Lenders Seminar & Reception
Hosted by
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Commercial Real Estate CDOs
• An Overview
• The Issuance Process
• Trends in the Market

Thursday, May 3, 2007
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. – Registration and Networking
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. – Seminar
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. – Reception
at
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
575 Madison Avenue • Between 56th and 57th Streets • NYC
Conference Facility, 11th Floor

Members:  Complimentary | Nonmembers:  $50
Lenders and Equity Providers Only, Please!
 

TO REGISTER BY PHONE, please call 212-692-9379.

Dear Colleague,
 
RELA and Katten Muchin Rosenman are pleased to invite you to join us to hear perspectives from industry leaders on the topic of CDOs as we present this latest event in our continuing Lenders Seminar & Reception Series.  Each of our three half-hour presentations will be followed by an open Q&A session.  Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served immediately following the presentation.

Featured Speakers

Robert Cestari • Managing Director • Winthrop Realty Trust
Mr. Cestari joined Winthrop as a Managing Director in November 2005.  At Winthrop, Mr. Cestari is responsible for establishing a debt acquisition and CDO issuance platform.  Prior to joining Winthrop, Mr. Cestari spent two years at Apollo Real Estate Advisors.  At Apollo, he focused primarily on sourcing and underwriting commercial real estate-related debt products for their mezzanine fund as well as for an Apollo-sponsored hedge fund.  Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Cestari was a founding principal with Sinjin Fixed Income Advisors, LLC.  Sinjin Fixed Income Advisors is a real estate and fixed income consulting firm which represented major investment banks as well as institutional clients in the sale and purchase of below-investment-grade bonds, mezzanine and subordinate notes and loans.

Mr. Cestari spent most of his real estate capital markets career at Nomura Securities International, where he ran the CMBS trading desk.  He was directly responsible for the marketing and syndication of all new-issue commercial mortgage-backed securities and the distribution of subordinate bonds.  In addition, he oversaw the secondary trading and hedging of CMBS and was instrumental in developing and distributing new products for Nomura.  Mr. Cestari was responsible for the marketing and trading of new issue securities and secondary CMBS both domestically and in Europe; the desk that Mr. Cestari oversaw was ranked #1 CMBS trading desk by Institutional Investor.  Mr. Cestari attended the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Timothy G. Little • Partner • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Tim Little has practiced real estate law for 20 years and has experience in many different types of real estate transactions, with a focus on real estate finance and capital markets-related real estate transactions.

Mr. Little has represented lenders in acquisition, term, and construction financings, as well as mezzanine loans, senior/subordinate (“A/B”) notes and participations, and multi-tiered intercreditor arrangements.  He has represented agents, lenders, and borrowers in secured and unsecured credit facilities to real estate companies.  He has substantial experience in credit lease transactions, having represented underwriters, equity investors, and lessees in domestic and international transactions involving Rule 144A offerings, private debt placements, and bank financing.  His practice has also included commercial mortgage backed loan origination; domestic and international joint ventures, work-outs, foreclosures, and real estate bankruptcies; sales and acquisitions of all types of real estate assets; development projects; and domestic and international real estate fund offerings.

Mr. Little received a B.S., with highest honors, from Cook College of Rutgers University in 1982 and earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1985.  He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Michael Psyllos • Director • Citigroup Global Markets
Mr. Psyllos is a Director with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in the Global Structured Credit Products group (GSCP), where he specializes in Commercial Real Estate Collateralized Debt Obligations (CRE CDO).  Prior to joining GSCP, Mr. Psyllos was a Vice President in Citigroup’s Global Loans Portfolio Management group, covering global REITs, REOCs, and Homebuilders.  Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Psyllos served as an asset manager with Hines Interests LP, an international real estate developer.  He also served as an attorney with various New York law firms, specializing in real estate and finance.
Mr. Psyllos received his B.B.A. from Hofstra University in Public Accounting.  He has an M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from New York University, where he was a Stern Scholar, and a J.D. from the Fuchsberg School of Law.  Mr. Psyllos is a member of the American and New York State Bar Associations.
 
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RELA Members Attend Free of Charge • Nonmembers Admitted at $50


TO REGISTER BY PHONE, please call 212-692-9379.