Art of the Debt Deal for Starup and Growth Companies and for Middle Market Companies CLE

Art of the Debt Deal for Starup and Growth Companies and for Middle Market Companies

September 2010

Art of the Debt Deal for Startup and Growth Companies AND Art of the Debt Deal for Middle Market Companies

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Program Description

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 will provide you with a practical guide to current trends in the lending, active sources of funding depending on the type of borrower and the terms they are demanding 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 & 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 v. asset-backed loans

- Convertible debt techniques

- Tips on getting clients ready for the more onerous diligence process in lending

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

- What deals are getting done, which are not – and why aren’t they getting done

- Tips on putting deals together in a tough credit market

Faculty:

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. Mr. Murdock received his B.S., magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School.

William C. Holland is a partner in Denver office of Holme, Roberts & Owen, LLP, and chairs the 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. Mr. Holland received his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.