Opportunities in Private Lending for the Private Equity Market with CalALTs
Join us for our next Private Equity Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting, where our panelists will discuss " Opportunities in Private Lending for the Private Equity Market" . Panelists will cover the growth in demand for private lending over the past decade, the benefits of private lending from both the borrower (advisors and GPs) and lending perspectives, different lending structures, and how the current economic challenges have and will have an impact on private lending moving forward.
Register here: https://www.calalts.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1472445
Panelists include:
Jeremy Hill, Founder & Managing Director, JB Capital
As the Founder and Managing Director of the JB Capital Group of Companies, Mr. Hill is responsible for the overall strategic direction and leadership of the firm. His role contributes to the development and execution of our strategic and corporate goals, which includes oversight of relationships with capital partners and the evaluation and consummation of new investments. Jeremy was the President of several firms focusing on investment strategies and structured finance in the United States prior to founding JB Capital. Providing nearly $500 Million in capital to privately held businesses, he has recognized acuity for creating innovative strategies to complex situations and a proven track record of creative collaboration. He has shared his expertise as a guest on CNBC, earned multiple awards, served as a trusted advisor to growth companies and created a name for himself as a visionary entrepreneur with a highly trained eye for opportunity.
Matthew Kerfoot, Partner, Dechert LLP
Matthew K. Kerfoot is a partner in Dechert’s global finance practice. Mr. Kerfoot focuses his practice on fund finance, synthetic finance and other complex financial transactions and structured products. Mr. Kerfoot advises both lenders and borrowers on subscription facilities, NAV facilities, hybrids, private equity LP financing platforms, SPV/ABL facilities, structured repurchase agreements, TRS financings and other types of fund finance and structured transactions. Mr. Kerfoot has advised Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, UBS, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Apollo, Ares, StepStone and GSO, among other global financial institutions. Mr. Kerfoot is also the Chair of PLI’s Fund Finance Conference. He has written numerous articles on fund finance and investment leverage and is a contributing author to Fund Finance, Third Edition, published by Global Legal Group. Mr. Kerfoot is often cited as an authority on finance and related matters in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg and various other publications. Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Kerfoot was a senior banker at HSBC, where he structured and marketed committed and uncommitted financing solutions to investment manager clients.
Jeff Topor, Director, Cliffwater, LLC
Jeff is a Director of Cliffwater LLC and a member of our credit research team. Prior to joining Cliffwater in 2013, Jeff was part of a team of consultants at Endowance Solutions where he identified and implemented Business Intelligence reporting tools for large enterprises. He earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California with majors in Finance and International Business, and a minor in Spanish.
