Corporate finance continues to grow in Latin America, as the region’s companies look to fuel growth, expand market share, and finance trade with the rest of the world. But globally, the pendulum is swinging the other way, with ever-tighter lending requirements, short cash flow, and fiercer regulation. How do companies operating in Latin America, and their law firms, navigate this narrowing range of opportunities?

Latin Lawyer’s Corporate Finance Conference will help guide lawyers from law firms and the in-house community, as well as regulators and those from the business community interested in a detailed analysis of the issues, through this situation. Topics will include the growth in insolvency filings and how to get the best deal; tactics in secured lending; regulation of capital markets and securities; the growth in local markets – and more. Join us in São Paulo, the financial capital of Latin America, for insight into the key trends in the field in 2012.

Chaired by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Chaired by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Samuel Aguirre, FTI Consulting

Carlos Aiza, Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, SC

Marco Alarcon, Estudio Echecopar

Richard Aldrich, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Claudia Barrero, prietocarrizosa

Roberto Belchior, Goldman Sachs do Brasil

Fabíola Cavalcanti, BM&A Advogados

Antonio Felix de Araujo Cintra, TozziniFreire Advogados

Richard Cooper, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Daniela Sampaio Doria, Rabobank

Robert Ellison, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Javier Errecondo, Errecondo, Salaverri, Dellatorre, González & Burgio Abogados

Thomas Felsberg, Felsberg e Asociados

Juan Giraldez, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Nick Grabar, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Fernando de la Hoz, White & Case LLP

Jacobo Kiriaty, CAF

Carolina Lacerda, UBS

Carlos Barbosa Mello, Lefosse Advogados

Celso Cintra Mori, Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Paulo Padis, Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch Advogados

Pablo Perezalonso, Ritch Mueller

Diego Peschiera, Rodrigo Elias & Medrano Abogados

Roberta Pimentel, Pinheiro Guimarães - Advogados

Mariana Posse, Posse Herrera & Ruiz Abogados

José Eduardo Carneiro Queiroz,Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados

Rafael Robles Miaja, Robles Miaja Abogados and Secretary of the Board of the Mexican Bolsa

Luiz Gustavo Perrotti Rossato, Magnesita

Alejandro Sainz, Cervantes Sainz Abogados

Marina Schneider, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados

Diego Serrano Redonnet, Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz (h)

Sandy Severino, BTG Pactual

Tobias Stirnberg, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

Clovis Torres, Vale

Henrique Vergara, Bovespa

Waide Warner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Nei Zelmanovits, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

8.30am: Registration and breakfast

9.00am: Restructuring

• Growth in insolvencies in the global economic context
• Options and challenges under the region’s insolvency laws
• Strategies for debtors and creditors

Moderator: Richard Cooper, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, US
Thomas Felsberg, Felsberg e Asociados, Brazil
Samuel Aguirre, FTI Consulting
Javier Errecondo, Errecondo, Salaverri, Dellatorre, González & Burgio, Argentina
Alejandro Sainz, Cervantes Sainz Abogados, Mexico
Waide Warner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, US

10.00am: Coffee

10.30am: Secured lending

• The varied forms of secured lending throughout Latin America
• Export finance – when and how to use
• Secured lending and project finance – where to draw the line

Moderator: Tobias Stirnberg, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, US
Carlos Aiza, Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico
Antonio Felix de Araujo Cintra, TozziniFreire Advogados, Brazil
Diego Peschiera, Rodrigo Elias & Medrano Abogados, Peru

11.15am: Development financing

• Perspectives of the lenders
• Development banks and multilaterals – differing roles
• Structures to use in development financed-deals

Moderator: Fernando de la Hoz, White & Case LLP, US
Paulo Padis, Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch Advogados, Brazil
Marco Alarcon, Estudio Echecopar, Peru
Clovis Torres, Vale, Brazil
Jacobo Kiriaty, CAF

12.00pm: Coffee

12.15pm: Financial covenants

• The state of play in high yield covenants
• Practices in bank lending documentation
• The impact of the increase in investment grade issues

Moderator: Robert Ellison, Shearman & Sterling LLP, US
Juan Giraldez, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, US
Roberta Pimentel, Pinheiro Guimarães – Advogados, Brazil
Daniela Sampaio Doria, Rabobank, Brazil
Sandy Severino, BTG Pactual, Brazil
Luiz Gustavo Perrotti Rossato, Magnesita, Brazil

1.00pm: Lunch

2.30pm: Derivatives regulation

• How is the world of derivatives regulation changing?
• Will these changes affect your business?
• How do regulatory frameworks in Latin America compare with what is being implemented in the United States and Europe?

Moderator: Nick Grabar, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, US
Roberto Belchior, Goldman Sachs do Brasil
Nei Zelmanovits, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados, Brazil
Diego Serrano, Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz (h), Argentina
Marina Schneider, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados, Brazil

3.30pm: Coffee

4.00pm: Local markets/exchanges

• What are your local securities regulators focusing on these days?
• Hot button disclosure topics
• Development of local markets and regional cooperation

Moderator: José Eduardo Carneiro Queiroz, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados, Brazil
Henrique Vergara, Bovespa, Brazil
Rafael Robles Miaja, Robles Miaja Abogados and Secretary of the Board of the Mexican Bolsa
Mariana Posse, Posse Herrera & Ruiz Abogados, Colombia
Carolina Lacerda, UBS, Brazil
Fabíola Cavalcanti, BM&A Advogados, Brazil

4.45pm: Capital markets: insider trading

• Recent trends in the enforcement of insider trading rules
• The role of the SEC and global enforcer cooperation
• How hedge and other private funds are affected
• The use of corporate trading policies

Moderator: Richard Aldrich, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, US
Claudia Barrero, prietocarrizosa, Colombia
Alberto Bragança, Xavier Bragança Advogados, Brazil
Celso Cintra Mori, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Brazil
Pablo Perezalonso, Ritch Mueller, Mexico

5.30pm: Close

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