Lloyds Banking Group has a significant presence at OTC with representatives from its corporate-markets, commercial and acquisition-finance divisions.
The bank’s line-up includes Pat Reilly, Graham Blair and Stuart Brown.
Mr Reilly and Mr Blair are area directors responsible for the group’s corporate-markets and commercial teams in Aberdeen and north Scotland respectively while Mr Brown is corporate-finance director for the corporate team.
Mr Reilly said: “OTC is the single biggest opportunity for the global offshore community to share ideas and discuss the future together. We will be supporting customers throughout the event and will also be hoping to identify new opportunities for the bank to support the growth of the sector.”
Mr Blair said: “We have a number of customers attending or exhibiting. As we are now more than ever seen as strategic advisers to our clients it is important that we play our part in discussions on how to help the north-east’s economic recovery.
“SMEs and new businesses are at the heart of that process and we very much plan to encourage enterprise and provide good businesses with access to finance.”
Mr Brown said: “Corporate activity in the industry is strengthening and we look forward to discussing with clients, existing and new, how we can support them with their strategic aims. Funding is once again available for stable companies with strong growth opportunities.”
Meanwhile Jimmy Williamson, the bank’s head of acquisition finance for Scotland, is attending alongside director Rory McPherson to offer leveraged finance for private-equity investors and businesses considering management buyouts and leveraged-finance transactions.
He said: “The oil and gas sector is increasingly important to the private equity industry which we support.
“In the past three years, oil and gas transactions have represented over 80% of private-equity deals by value done in Scotland.
“It is crucial that we continue to integrate into the industry at an ever deeper level, getting to know management teams and identifying industry growth trends at an early point.
“Lloyds Banking Group has continued to demonstrate its support for the industry during challenging times.
“In the past 12 months alone we’ve backed high-profile private-equity-backed buyouts in the sector, including Nautronix, Viking Moorings and Wood Mackenzie.
“We will be meeting industry specialist private-equity investors and also looking for fast growing businesses and management teams which may be of interest to new investors.”
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