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The Asia-Pacific leveraged finance market continues to develop. Australia is showing a high level of LBO activity while regulatory, legal and structural obstacles have made LBO financings less clear cut elsewhere in Asia, especially in China and India.
Such differences in jurisdictions make it difficult for the Asian market to be seen as a single entity. Is the Asian market insulated from global LBO market risk? What further hurdles need to be overcome for LBOs to truly take off in the Asia-Pacific market?
Have these questions and many more answered at the 2nd Annual LEVERAGED FINANCE ASIA on 8th & 9th October 2007 at the Four Seasons, Hong Kong.
Over 200 LBO professionals joined the conference last year creating unprecedented networking opportunities in the region. Join the conference this October and get a detailed overview of the state of the industry while networking with the leaders of the leveraged finance industry.
Key topics to be addressed this year:
- Is there a danger that the LBO market will crash globally before the Asian LBO market really takes off?
- How will Asian leveraged structures cope if there really is an economic downturn?
- Current activity, trends and developments in the Asian LBO market
- What are the real LBO opportunities in Asia?
- What do private equity firms think of the Asia-Pacific LBO market?
- Opportunities and challenges of new opening markets
- Will the Korean LBO market open up to foreign investors?
- What needs to change for China to become a major LBO investment destination?
- How is India perceived as a leveraged finance market?
- Latest developments in the Australasian LBO market
- Role of high yield and mezzanine debt in US and Europe vs. Asia
- Implications of covenant-lite deals
- Legal and documentation issues across Asia
- Attracting and retaining the right staff with leveraged finance experience
The conference offers investors, sponsors and underwriters valuable insights into the latest industry trends, challenges and growth opportunities in the region. Make sure you save the date in your diary.
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Confirmed Speakers Include:
- Aaron Chow, Executive Director, Global Leveraged Finance, Head of Syndicated Finance, Asia, UBS AG
- Timothy Donahue, Head of Asia Pacific Leveraged Finance, JP Morgan
- Farhan Faruqui, Managing Director, Head of Global Loans Asia Pacific, Citigroup
- Nick Fenn, Global Head of Leveraged Finance Syndication, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
- Alan Hirakawa, Head of Leveraged Finance, Barclays Capital
- Kalpesh Kikani, Head - Global Investment Banking, ICICI Bank Limited
- Greg Lapham, Managing Director, Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, nabCapital
- Juhi Prasad, Senior Vice President, Head of Leverage Finance, Asia Pacific, Lehman Brothers
- Ajay Sawhney, Managing Director and Head of Asia Leveraged Finance Origination, Merrill Lynch
- Peter Szekely, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
- Michael Tierney, Managing Director, Head of Leveraged Finance, Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse
- David Tropp, Managing Director, Head of Global Syndicated Finance, Asia-Pacific, UBS AG
- Robert Morse, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific, Citi
- Huw Jenkins, Partner, Clifford Chance
For further information about attending, sponsoring or speaking at the event, please contact Maria Lee on +632 840 8229 or email levfiasia@thomson.com.
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To register please contact
Maria Lee
Tel: +632 840 8229
Email: levfiasia@thomson.com
Download the registration form here and fax back to +44 (0)20 7369 7333
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