2009 Financial Law Academy

7-11 September 2009, Tunis, Tunisia

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About the course

The 2009 Financial Law Academy, in association with the Joint African Institute, is an informative, practical and highly interactive programme that covers a wide range of legal and financial subjects such as PPP & project finance, environmental law and international lending. Focusing on key legal issues and contractual frameworks governing international financial transactions, including, but not limited to mining finance, infrastructure finance, Islamic finance in PPP, warranties and indemnities in environmental law and pre-contractual terms in syndicated loans. The Financial Law Academy will be a beneficial forum for participants seeking to navigate their ways through legal complexities that arise from international transactions. During the duration of the course consisting of both lectures and workshop sessions - delegates will be provided with the opportunity to actively participate in documentation exercises designed to enhance their problem solving abilities.

Who should attend?

• Lawyers In Banks & Financial Institutions
• Governments & International Organisations
• Senior Banking Executives
• Corporate Treasurers
• Lawyers In Multinational Corporations
• Project Finance Managers
• PFI Partnering Boards
• Structured Finance Managers
• Directors of Energy Firms
• Organisations Involved in Environmental Policies

Please note places are limited; to avoid disappointment early registration is recommended.

Faculty:

Martin McCann
Martin is the Global Head of Infrastructure and Commodities at Norton Rose LLP and an expert in the project finance field. He has extensive experience of advising on PPP projects in almost every infrastructure sub-sector and has acted on high profile transactions in both the domestic and international markets.

Martin is considered a leader in his field by all the leading texts including the Chambers Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers. He has been one of the most active lawyers in the PPP market, closing more than 40 infrastructure finance transactions. He has a reputation for acting on challenging projects, whether in terms of complexity, innovation or country of origin, as well as delivering commercial solutions to the satisfaction of all sides.

Martin also has one of the most active mining finance practices in the City. On the borrower side he led the project finance team advising the project company on the award winning Lumwana Copper Mine Project in Zambia (Mining Deal of the Year 2007), advised project company Talvivaara on the project financing of its nickel mine in Finland (nominated for its aggressive time to reach financial close) and advised project company Kamoto on the first project financing into the DRC. On the lender side his experience includes advising on the Çaldað Nickel Laterite Mine in Turkey and the Dukwe Copper Project in Botswana

Andrew Buisson
Andrew Buisson is a senior associate at Norton Rose LLP London office. Andrew has over nine years experience of working on infrastructure and construction/engineering projecs. He has advised authorities, contractors and lenders on a wide range of international and domestic PPP projects. He is currently acting on several high profile PPP transactions including the Dublin Metro North Project, the St Petersburg Nadex Light Rail Project and the Kent Building Schools for the Future Project.

Andrew is highly respected for his work on all non-contentious matters in the infrastructure and construction/engineering sectors, and has particular experience in concession agreements, EPC contracts and O&M contracts. He also has experience of contentious matters in this area and has previously advised on large construction disputes and PPP dispute avoidance issues.

Andrew has a MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College, London.

Andrew Wisemaní
Andrew leads the Stephenson Harwood Environment team. He specialises in environmental law, advising on all aspects of contaminated land, waste management, environmental insurance and other environmental matters. He has extensive experience of advising local authorities, charities, UK and international businesses on worldwide environmental issues and regulations.

Andrew is immediate past chairman of the UK Environmental Law Association, Convenor of UKELA’s Contaminated Land Working Party and a member of Environmental Protection UK’s Land Quality Committee. He has written for various publications and he regularly lectures on a wide range of environmental issues. He is on the editorial board of Environmental Law and Management published by Lawtext, is a former editor of Garner’s Encyclopaedia of Environmental Law and Butterworth’s Environmental Law Bulletin.

Andrew has been appointed by the Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs to sit on the Advisory Council of the Export Credits Guarantee Department, His, also a Director and Trustee of Environmental Protection UK and also is Chairman of the London Borough of Islington’s Climate Change Fund Advisory Panel.

He won praise from clients for his “impressive knowledge of contaminated land law and ability to understand the technical issues involved as well as political pressures.” “ (Chambers UK, A Client’s Guide to the Legal Profession 2008)

“…Andrew Wiseman [is] regarded as “without question a leader on contaminated land.” He is also admired for his ability to “explain issues to Council members and officers in a calm and clear fashion.” (Chambers UK 2007)p

Graham Penn
Graham Penn is a partner in Sidley Austin 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 crossborder securitisations and together they form one of the largest dedicated securitisation practices in the world.

He has primarily worked on cross border asset transactions in the securitisation space since its inception in the UK in the 1980s. He has also worked on a number of emerging markets transactions, including those involving assets situate in a number of African countries. His most recent experience includes residential and 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 including a number of African countries.