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Secured Lending
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  • Speakers, session times and credit hours are subject to change.
  • Ethics | Professionalism | Trial Practice

 

  • Presiding:
  • Matthew Sandiford, Program Chair; Partner, King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 8:30
  • Introduction
  • Julia D. Neighbors, ICLE Director, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

  • 8:35
  • WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
  • Matthew Sandiford

  • 8:40
  • LEGAL OPINIONS: WHAT DO THEY REALLY SAY AND WHY DO WE STILL HAVE THEM?
  • Scott Brown, Associate, Holland & Knight, LLP, Atlanta, ,GA
  • Doug Gosden, Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP, Atlanta, GA
  • Madeline Prince, Associate, Holland & Knight, LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 9:40
  • LENDER LIABILITY CONSIDERATIONS
  • Christopher "Chris" Coleman, Senior Associate, King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA
  • Matthew Roberts, Senior Associate, King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 10:30
    BREAK

  • 10:40
    INNOVATIONS IN AI AND FINANCE: STRATEGIES AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR COUNSEL
    Rachel Reid, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland (US), LLP, Atlanta, GA
    Christina Rissler Partner, Eversheds Sutherland (US), LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 11:40
  • EQUITY INTEREST PLEDGES: KEY ISSUES FOR DOCUMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
  • Gary Marsh, Partner, Troutman Pepper Locke, LLP, Atlanta, GA
  • Suzanne Soboeiro, Associate, Troutman Pepper Locke, LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 12:30
  • Lunch

  • 1:15
  • BASICS OF MUSIC FINANCING
  • Brett Moskowitz, Partner, Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, Charlotte, NC

  • 2:05
  • Break

  • 2:15
  • COMMITMENT PAPERS
  • Victoria Saling, Associate, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Atlanta, GA
  • Brittiny Slicker, Associate, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 3:05
  • DECISION-MAKING AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CROSS-BORDER FINANCE
  • Jonathan Bush, Partner, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 3:55
  • Adjourn

 

Description vOD2, Brochure v1

 

Mr. Matthew John Sandiford, King & Spalding LLP

Matthew Sandiford is a partner in King & Spalding's Finance practice resident in the Atlanta office. Matthew is active in King & Spalding's leveraged finance, healthcare, venture finance and specialty finance practices.

Matthew represents financial institutions, lenders, investors, borrowers, underwriters and arrangers in leveraged finance, securitization and other secured and unsecured lending transactions, with a focus on healthcare services, pharmaceuticals, franchisors, medical device and sponsor finance transactions.

Matthew holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia. Matthew was a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship in Germany, during which he worked at the European Central Bank and Hamburg Commercial Bank.

King & Spalding brings together more than 100 finance lawyers located in offices across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East to represent lenders, investors, funds and borrowers in the full range of secured and unsecured financings. Over the past three years, we closed approximately 600 finance transactions for our clients, amounting to $165 billion in aggregate financing.

Ms. Brittiny Kay Slicker, Greenberg Traurig LLP

Brittiny focuses her practice on representing financial institutions in a variety of commercial finance transactions, including asset-based transactions, revolving and term loan facilities, and acquisition financings.

CAPABILITIES
Banking & Financial Services

CREDENTIALS

Education

  • J.D., magna cum laude, Georgia State University College of Law
    • Order of the Coif
    • Certificate in Intellectual Property Law
  • B.B.A., summa cum laude, Kennesaw State University

Admissions

  • Georgia
Mr. Christopher Keith Coleman, King & Spalding LLP

Chris Coleman is a senior associate in the Finance and Restructuring practice group and is a member of the firm’s Private Credit & Special Situations team. Chris represents key stakeholders in all aspects of financial restructuring matters, both in- and out-of-court. He has experience advising across several industry sectors, including manufacturing, aviation, healthcare, retail, restaurants, financial services, and infrastructure. 

Chris’s transactional practice includes regularly advising clients on distressed m&a transactions, out-of-court restructurings, workouts, winddowns, and special situations financings. Chris’s in-court experience includes representing companies, bank and non-bank lenders, strategic investors, liquidators, and other stakeholders in complex bankruptcy cases, offshore liquidations, receivership actions, and insolvency litigation.

