The 12th Annual Global Fund Finance Symposium just wrapped up in Miami, and from all the buzz we observed – and experienced first-hand – it was another wonderful opportunity for the industry to come together for some serious learning, valuable networking and enjoyable socializing with friends both old and new.

As our team’s pre-event “countdown” videos conveyed, expectations were running high, and we’re thrilled that the event delivered all that we had hoped and more (view countdown remarks from Cadwalader’s Wes Misson, Leah Edelboim, Sam Hutchinson, Tim Hicks, Nathan Parker, and Patrick Calves).

We also took this opportunity of being together in person to launch a studio version of FFF! It was both fun and informative to sit down with our first studio guest, Malindri De Alwis, Executive Director of Fund Finance at Standard Chartered Bank, to hear her thoughts on the current state of the fund finance market and its professional community. Tune in here.

We will be providing our attorneys’ recaps of several panels from the event, kicking off this week with Linda Filardi’s review of “Titans in Finance – The Rise in Private Debt,” with more to follow in next week’s issue.

In the meantime, a huge thanks to the full FFA team, headed by Michelle Bolingbroke, for all its work over many months to organize and execute another very successful and highly-anticipated event. We are also grateful to everyone who attended the Wednesday night Welcome Reception that Cadwalader co-hosted with Carey Olsen and KBRA. We hope you enjoyed the opportunity to mix and mingle, as we certainly did!

Cadwalader Fund Finance Team at Welcome Night Reception

“Women in Fund Finance” @Cadwalader (from left to right): partner Angie Batterson, counsel Renee Fischer, partner Leah Edelboim, partner Danyeale Chung, special counsel Katie McShane, counsel Linda Filardi 

Cadwalader Fund Finance partners Leah Edelboim and Danyeale Chung

(From left to right) Cadwalader Fund Finance partner Chad Stackhouse, FFA board member Mike Mascia and Cadwalader Fund Finance U.S. head Wes Misson

FFA “Women in Fund Finance” (WFF) luncheon