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Growth in Latin America Prompts First Latin American Legal Forum on Equipment Leasing

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 11 PRNewswire — The Latin American leasing industry is growing rapidly, prompting The Alta Group Professional Development Division to add new Latin American conferences to its schedule. Alta today announced plans to hold the First Latin American Legal Forum on Equipment Leasing, which is slated for Aug. 21-22, 2008 at the Marriot Biscayne Bay Hotel in Miami, Florida.

"The leasing business has been growing very fast in Latin America, which makes legal issues more and more relevant," says Rafael Castillo-Triana, managing principal of Alta's Latin American Region (LAR). "The industry expanded 47 percent in 2006 alone, according to our annual Alta LAR 100 report, and the 2007 data we are reviewing now also looks impressive."

The upcoming forum was created for legal practitioners in the Latin American equipment leasing and financing industry, including in-house counsel, law firms, and government officers throughout the region. It will be conducted entirely in Spanish, without simultaneous translation, due to its audience and the interactive nature of many sessions, Castillo-Triana says.

The forum will include sessions on the legal aspects of: international accounting rules such as FASB 13 and IAS-17; taxation practices, including value-added taxes and income taxes; Basil II on the development of leasing businesses; effective lessors' and creditors' rights; financial leases verses operating leases; syndicated leases; cross-border leases; the development of legal frameworks for leasing, such as UNIDROIT's model law; and other topics.

For more information, please visit http://www.thealtaconferencias.com. There is a discount for paid registrations received by July 15.

Later this year, Alta is planning a new conference in Costa Rica. Its annual Latin American Leasing Conference will also return this fall.

About The Alta Group

The Alta Group is a global consultancy serving equipment leasing and finance companies, investment professionals, manufacturers, banks and government organizations. Founded in 1992, The Alta Group supports clients in North America; Latin America; Western, Central and Eastern Europe; Australia; and China. For more information, please visit http://www.thealtagroup.com.

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