Join us on February 21 in person at the Saint-James Club of Montreal or via Live Webinar to hear Marco Rodrigues, Partner at Gowling WLG and banking lawyer discuss details of commercial credit agreements. He will provide an overview of the below topics:

• The anatomy of a credit agreement;

• Specific areas of importance for treasury (within a credit agreement);

• Myths/misconceptions about compliance and certificates of compliance;

• Effects of non-compliance for an organization and the risks;

• What is a certificate of conformity;

• What is a fault event;

• The characterization of defaults and events of default and consequences of default;

• Aspects of a credit agreement;

• Tips for treasury professionals.

Marco P. Rodrigues is a Partner in Gowling WLG’s Montreal office and a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions & Services Group.

Marco advises clients on a wide variety of unsecured and secured financing transactions, both domestic and cross-border, across the credit spectrum. He regularly acts for Canadian, American, and offshore financial institutions, corporations of all sizes and sectors, sponsors, and pension funds. Marco focuses his practice on bilateral and syndicated lending, acquisition finance, leveraged finance, asset-based lending, supply-chain finance, real estate finance, project finance, and restructuring. From 2008 to 2014, Marco was based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he practiced at a Magic Circle law firm and headed the local banking and finance team at a large US-based law firm. These experiences allowed Marco to oversee cross-border matters efficiently and provide thoughtful insight from a comparative lens.

Prior to joining Gowling WLG, Marco spent over four years at SNC-Lavalin, where he led the global finance/treasury legal function. In this role, Marco was able to witness firsthand the inner workings of a large corporation and gain a deeper understanding of borrowers’ needs, key drivers, and expectations. It also gave him the opportunity to interface directly on a regular basis with senior banking and pension fund executives on numerous strategic matters, thus giving him greater insight into their preoccupations and goals. Marco is fluent in French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

The dinner conference will take place in English according to our new rates:

• Free for members

• $80 for à la carte members

• $125 for non-members

• Virtual, $40 for non-members only

This event is approved for up to 1.2 CTP/CCM recertification credits by the Association for Financial Professionals.