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Black Swans and Fallen Angels: Global Credit Markets and Credit Risk Analysis post-COVID-19

Webinar | June.10.2020 | 12pm - 1pm (Eastern Standard Time)

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Please join us for a conversation with international bankruptcy expert and NYU Stern Professor Emeritus Edward Altman, creator of the Altman Z-score, and Gabriele Sabato, co-founder and CEO of Wiserfunding and former Head of Risk Appetite Portfolio Decisioning at RBS.

Credit markets started showing signs of weakness toward the end of 2019. The black swan of COVID-19 then brought a 10+ year growth cycle to a screeching halt – and is rapidly exposing cracks in the system. Will credit ratings hold up or will the pandemic produce a flock of fallen angels? How long will the recession last? Our guests will address these and other questions during this 1-hour webinar. In addition, you will get a sneak peek at Wiserfunding’s proprietary technology that helps lenders, investors and other market participants assess corporate credit risk and reduce the cost of new customer acquisition.

Panelists:

Ed Altman
Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, Emeritus, NYU Stern and Co-Founder & Board Chairman
Wiserfunding

Gabriele Sabato
Co-Founder & CEO
Wiserfunding

Raniero D’Aversa
Partner, Restructuring Practice Group Leader
Orrick

Moderator

Justin Cooper Partner, Public Finance, Housing Finance

San Francisco; Sacramento

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Practice:

Finance Sector
Public Finance
Housing Finance
Revenue Bond Financing

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Justin Cooper Partner

San Francisco; Sacramento

Justin's practice is focused primarily in the following areas:

affordable multifamily rental housing (local and state housing agencies);
lending, including leveraged lending, with public agency borrowers;
short- and long-term working capital financings;
public higher education;
transportation;
single-family housing;
workouts and restructurings; and
cannabis industry financing opportunities.

Justin is on the Board of Directors of the California Housing Consortium and is a past Chairman of the Bond Buyer's California Public Finance Conference. He speaks frequently at conferences and other industry events.

Justin is known in the affordable housing community in particular for being a solution-oriented lawyer who understands the business fundamentals of affordable housing and real estate finance as well as being fully versed in the applicable laws and regulations. He frequently collaborates with developers and other participants in the development of new financial structures and products designed to lower overall financing costs for housing providers and thereby increase both the supply and quality of available affordable housing.