Women in Fund Finance Event

Stay in the Loop: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity

Name: Stay in the Loop: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity
Start: 2025-09-30T16:45:00Z
End: 2025-09-30T19:30:00Z

September 30, 2025

4:45 PM - 7:30 PM CT

Chicago

About

This isn’t just another market update — it’s where strategy, capital, and perspective meet.

Women in Fund Finance Chicago presents our annual "Stay in the Loop" program -- Stay in the Loop: Turning Uncertainty Into Opportunity. Join us at Mayer Brown for a focused evening on navigating today’s complex market landscape. We will start with a macroeconomic update and industry insights, then dive into expert-led roundtables exploring strategies for managing risk, unlocking value, and staying agile in uncertain times.

What to Expect

🔹 Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

🔹 Location: Mayer Brown, 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago

🔹 Time: 4:45 – 5:15 PM: Registration

5:15 – 6:00 PM: Panel

6:00 – 7:00PM: Roundtables

7:00 – 7:30PM: Reception

Light bites and cocktails will be served. Space is limited!

This is a free event, with registration open on a first-come, first-served basis. We may need to limit attendance per firm to ensure broad participation across our sponsor organizations.

Speakers

Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown, the founding sponsor of the Annual Subscription Facility and Fund Finance Symposium, is a global legal services organization advising clients across the Americas, Asia and Europe. Our presence in the world’s leading markets enables us to offer clients access to local market knowledge combined with global reach. Mayer Brown’s finance platform is based on the Firm’s global position and our balanced and integrated practice, which encompasses all the focused skill sets that our clients demand— from cross-border acquisition finance and international capital markets work to project finance, structured finance, and derivatives.

Mayer Brown is a market leader and has acted as Adviser to Lenders and Funds on over 500 subscription credit facilities in the last two years. The firm has relationships with every major US lender along with the majority of active lenders in the European and Asian markets. The team has led transactions funded by balance sheet lenders and commercial paper conduits as well as large syndicated facilities to accommodate various types of insurance companies. Its lawyers are experienced documenting the full suite of fund and portfolio-level financings including subscription-backed credit facilities, NAV facilities, private placements, equity commitment facilities, hybrid facilities, open-end fund facilities, management fee credit lines and an assortment of leveraged asset level transactions.

Lincoln International

We are trusted investment banking advisors to business owners and senior executives of leading private equity firms and their portfolio companies and to public and privately held companies around the world. Our services include mergers and acquisitions advisory, private funds and capital markets advisory, and valuations and fairness opinions. As one tightly integrated team of more than 1,000 professionals in more than 25 offices in 16 countries, we offer an unobstructed perspective on the global private capital markets, backed by superb execution and a deep commitment to client success. With extensive industry knowledge and relationships, timely market intelligence and strategic insights, we forge deep, productive client relationships that endure for decades. Connect with us to learn more at www.lincolninternational.com.

Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley is an elite global law firm powered by lawyers who practice at the highest level of the profession. Backed by 158 years of experience, we deliver superior service to a high-caliber group of market-leading clients worldwide, while placing a premium on collaboration and diversity. Our firm boasts a roster of 2,300 lawyers who wield deep experience in transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters spanning over 50 legal disciplines and industries.

Our fund finance practice is a team of highly skilled and dedicated practitioners at the forefront of the rapidly expanding fund finance market. With vast experience in all types of fund financing products we build and maintain deep relationships with fund, borrower, and lender side clients. We have experience with every major investment fund strategy and asset class, including many esoteric asset classes, and we represent our clients in all aspects of the structuring, negotiation, administration, restructuring, and termination of fund finance transactions. With 21 offices situated in major commercial and financial capitals around the world, our lawyers possess the cultural awareness and legal acumen needed to advise clients in today’s global economy.

We are nationally recognized by several industry publications, including:

Tier 1 national ranking in Banking and Finance Law

U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” (2010 – 2024)

Consistently recognized as a leading firm for Banking and Finance

Chambers USA (2007 – 2024)

Stay in the Loop: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity

About

This isn’t just another market update — it’s where strategy, capital, and perspective meet.

What to Expect

Speakers

Smitha Balasubramanian

Anne Gron

Sponsors