Is Spain the Next Market Opportunity for Investors?

On February 3, 2012, the Spanish Government issued a Royal Decree-Law to address market concerns over the valuation of real estate assets to which credit institutions have large exposures through loans and repossessed assets. The law provides for the "clean up" of bank balance sheets by increased provisioning combined with a required capital buffer on impaired assets. These measures will certainly force Spanish banks to sell part of their assets within 2012 (at least those with a higher market value than book value) and many banks are already in discussion with foreign investors.

Just a month earlier, on January 1, 2012, Spain’s insolvency regime was modified in order to promote the restructuring of companies in distress and reduce the numbers of companies going into liquidation.

Please join Mayer Brown on March 29, when Rafael Bazán, a partner with Ramón y Cajal Abogados, our alliance firm in Spain, will discuss the Royal Decree-Law and the impact of the changes to the insolvency regime. Rafael will be joined by Paul Forrester of our Chicago office who will offer a US perspective on the opportunities for US funds looking for potential European investments.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Europe
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. CEST
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. BST

United States
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EDT
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. CDT
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. MDT
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. PDT

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For additional information, please contact Madeleine Moulton at mmoulton@mayerbrown.com or +1 212 506 2331.

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