Basl — whose moniker was brought to our attention by a very exited loans banker — leads the banking and finance practice group from law firm Baker & McKenzie’s Prague office. The first Basel Accord came in 1988, meaning that Basl was named before the Swiss committee became both the scourge and saviour (depending which side your bread is buttered) of the banking industry.
Destiny, ladies and gentlemen. Right here in the loan market. Who’d have thought it?
Another loans banker that Loan Ranger encountered last week was also clearly only going to end up in banking, judging by the rather leisurely conversation we had last week.
When asked what was keeping him busy, said banker declared: “I spent an hour and a half with my steak sandwich at lunch, and have had three seven minute coffee breaks. In between I’ve watched 27.5 overs of the Test Match, so that’s 48.6% of my day not thinking about loans.”
A fan of food, cricket and numbers — the only three requisites to work in the City of London. If only he had some loans to work on to put those skills to work...
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