Commercial loan financing - An overview of different products 2025

Explore the dynamic world of commercial loan financing with this informative course. In today's competitive business and legal landscape, understanding the diverse array of commercial loan products is essential for lawyers, financial professionals and anyone involved in the world of finance.

This course provides a basic examination of various commercial loan options and products through engaging lectures and case studies.

When and where?

22 to 23 October 2025, 14:00 to 16:00 SAST

This course will be held remotely, most likely on Zoom.

Course outline

The course will introduce participants to the following:

• Different types of loans i.e. term, revolving, bridging or multicurrency Loans
• Senior v mezzanine loans
• Investment grade v speculative grade loans
• Agri-finance
• Asset finance
• Islamic finance
• Project finance
• Property finance
• Structured trade and commodity finance
• Transport finance

Who will benefit from this course?

This course is aimed at junior attorneys, paralegals and corporate employees who work in the commercial or banking space and would like to gain a basic understanding of the different types of commercial loans. Anyone who is interested in a career in banking and corporate finance would also benefit from this course.

Presenter

Tanaka Mparutsa is a PhD Candidate in Commercial Law at the University of Cape Town. Her research interests are predominantly in the areas of contract law, public procurement law, company law, corporate governance and corporate compliance. Ms Mparutsa obtained the degrees LLB (University of Fort Hare), LLM in Commercial Law (University of Cape Town), LLM in International Commercial Law and Practice (University of Edinburgh in Scotland). Through her two LLMs she attained expertise in, inter alia, Advanced Contract Law in South Africa, Contract Law in Europe, Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance, Regional and International Corporate Governance, and Competition Law in Europe. She also practiced predominantly in the areas of government contracts, public procurement law and commercial law in general at Clark Laing Incorporated.

How much?

R1,980 per person

Certificate

A digital certificate of attendance from UCT will be issued to those who attend the full course.

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