Description

The hospitality sector is quickly arising from the Covid-19 pandemic with greater arrivals and bookings, but are asset values also recovering and is capital readily available for the sector?  In this panel discussion we will look at what role mezzanine lenders bring in place of traditional lenders, whether the sector is ready for alternative forms of financing (e.g. real estate backed tokenization), and whether traditional commercial bank financing will return as the preferred source of finance for hospitality projects in Thailand.  Join legal, hospitality, and financial sector experts who will examine the current state of financing for Thailand's hospitality sector and how key challenges are being addressed through existing and new financial models. 

About the speakers
 
Paul Volodarsky, Senior Legal Adviser & Deputy Head of Regional Real Estate & Construction, DFDL
Paul is a senior associate and co-head of DFDL's regional real estate practice. He has advised individual buyers, developers, and investment groups on real estate investment in Vietnam and Thailand with a focus on logistics, industrial, and hospitality markets throughout Southeast Asia. 
 
Peerasanti Somritutai, Partner and Head of Real Estate Practice, Kudun & Partners 
Peerasanti is a partner and head of the real estate practice of Kudun & Partners. He has substantial experience in corporate, mergers and acquisitions matters, including the acquisition and disposal of equity interests in listed companies, non-recourse and limited-recourse project financing, real estate, hotel and resort financing and development, as well as energy and infrastructure projects.
 
Tapanan Rattananate, Director & Head of Product & Institutional Coverage, ALLY Global
Tapanan Rattananate (Dew) is an experienced finance professional with a demonstrated history of working in the Banking & Product Development. He is skilled in Fund raising, Project finance, Relationship management, Business analysis, and Security analysis. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) focused in Accounting and Finance from Kellogg School of Management.

Jacob Samuel, Managing Director, Ares SSG Group
Jacob Samuel is a Managing Director in the Ares SSG Group. Prior to joining Ares in 2020, Jacob was an Executive Director at SSG Group, where he focused on analyzing, structuring and executing distressed, non-performing loans and special situation investments across Asia. Previously, he was a Vice President at Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong, where he focused on the structuring and execution of high yield and leveraged finance loans in the Asia-Pacific region. He holds a B.E. from the Birla Institute of Technology in Computer Science and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.