In these turbulent economic times, hone your skills to ensure that the courts will enforce your credit agreements. This focused program will address the essential issues and consideration for the credit agreement, including the particular issues related to taking security over intellectual property, securities and other such assets with specific requirements. You will be alerted to common mistakes and pitfalls in security documents and registration. Further, this program will give you tools to assist your clients when faced with a defaulting debtor in assessing a lender’s security package and taking steps to enforce security.

Focus: This focused program will alert you to the common mistakes and pitfalls in security documents and registration as well as provide you with the tools to assist your clients when faced with a defaulting debtor in assessing a lender’s security package and taking steps to enforce security.

Highlights will include:
• Negotiating and drafting the credit agreement
• Common mistakes in drafting and perfecting security
• Unique challenges in taking security over particular types of assets, including intellectual property, securities, and other such assets with specific requirements
• Identifying defects and fixing them
• Process on enforcement when default has occurred

  Webcast Available

9:00 am Introductory Remarks

9:05 am Back to Basics: Negotiating and Drafting the Credit Agreement
• Issues and key considerations in negotiating and drafting the credit agreement
Gus Karantzoulis, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

9:40 am Common Mistakes in Drafting and Perfecting Security
• Ten common mistakes in security documents
• Registration problems
Jennifer Searle, McLean & Kerr LLP

10:10 am Unique Challenges in Taking Security Over Particular Types of Assets
• Issues unique to taking security over intellectual property, securities, and other assets with specific requirements
• Typical security registrations and documents
Helgi Maki, Bennett Jones LLP

10:40 am Break

11:00 am Portfolio Review: Identifying Defects and Fixing Them
• How to approach a request to review a lender’s security package
• Options and strategies to take to address defects
• The scope of the security review: what does it involve?
• Addressing defects
Virginie Gauthier, Ogilvy Renault LLP

11:30 am Default Has Occurred: Getting the Process Started on Enforcement
• Analyzing the security package
• Initial enforcement steps and correspondence
• The demand letter and notice requirements
• Considering enforcement options
Craig A. Mills, Miller Thomson LLP

12:00 pm Program Concludes