This week Charlotte special counsel Eric Worthington and associate Kayla Culver connected with Brian Mulligan, Co-Head of Institutional Financial Sponsors at BciCapital.
He is responsible for the co-management, origination, and execution of structured credit solutions for financial sponsors across fund finance, asset-based finance, and sponsor finance transactions. These include a full suite of alternative credit solutions across the entire capital structure for private equity, private credit, asset managers, ’40 Act funds, CLO managers, REITs, and family offices. Such solutions may include subscription financing, NAV financing, GP & management fee financing, holdco financing, ’40 Act interval fund financing, CLO equity & debt financing, CMBS financing, and other bespoke back-leverage opportunities against private credit and bonds. Based in Miami, Florida, Brian has over fourteen years of banking experience. Prior to joining BciCapital, he was a Director at TD Bank in the REITs and Investment Funds Group, a senior lender in the Structured Finance Group at City National Bank, and a Vice President in Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s Fund Finance Team. Prior to working in fund finance, he worked in corporate and investment banking roles within the power, energy, and infrastructure sectors.
This week Charlotte partner Trent Lindsay and associate Morgan Dennis connect with Michael Sinclair, Executive Vice President & Head of Fund Banking at M&T Bank.
This week we connect with Guillaume Hartog, who heads the Subscription Finance team within BNP Paribas, covering EMEA and the U.S. Prior to that, he was part of the bank’s Leverage Finance team in London.
This week we connect with Kevin Lynch, a partner in the Arthur Cox Finance Group in Dublin. Kevin has extensive experience in banking and finance transactions, with an emphasis on domestic and cross-border finance transactions and financial services. Kevin acts for a wide range of financial institutions, funds (both Irish and non-Irish domiciled), corporates and corporate service providers (including AIFMs and Depositaries), advising on funds lending transactions including subscription call facilities and real estate funds financing. Kevin’s practice also includes asset/property finance, acquisition finance, derivative products and structured finance.
This week we connect with Arnaud Arrecgros, a Finance partner in Maples and Calder (Luxembourg), the Maples Group's law firm in Luxembourg. Arnaud has over 13 years of experience advising on cross-border financing and banking transactions, including fund finance deals in connection with the setting up of bridge and capital commitment facilities, corporate debt facilities, acquisition, asset and real estate financing and restructurings, and securitisations, as well as capital markets matters.
This week we connect with Pramit Sheth, a Managing Director at Kroll Bond Rating Agency, where he manages the Funds group. Pramit has over 13 years of experience in the credit rating industry. Before leading the Funds group, Pramit was a senior analyst in KBRA’s CMBS analytical team, where he led ratings analysis on a wide range of complex real estate transactions and helped refine KBRA’s rating methodologies in that dynamic market.
This week we break with convention and interview our own Holly Loftis in the latest installment in our Player Profile series featuring leaders in the fund finance industry. While we’ve from time to time highlighted our counterparts at law firms elsewhere, we decided it’s high time to add a U.S. lawyer’s perspective to the discussion. Holly is a Counsel in Cadwalader’s Fund Finance practice.
This week we bring you an interview with Signature Bank’s Charles Newcomb. Charles is a Managing Director in the Fund Banking Division at Signature Bank. He is responsible for the origination and structuring of debt products for private equity-style funds across all asset sectors.
This week we connect with Alex Bolton for a sweeping discussion that covers competing in a crowded lending market and the outlook for fund-level asset-backed lending, as well as his observations on deal pricing. Alex is a senior banker in the New York fund finance team of National Australia Bank.