The 8th Annual US Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP will serve as sponsor at the 8th Annual US Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum on May 29–30, 2007 at the Grand Hyatt in New York. Partner Timothy G. Little will serve on the panel "Exploring Structured Finance, Mezzanine Funds & Real Estate CDOS" on May 30 at 2:30 p.m. for session C. The discussion panel will cover topics, including:

• Why amortization needs to come back into the market
• Leverage vs. maintaining control rights
• Structuring reserves for debt service/re-tenanting costs
• B-Notes vs. mezzanine debt: Which is better?
• Preferred equity as an asset in a CDO
• What structural issues are involved in mezzanine deals?
• Who are the lenders? Who are the borrowers? Who are the investors?
• Evaluating inter-creditor agreements
• Preferred equity: When is it preferred? Common preferred equity structures
• Investing in mezzanine vs. equity
• Real estate CDO?
• Why Use a CDO?
• What are the risks?
• What are the returns?
• What are the associated legal and tax issues?
• Property derivatives
• Synthetic CDOs