PwC Business Breakfast - Loan Portfolio Management: Sale of Non-performing Loans

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November 27, 2008

Another PwC Business Breakfast was held on 27 November 2008 at the Hyatt hotel. It focused on how to handle non-performing loans (NPL) and provide an opportunity to discuss the important issues surrounding this topic. In particular, the event provided insight on approaches to resolving distressed loans, transaction rationale and strategy, key elements and issues of NPL transactions and provide practical examples of recent NPL deals. PwC Executive Business Breakfast has brought together a forum of representatives from major Ukrainian and foreign banks.

Given the current market conditions and their impact on loan portfolios the PwC team of restructuring, tax and legal services experts covered the key issues relating to NPLs, including:

  • the current status of loan portfolios in the Ukrainian lending market;
  • both the rational and associated transaction process surrounding the sale of NPLs;
  • key learnings from PricewaterhouseCoopers experience in handling NPL deals in CEE; and
  • tax and legal issues associated with NPL transactions.

PwC aimed at making the breakfast informative and beneficial for participants and their business operations while enjoying the opportunity to network with companies in the same industry and related fields.

The following specialists from PricewaterhouseCoopers discussed the topics with the attendees:

Sergei Bazoev, Partner, Performance Improvement Consulting
Janusz Sekowski, Director, Business Restructuring Services
Olena Polyakova, Attorney
Vadim Belik, Tax Manager, Financial Services

If you would like to view the presentations from the breakfast, please click the links below:

Non-Performing Loan Sales Transactions (in English)
Tax Aspects of Recovering Distressed Debt by Financial Institutions (in Russian)
Ukrainian Lending Market (in Russian)
Legal Aspects of Loan Portfolios Sales Transactions (in Russian)

For further information on upcoming PwC business breakfasts covering key focus points for managing your business in a market downturn, please visit www.pwc.com/ua or contact Mr. James Eisenhardt, PwC Ukraine Marketing & Communications Leader, at james.eisenhardt@ua.pwc.com or +380 44 490 6777.