Women in Fund Finance Event

WFF Europe: Back to School - Offshore Structures and Fund Financing ‘101’

Name: WFF Europe: Back to School - Offshore Structures and Fund Financing ‘101’
Start: 2022-09-21T08:30:00Z
End: 2022-09-21T10:00:00Z
Location: Allen & Overy LLP

September 21, 2022

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM BST

London

Women in Fund Finance is pleased to bring you an informative panel discussion on local counsel’s perspectives from outside the City.

Our panel will discuss everything you need to know if you have Cayman, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg funds in your structure, including common issues and queries around security, due diligence and structuring.

Speakers

Julia Keppe

Walkers (Jersey) LLP

Julia Keppe

Group Partner – Banking & Finance | Walkers (Jersey) LLP

Julia Keppe is a Group Partner* in Walkers' Jersey Banking & Finance Practice Group, specialising in fund finance, leveraged acquisitions, corporate lending, real estate finance, direct lending and restructurings, representing corporations, private equity sponsors and financial institutions.

She has been practising since 2006 in London, New York and offshore, and is recognised by Legal 500.

Julia advises on all aspects of fund financing matters, including subscription line facilities, NAV and asset-backed facilities, margin lending and open-ended fund facilities, and is part of Walkers' Global Fund Finance team.

She has further experience of advising both borrowers and lenders on complex cross-border lending transactions comprising multiple forms of debt financing, as well as complex international restructurings.

Patrick Ormond

Walkers (London)

Patrick Ormond

Partner – Banking & Finance | Walkers (London)

Patrick Ormond is a partner in Walkers' top tier ranked London office, specialising in BVI, Bermuda and Cayman Islands corporate and finance advice to clients in the European time zone.

He has spent 17 years in private practice and almost a decade offshore, and has worked on some of the highest profile and most complex corporate and finance offshore transactions of recent years.

These include the $55bn sale of TNK-BP, the $2bn take private of Luxoft Holding, the $1.5bn business combination of SPAC Queen's Gambit and SWVL, the $1.3bn take private of UTi Worldwide, the $8bn acquisition by Liberty Media of Formula One, Uber's $3.1bn acquisition of Careem, Foster Wheeler's take private of MDM Engineering, the launch of Alberton Acquisition Company as a BVI SPAC, various regulatory licensees and trust companies on acquisitions, changes of control and regulatory filings, together with numerous finance transactions.

Andrew Traynor

Walkers Ireland LLP

Andrew Traynor

Partner, Co-Head of Finance & Capital Markets | Walkers Ireland LLP

Andrew Traynor is a partner based in Walkers' Irish office and is co-head of the Finance & Capital Markets group. With over 20 years' experience, Andrew has acted for leading US, European and Asian based credit providers and borrowers on hundreds of complex and innovative fund financings and structured deals. He leads one of the largest and most experienced fund finance teams in Ireland who have represented clients on some of the largest and most sophisticated cross-border subscription line, NAV/asset backed, hybrid, co-investment and GP/manager support facilities, margin loan finance, ESG facilities, capital relief and risk transfer trades and other fund linked derivative solutions. Andrew is recognised as a leading individual in Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Who's Who Legal and is a regular speaker and author on fund finance, structured finance and securitisation topics.

Alex Wickens

Walkers (Guernsey) LLP

Alex Wickens

Senior Counsel – Banking & Finance | Walkers (Guernsey) LLP

Alex Wickens is an experienced Banking & Finance lawyer specialising in real estate financing and Islamic financing matters in Walkers' Guernsey law team.

He is ranked as a Rising Star for Guernsey Banking & Finance work by Legal 500.

Alex has almost a decade's experience in private practice in Guernsey, and advises clients on complex structuring arrangements on acquisitions and disposals of UK commercial real estate assets, advising on both borrower and lender side.

He also advises on Islamic finance structures in respect of real estate holdings, and on fund financing matters.

Alex also has in-house experience, having undertaken a six-month project with a Guernsey financial services provider.

Miao Wang

Allen & Overy LLP

Miao Wang

Counsel – Funds & Asset Management | Allen & Overy LLP

Miao has extensive experience in advising on the formation of alternative investment funds investing in various types of assets classes, including real estate, infrastructure, and private debt. She is experienced with both Luxembourg and Cayman structures, including carry vehicles. Miao also regularly assists institutional investors on their participation/investments in alternative investment funds and advises funds and banks on fund finance transactions.

She joined Allen & Overy in January 2019, prior to which she gained seven years of experience working in other leading law firms based in Hong Kong and in Beijing.

Kate Downey

Fried Frank

Kate Downey

Partner | Fried Frank

Kate Downey is a corporate partner resident in Fried Frank's London office, and head of the Firm's European Private Equity Funds Practice. Ms. Downey advises fund sponsors and financial institutions across a broad range of asset classes, including private equity, venture and growth, infrastructure, credit and real estate. She counsels fund managers on carried interest, co-investment and other incentive arrangements, including leveraged co-investment arrangements. She also has considerable experience advising on a broad range of other international private equity transactions, including secondary portfolio acquisitions and synthetic secondaries, fund and management company restructurings and other general corporate matters. Ms. Downey co-chairs the European Committee of Women in Fund Finance, a group focused on recognition and promotion of women leaders within the alternative investment fund finance industry.

Venue

Allen & Overy LLP

: One Bishops Square
London, E1 6AD
Map

: +442030880000