitive legal guide for the global fund finance industry in 2025. Available online and to download for free.

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7th Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium

Registration is open for the 7th Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium!

Matthew Albrecht

Oliver Bashlawi

Somdatta Basu

Michelle Bolingbroke

Andrew Brereton

Fiona Chan

Doos Choi

Ester Chow

Darren Choy

Paul Christopher

Peter Connolly

Fiona Cumming

Prasan Dhar

Fi Dinh

Eva Fung

Fabrice Guesde

Makiko Harunari

Tom Highnam

Philip Hu

Eugene Kim

Tom Kirby

Angela Lai

Stanley Likver

Sally Little

Xuanyi Liu

Charles McConnell

Soumitro Mukerji

Vasu Muthyala

John O'Connell

Peeyush Pallav

Rahul Patkar

Jean-Baptiste Peloux

Anthony Ribeiro

Ian Roebuck

Danielle Roman

Anuj Shah

Alex Shaik

Niamh Targett

Craig Unterberg

Michelle Wong

Jean Woo

Walter Wu

Sally Yim

Leonard Yong

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