Bobbi Acord Noland and Dan Ennis to Speak at the Secured Finance Network’s Emerging Leaders Summit 2026

Bobbi Acord Noland will serve as moderator for the keynote presentation, where she will interview Seth Benefield, Head of Asset-Based Finance at Bank of America Business Capital, at the Secured Finance Network’s Emerging Leaders Summit 2026 on Wednesday, April 15. This interactive session will focus on, among other topics, how emerging leaders can help transform the secured finance industry in partnership with senior leaders.

Dan Ennis will speak on the panel “Liability Management Exercises: Keys to Avoiding Legal Landmines for ABL Lenders,” on Wednesday, April 15. The panel will examine the most common LME structures, including dropdowns, up tiers, and other priming transactions, and how they have played out in recent market deals and litigation; discuss key lender risk areas, evolving court treatment of sacred rights and ‘effect of’ language; and review the practical protections lenders should be negotiating in credit agreements.

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