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Art of the Debt Deal for Middle Market Companies—OSB CLE Quick Call
Brought to you in partnership with Webcredenza, a professional education broadcast network
1 General CLE credit
Debt funding is an increasingly important source of capital for startup, growth, and middle-market businesses as equity investors pull back amid continuing uncertainty about the economy. But all lenders—regional and community banks, mezzanine and hedge funds, and individual investors—are applying increasingly tough underwriting standards and making substantial new demands of borrowers. This program provides you with a practical guide to current trends in lending, active sources of funding depending on the type of borrower, the terms being demanded of borrowers, and practical tips on putting together a debt deal for your clients in a challenging market.
Day 1—September 28, 2010—Debt Deals for Startups and Growth Companies
- Sources of debt funding available to startup and growth companies
- What it really takes for startups and growth companies to get loans from banks and mezzanine funds
- Cash flow versus asset-backed loans
- Convertible debt techniques
- Tips on getting clients ready for the more onerous diligence process in lending
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Day 2—September 29, 2010—Debt Deals for Middle Market Companies
- Current state of the debt funding market for middle market businesses
- Market actors, underwriting standards, and current demands of each—commercial banks, mezzanine and hedge funds, individual investors
- Which deals are getting done, which are not—and why
- Tips on putting deals together in a tough credit market
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Speakers: John Murdock is a partner in the Nashville office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, where his practice includes business acquisitions and dispositions, commercial lending, and commercial law generally. He is a member of the Commercial Financial Services Committee of the ABA Business Law Section and formerly served as chair of its Lender Liability Subcommittee. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers.
William C. Holland is a partner in the Denver office of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP and chairs its Banking and Credit Finance Practice Group. Mr. Holland’s practice focuses on corporate transactions with an emphasis on secured and unsecured commercial loan and credit transactions, including cross-border financings, structured finance and lease transactions, acquisition finance and leveraged buy-out transactions, and project finance. He also represents banks and other clients in connection with swap, option, and other derivatives transactions, including interest rate hedging, foreign exchange and currency transactions, and equity option derivatives.
(Original program date: September 28 and 29, 2010)
September 29, 2010
10 a.m.–11 a.m. Pacific time
