DFT Roundtable

DFT to host filmed roundtable on the importance of lender relationships following drawdown



Next week, Development Finance Today will host its fourth filmed roundtable event in association with Watson Farley & Williams.


The invitation-only roundtable — which is supported by Aldermore and Aurius from Apak, a Sopra Banking Software company — will be held on Monday 30th September at Watson Farley & Williams’ offices at 15 Appold Street, London.

The agenda will feature a discussion on how important lender relationships are in the development finance market following drawdown.

John Carter, commercial director of commercial real estate at Aldermore; and Mark Elliott, business development manager at Aurius; will be joined by Ranjeev Kumar, partner at Watson Farley & Williams.

Also in attendance will be Alice Williams, head of property finance at Pilot Fish; John McNamara, CEO and head of development funding at Focus Commercial; Deme Paliouras, director at Arco Developments; and Joshua McGuinness, development consultant at QDTS Construction.

The roundtable will be chaired by Development Finance Today’s editor Beth Fisher. 

The attendees will also discuss how often lenders, brokers and developers should be communicating with each other after drawdown, why this impacts the release of tranches of funds, and how issues can be detected and mitigated early in the process.

We will also deliberate how technology and other services can provide support during this time.

The 45-minute session will be filmed and published as a 10-minute highlights reel on Development Finance Today in October on our brand new Roundtables page.

Development Finance Today will be continuing its series of filmed roundtable sessions in October 2019 and in February, April, May, September and October 2020.

If you are interested in getting involved with or sponsoring any of these events and would like to suggest topics, please contact Development Finance Today’s editor Beth Fisher at [email protected] or on 0203 818 0165.



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