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Chris was an associate in the financial restructuring practice of another AmLaw 100 firm. Chris is an active member of Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Mr. Matthew Don Roberts, King & Spalding LLP

Matt Roberts is a senior associate in King & Spalding's Finance practice, with a focus on complex acquisition and leveraged financings. Matt represents financial institutions, private credit funds, private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers on a wide range of domestic and cross-border financing matters, including unitranche, first lien/second lien and mezzanine financings and asset-based lending transactions, for both performing credits and the finance elements of out-of-court workouts and restructurings.

Matt holds a J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he was a Managing Editor for the Florida Law Review, and is admitted to practice law in Florida and Georgia.

King & Spalding brings together more than 100 finance lawyers located in offices across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East to represent lenders, investors, funds and borrowers in the full range of secured and unsecured financings. Over the past three years, we closed approximately 600 finance transactions for our clients, amounting to $165 billion in aggregate financing.

Ms. Christina B. Rissler, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Christina represents lenders, borrowers, sponsors and other market participants across a diverse range of domestic and international financing transactions.

Christina Rissler has more than 20 years of experience representing financial institutions, corporate borrowers, private equity firms and other market participants in secured and unsecured commercial lending and structured finance.

She advises on senior, second lien and mezzanine financings; working capital, investment and leveraged acquisition financings; lines of credit; accounts receivables financings and asset-based loans (ABL); fund finance transactions; letter of credit transactions; workouts and restructurings; single-currency and multicurrency, domestic and cross-border financings; and loan syndications and participations. Among other industries, Christina’s experience includes transactions in telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, automobile and transportation, water and timber/agribusiness.

After graduating first in her class from Notre Dame Law School, Christina served as a law clerk for the Honorable Paul J. Kelly, Jr. of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and is admitted to practice before that court. She is also admitted to practice law in Georgia, New York and Colorado. In April 2018, Christina was admitted to the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers as a Fellow and in April 2023, was elected to its Board of Regents for a four-year term. She is a former Chair of the Loan Documentation Subcommittee of the Commercial Finance Committee of the ABA’s Business Law Section. Christina has given a number of presentations for clients, at conferences, and within the firm on topics of interest within the commercial finance space.

Ms. Rachel Mara Reid, Eversheds Sutherland

Rachel Reid brings over 20 years of experience advising financial services and technology companies on a wide range of legal and regulatory matters.

Her extensive knowledge includes data privacy and security, artificial intelligence (AI), risk management, operations, corporate governance, complex commercial transactions, technology transactions, and outsourcing.

Rachel leads the firm’s AI practice in the US, where she provides strategic counsel on the deployment and regulation of AI and Generative AI technologies. She has been instrumental in helping clients navigate the complexities of AI, including compliance with emerging regulations and the ethical implications of AI deployment. Rachel has also coauthored several influential articles on AI, such as the recent piece on the importance of research and development recordkeeping for AI inventions.

Mr. Gary W. Marsh, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Gary is a veteran restructuring attorney focused on all aspects of bankruptcy, workouts, debtor and creditor law, and general commercial litigation. He represents debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings and litigation. He also represents court appointed receivers, examiners and trustees. Gary’s practice primarily involves representing financial institutions and servicers in and out of court in enforcing their rights and remedies. He also analyzes and defends against preference and fraudulent conveyance actions, represents buyers of assets out of bankruptcy and represents landlords and other parties who have leases or contracts with debtors. Gary has deep industry experience particularly with health care, energy, and real estate insolvencies. He also acts as a mediator and arbitrator in cases involving any type of dispute.

Ms. Suzanne Grace Soboeiro, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Suzanne represents lenders and borrowers in a variety of domestic and cross-border financing transactions. She represents clients in connection with secured and unsecured credit facilities, asset-based loans, acquisition financing, project financing, mezzanine lending arrangements, debt workouts, and restructuring-related matters.

Suzanne received her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law and received her bachelor’s degree in political  science and religious studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During law school, Suzanne was a Moot Court Member and quarterfinalist in the Leroy R. Hassell Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition. Prior to entering law school, Suzanne served as a polling specialist for a national polling firm, where she assembled national, statewide, and local public opinion surveys.

