Katten will present "Navigating the Future of Private Credit Funds: Structuring, Product Development and Regulatory Trends" at 1:30 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, October 10. The comprehensive program will focus on the evolving landscape of private credit funds while exploring the intricacies of fund structuring, the latest innovations in product development and the impact of regulatory trends. Katten attorneys will be joined by esteemed industry leaders for what promises to be a valuable and insightful series of panel discussions. Panels and the topics to be covered include:

Structuring 102

• Various fund structures pivotal in today's market
• Core business terms
• Tax considerations that drive structuring
• Liquidation of the underlying portfolio

Product Development and Innovation

• Differences in fund structures
• Latest tax, structuring and related developments in key regions outside the United States
• Rated feeder funds and their role in optimizing investment strategies

Regulatory Trends and Credit Transactions

• Regulatory updates affecting investors
• Notable litigation
• Examination of recent SEC rule proposals
• Secondary trading activity
• Considerations for fund leverage

The esteemed group of panelists includes Ingrid Kiefer, partner and chief business development officer at SLR Capital Partners; Hussain Abbas, managing director of capital solutions at CBBIP; Donna Yip, managing director with Antares Capital's Asset Management team; Philip Bartow, the head of specialty finance and FinTech lending & portfolio manager at Sound Point; and Malvika Gupta, the deputy chief compliance officer and senior regulatory counsel at Antares Capital.

Panels will be moderated by Katten attorneys including Lance Zinman, partner and global chair of Katten's Financial Markets and Funds practice, and Allison Yacker, partner and co-chair of the Investment Management and Funds practice. Additional Katten attorneys participating in the panel discussions include Jill Darrow, Transactional Tax Planning partner; Amanda Segal, Financial Markets and Funds partner; Shana Ramirez, Private Credit partner; Chris Hennion, Financial Markets and Funds partner; Daniel Lewin, Transactional Tax Planning partner; Vlad Bulkin, Regulated Funds partner; and Howard Schickler, partner and co-chair of the Structured Finance and Securitization practice.