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SUMMARY:Interactive workshop two: selected finance topics: part one
DESCRIPTION:This interactive workshop session will explore recent trends 
 in finance and the implications for closely held enterprises. \n\n\n	Wha
 t are the key options for companies to finance their growth?\n	Is the di
 vision between equity and debt funding evolving? \n	How can we\, as lawy
 ers\, continue to add value and ensure appropriate legal certainty for o
 ur clients in each of these models? \n	Have the regulators clipped the w
 ings of banks and cryptocurrencies? \n	How is the face of finance changi
 ng? \n\n\nIn the first part of the workshop\, delegates will work in gro
 ups to discuss a topic selected from the following: \n\n\n	Alternate for
 ms of financing I: Fintech\, crowdfunding and lending\, and cryptocurren
 cies – what are the latest developments and the legal implications for c
 losely held enterprises? \n	Alternative forms of financing II: loans wit
 h profit participation\, convertible loans\, options and other hybrid in
 struments – what are the latest terms and structures\, and the legal imp
 lications for closely held enterprises? \n	New players as alternatives t
 o banks: VCs and other non-bank players – what are the terms they want? 
 \n	The rise of the regulator: what does this mean for the lending landsc
 ape? \n	Getting your business bank debt ready – how to act for borrowers
  when seeking bank funding \n	Forms of mezzanine capital and their impli
 cations for closely held businesses \n	Advantages and disadvantages of d
 ebt and equity financing \n	Restructuring (eg\, debt equity swap) and re
 financing – key issues to consider and the traps to avoid \n	Due diligen
 ce and the role of lawyers in various types of financing: opinions and c
 ounsel reports (reliance versus release letters) \n	Personal guarantees 
 versus security \n\n
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