23
May
Panel: Going large-cap and club deals
As the syndicated debt market has pulled back into gear, how are European lenders approaching jumbo deals while seeking to maintain a competitive edge?
- Unitranche deals versus syndicated debt - How are terms and pricing changing for both?
- To what extent have banks made a comeback in Europe, and where will they go from here?
- How is the relationship between large-cap lenders, banks and sponsors changing?
- How the emergence of so-called hybrid debt deals will affect Europe’s direct lending market
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SpeakersMadalena Godinho Ramos Managing Director Blackstone
Natalia Tsitsoura Partner and Head of European Origination Apollo Capital Solutions
Amitayush Bahri Co-Head, European Direct Lending Goldman Sachs
Dan Matthews Head of EMEA Leveraged Finance SMBC
Josh O’Neill Head of Private Capital DEBTWIRE
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Madalena Godinho Ramos is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. She is focused on the origination, analysis and management of investments across the capital structure, with a focus on the European technology sector and the UK region.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Godinho Ramos worked in the Investment Banking division for Morgan Stanley and for McKinsey & Company.
Ms. Godinho Ramos received a BSc in Economics from NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal, and a MSc in Finance from Imperial College, UK.
Natalia Tsitoura is Partner, Credit in the European Private Debt team at Apollo. Prior to joining in 2020, Natalia was Managing Director at Alcentra in London where she was responsible for originating, structuring and underwriting senior and junior financings for companies across Europe for Alcentra’s specialist direct ending and mezzanine team.
Natalia graduated from Loughborough University in Business Studies.
Amit Bahri serves as the co-head of the European Direct Lending platform for Goldman Sachs’ Asset and Wealth Management. The Direct Lending business is the flagship senior loan and mezzanine investing platform within the Private Credit business of Goldman Sachs. Amit joined Goldman Sachs in 2006 within the Investment Banking Division and joined the Private Credit investing business in 2008.
As Head of EMEA Leveraged Finance, Dan is responsible for overseeing SMBC’s leveraged finance and private credit strategies across Europe.
Prior to joining SMBC in 2015, Dan was a Managing Director in GE Capital’s European leveraged finance business and has 25 years of experience lending to private equity owned companies.
Dan graduated from the University of Bristol with a BSc in Economics.