International Securitisation

26th - 27th June 2008
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Standard Delegate fee: £1400

This two day training course, organised in association with leading international law firm Sidley Austin (UK) LLP, will aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of the key legal and documentation complexities of international securitisations. It will focus on recent developments in both the European and African asset-backed securitisation markets in terms of the assets that have been securitised; the jurisdictions in which those assets are situated and the different securitisation structures that have been used.

Sidley Austin (UK) LLP is one of the worlds largest full service law firms, with more than 1,600 lawyers practicing on three continents, the firm provides a broad range of integrated services to meet the needs of both large and small businesses as well as governments, institutions, associations, foundations, professional firms and individuals. The Firm's securitisation group served as legal counsel on a number of securitisation deals in 2005 that were recognized as 'deals of the year' by leading financial publications on three continents. They advise originators, arrangers, insurance companies, trustees and on the leading securitisation rating agencies.

Who should attend?

• In-House Lawyers in Banks and Financial Institutions
• Lawyers
• Accountants
• Bankers In Corporate Finance, Structured Finance and Asset Securitisation
• Corporate Treasurers
• Chief Financial Officers
• Finance Directors
• Investors

Course Director:

Graham Penn

Graham Penn is a partner in Sidley Austin (UK) LLP International Securitisation Group in London. He advises originators and arrangers of securitisation transactions and also one of the leading securitisation rating agencies. The London International Finance Group works closely with the firm's structured finance and securitisation groups in New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo on cross-border securitisations and together they form one of the largest dedicated securitisation practices in the world. He has worked in the securitisation market since its inception in the UK in the 1980s, primarily on cross-border transactions involving assets in a variety of jurisdictions. He has also worked on a number of emerging markets transactions, including future-flow securitisations. His most recent experience includes commercial mortgages, portfolios of public houses, shadow toll road revenues, CDO transactions, trade receivables, subprime mortgages and intellectual property rights. He is a Visiting Professor of Banking Law at University College, University of London. He has authored and co-authored a number of leading textbooks in the fields of banking law and banking regulation. He is a regular speaker at securitisation conferences throughout the world.

Guest speaker

Atiq S. Anjarwalla is a partner at Anjarwalla & Khanna having worked with City of London law firms for over 6 years. Anjarwalla & Khanna is a member of Africa Legal Network with offices in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda and Burundi. Atiq’s practice focuses on banking, project finance, capital markets and general company and commercial matters. Atiq has expertise in mortgage and asset securitisation and other off-balance sheet financing structures including working on these transactions in England .In this regard, he has advised both arrangers and trustees. He has acted on a number of substantial project finance transactions in East Africa and advised on large commodity trading houses on structuring various commodity finance facilities. Atiq has also been involved in negotiating loan facility and security documents in many cases for cross border transactions. His experience also encompasses drafting and negotiating single bank and syndicated loan agreements and multiple option facilities and taking security in connection with lending transactions. Atiq is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a member of the Law Society of Kenya and of England and Wales.

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