Corporate Financing Within & Beyond the Credit Crunch

Who knew that the July 2007 collapse of two Bear Stearns hedge funds would be the beginning of a series of catastrophic events that would bring the entire banking industry to its knees and put the world economy on the precipice of a global meltdown?

Join syndicated, acquisition finance, and leveraged lenders, borrowers, and key players in the financial world at this unique event to discuss what brought us to this difficult place and how we are struggling to survive and maintain.

Hear topical debate on the following issues:

* The Future of the Money Market & the Stabilisation of LIBOR Rates
* Russia & The GCC
* The Success of Francophone Africa
* Getting Creative to Secure Financing
* The Resurrection of Mezzanine Finance
* Filling the Credit Gap: Private Equity's Role
* Restructuring & The Dreaded 'D' Word
* PANEL: Borrowers' Perspectives
* The Regulatory Structure of Banking for the Future

Our outstanding speaker panel includes:

*Dale Summerville, Managing Director, Head of CEEMA, Global Loan Syndication
CALYON CREDIT AGRICOLE
*Silvia Wadhwa, Anchor, CNBC
*Simon Hills, Executive Director, BRITISH BANKERS ASSOCIATION
*William Husband, Director, BARCLAYS CAPITAL
*Padhraic Garvey, Head of Developed Markets Rates and Debt Strategy, ING BANK
*Michael Dicks, Global Head Credit Origination/Loan Syndications within *Capital Markets, Merchant Banking, SEB
*Ramz Hamzaoui, Managing Director, Corporate Banking, MEDICAPITAL BANK
*Simon Middleton, Partner, SIMMONS & SIMMONS
*Paolo Andrea Ricciardi, Head of Syndications& Structuring, INTESA SANPAOLO
*Sergey Smirnov, Head of Financial Operations Department, URALSIB
*Brian Gimotty, Senior Advisor, Emerging Markets, PAUL CAPITAL PARTNERS
*Nicolas Pascault, Partner-CFO, BRUNSWICK RAIL LEASING
*Alan Kirkpatrick, Principal, THE KIRKPATRICK PARTNERSHIP LLP