World-over, lease transactions provide an efficient alternative for asset acquisition. Properly structured lease transactions may provide tax efficient, and quite often, off balance sheet funding means. Flexibility and effective collateral rights make leasing one of the prime methods of asset-backed funding. In growing economies, the potential for leasing is immense. Operating leases are a new phenomenon and leasing is finding a resurrection in form of operating leases. This apart, there is a sure spurt in the volume of leases in recent periods.

Past leasing volumes during recessionary periods Indicate that leasing is antirecessionary. During periods of economic volatility, entities may turn fragile, but assets serve to be of value. This is what makes asset-backed funding and leasing particularly relevant.

While both financial and operating leases have become worth-considering, this workshop will focus on the distinctive advantages of operating leases. There are several regulations, standards and rules that define and affect the structure of operating leases. In addition, the structuring of operating leases, management of residual asset risk, requires both intensive knowledge as well as skill set.

This intensive workshop will provide participants with a thorough understanding of lease transactions from accounting definitions to asset risk management, tax, legal issues, and accounting treatment. Lease transactions pricing and structuring will be covered in depth to ensure delegates translate all theoretical and practical concepts into readily applicable techniques.

ABOUT THE TRAINER

Vinod Kothari

Founder and Managing director

Vinod Kothari Consultants P Ltd.

Vinod Kothari, widely acclaimed as the ‘guru’ of leasing industry, has gained international acceptability as author, educator and consultant on leasing and assetbacked financing. As a trainer, Vinod regularly lectures in several countries on leasing, hire-purchase and asset financing products besides securitisation, credit derivatives and derivatives accounting. Over the past 13 years, he has trained more than 3000 executives at all levels. Vinod is the author of the ‘Lease Financing and Hire-purchase’ book and articles published in the Asset Finance and Leasing Digest UK, Monitor USA, the Equipment Financing Journal and others. He has been recently delivering training in New York, Washington, London, Sydney, Milan, Frankfurt, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Kuwait, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Colombia, Zambia, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Egypt and Jordan. Vinod is also the Director of the Association of Leasing and Financial Services Cos., a body comprised of over 500 top leasing organisations; and Executive Director of the Asian Securitization Forum.