Mr. Brett Elliot Moskowitz, Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Brett is an entertainment finance attorney with more than a decade of experience advising financial institutions, financiers, and borrowers in complex media transactions. In addition to representing the industry’s most notable agent banks in syndicated financings, he has considerable experience advising other financial institutions and investors in entertainment finance matters, including music catalog finance, record label finance, music fund finance, and television, motion picture, and sports finance.

As a complement to his entertainment practice, Brett also guides clients across a range of other industries in both domestic and cross-border financing transactions. His experience includes syndicated and bilateral credit facilities, asset-based loans, secured and unsecured lending transactions, acquisition financings, investment grade financings, institutional term loans, and cash flow facilities.

*Moskowitz is currently admitted to practice law in Georgia.

Mr. Douglas Scott Gosden, Holland & Knight LLP

Doug Gosden is an Atlanta financial services attorney who focuses his practice on commercial finance transactions with an emphasis on syndicated credit facilities for the communications and healthcare industries.

Mr. Gosden is well-versed in negotiating and documenting secured and unsecured credit facilities, including syndicated loans, Term B loans, single bank loans, asset-based loans, securitizations, dividend recapitalization transactions, acquisition finance transactions, employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) finance transactions, supply side finance transactions and restructuring transactions. He regularly advises lead arrangers in financings for acquisitions of portfolio companies by private equity firms and sponsors. 

In addition, Mr. Gosden is highly experienced in negotiating intercreditor agreements in first-lien and second-lien transactions, as well as advising clients on issues arising in all aspects of secured transactions, including Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) foreclosure proceedings.

Ms. Madeline Lee Prince, Holland & Knight LLP

Madeline Lee Prince is a business attorney in Holland & Knight's Atlanta office and a member of the firm's Financial Services Team. Ms. Prince handles a wide range of financial services matters, including representing financial institutions, business entities and private capital funds in lending and investment transactions.

While in law school, Ms. Prince was a notes and comments editor on the Emory International Law Review. She also completed the school's Transactional Law and Skills Certificate Program, which exposed her to a variety of legal issues that commonly arise in business transactions.

Mr. Scott Edward Gordon Brown, Holland & Knight LLP

Scott E.G. Brown is a business attorney in Holland & Knight's Atlanta office and a member of the firm's Financial Services Team. Mr. Brown focuses his practice on assisting financial institutions and other business entities through a wide array of commercial finance transactions, including syndicated lending facilities, asset-based lending, acquisition financing and real estate financing.

During law school, Mr. Brown served as the vice president of the Business Law Society and was a Fellow with the William & Mary Center for the Study of Law and Markets. Additionally, Mr. Brown was a member of the William & Mary Business Law Review and the school's Transactional Law Team.

Mr. Jonathan Edgar Bush, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP

Jonathan Bush is an experienced commercial finance attorney. He has helped financial institutions and syndicates of lenders structure, negotiate, and close numerous secured loan transactions at every level of complexity. His client-focused, responsive approach ensures that those he represents are best positioned for success.

With deep experience in commercial finance, Jonathan helps banks and other lenders through domestic and cross-border transactions ranging from $10 million to more than $1 billion. His deals range from single-lender to syndicated facilities, and often involve multi-currency loans. Jonathan also advises his clients with respect to receivables purchase and supply chain finance transactions, and, when required, on workouts and restructurings as well.

Jonathan is focused on helping his clients complete their deals on the most commercially favorable terms. His experience and industry knowledge help him to identify options for his clients while meeting the needs of the parties on the other side of each transaction.  Jonathan's diligence and proactive approach help build the trust and confidence necessary to reach agreement on the most complex commercial finance transactions.

Ms. Victoria Lavender Veran Saling, Practice Group Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP

Victoria Saling is a graduate of Emory University’s School of Law and focuses her practice on representing banks and other financial institutions in a variety of lending transactions, including loan syndications and participations, revolving and term loan facilities, secured and unsecured credit facilities, and intercreditor arrangements.


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