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Loan Participations for Community Banks: Risks and Rewards - Webinar

Loan Participations for Community Banks: Risks and Rewards - Webinar

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Center for Financial Training
Webinar - Live and Recorded Options Available

Loan Participations for Community Banks: Risks and Rewards

Friday, September 13, 2019
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Eastern Time)

 

CFT Webinars are purely educational. Instructors are not permitted to sell any products or services during the presentation.

Program Content:

This program covers the risks and rewards of loan participations to both the lead bank and the purchasing bank. Attendees will gain a thorough understanding of Participation Agreements.

A participant's checklist for a well-drafted Participation Agreement will be reviewed, and administration of the participated loan will be discussed.

What You Will Learn:

  • Advantages of a participation to the lead bank and participant bank
  • Risks to the participant
    • Lack of information
    • Lack of involvement in negotiations
    • Dependency upon lead
    • Waivers
    • Financial instability/insolvency of lead
    • Set-off by borrower
    • Asset-Based Lending
    • Failure to perfect
    • Conflicts of interest
  • Due diligence by the participant and access to information
  • Disclosure of participation to borrower
  • Concentrations and other regulatory aspects of participations
  • Loan agreement provisions related to participations
  • Duties owed by lead to participant
  • Rights to loan collateral and guaranties
  • Loan administration issues
    • Loan payments and other functions
    • Consent to amendments
    • Restrictions on transfer
    • Loan purchase options
    • Reimbursement and indemnification obligations
    • Subparticipations
    • Set-off by participant
    • Understanding the participation agreement
    • The participant's checklist
    • The participation in workout

Who Should Attend?:

CRE lenders, commercial lenders; credit analysts, loan review specialists, special assets officers, lending managers and credit officers. Support personnel involved in the administration of loan participations are also encouraged to attend. Please forward email to appropriate person(s).

Instructor:

Robin Russell has practiced law for 30 years and is licensed in Texas, New York and Massachusetts. She is a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and of the American Law Institute. She combines a depth of experience in bankruptcy restructuring and litigation with financial transactions. She has represented corporate debtors, independent directors, liquidating trustees, bondholders, unsecured creditors' committees, bank groups, private equity funds, landlords, trade creditors and bidders for estate assets in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings. She has also represented banks, institutional lenders and corporate borrowers in commercial loan transactions and debt restructurings.

Robin is the principal author of Thomson Reuters’ Texas Practice Guides for both Creditors’ Rights and Financial Transactions and the Texas Bankers Association’s Texas Secured Lending Guide, Texas Problem Loan Guide, Texas Real Estate Lending Guide and Texas Account Documentation Guide. She is a frequent speaker on banking, bankruptcy and financial restructuring related topics and has served as a Chapter 7 Trustee. Robin received her LL.M. in Banking Law from Boston University and her J.D. from Baylor University where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Baylor Law Review and the highest ranking graduate in her class. She clerked for the Texas Supreme Court before beginning her legal career.

What Is A Webinar?:

A webinar combines the clarity of an audio teleconference with the interactivity and visual presentation of the internet. All you need to participate is a telephone and an internet connection. Even if you don't have an internet connection, you can still participate in the audio session. Listening to the program over the telephone and following the written materials is an effective alternative!

Unable To Attend?:

No problem. You can purchase a recording of the webinar for future use. You can choose from either an On-Demand Web Link (Good for 6 months from the webinar date, unlimited use) or a CD-ROM (includes a paper copy of the PowerPoint slides).

Viewing Options (all options include applicable handouts):

All options include applicable handouts. You can choose to pay by credit card or be billed. Additional Live Webinar connections are $75 each.

Option 1: Live Webinar and 7 Days OnDemand Video Playback - $265

Option 2: OnDemand Video (six months access) - $295

Option 3: Live and 6 Months of OnDemand Video - $365

Option 4: CD-ROM Video (Includes OnDemand Video) - $345

Option 5: Entire Package (all of the above) - $395

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Recommended for 2.5 CE Credit Hours. Each attendee will receive a Certificate of Attendance for self-reporting of CE Credits.

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Questions?

Please contact Scott Briggs at
800-795-5242 X1180 or scott@cfteducation.org

 

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