Commercial Paper, Euro CP, and Asset-Backed CP

During this session, Mayer Brown Partners Jerry Marlatt, Neil Hamilton, Peter Pears, and Ian Rasmussen, Managing Director of North America Structured Finance at Fitch Ratings, discuss various trends contributing to increased interest in commercial paper (CP) financing, as well as regulatory and legal issues. Topics include:

• An introduction to CP and market developments;
• SEC money market reform;
• Securities law exemptions relevant to CP, including Rule 3(a)(3) versus Rule 4(a)(2), sales process and related considerations, Rule 15c2-11 and CP, and Regulation M and CP;
• Collateralized CP and asset-backed CP (ABCP) and structuring issues;
• The rise of sustainable commercial paper;
• Basel Endgame considerations for ABCP programs; and
• Repo issues and security interest issues.

United States
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. CST
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. MST
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. PST

Europe
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. GMT
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CET

CLE credit is pending.

For additional information, please contact Caitlin Kaplan at ckaplan@mayerbrown.com.