For 14 years, AFME’s European High Yield Conference has brought together the leading names in European high yield and loan markets to network and debate. This year the programme will feature in-depth analysis of crucial issues, discussions concerning opportunity and challenges facing the European high yield industry. Registration fees:AFME member: £599 + VATnon-member: £999 + VATMulti-booking discountsave 10% when you book 3 or more delegate passes at the same timesave 20% when you book 5 or more delegate passes at the same timeComplimentary subject to verification:Investor: promo code INVESTORRegulator: promo code REGULATORPress: promo code PRESS
Covenant Review analyses bond and loan documentation and supplies timely research on exchange offers, LBOs, and other actionable events. Its product suite facilitates reduced risk exposure, alpha generation, and cost savings, and is used by institutional investors worldwide to provide perspectives on creditors’ rights through the eyes of experienced lawyers.
We have a long history for being thought leaders and innovators in the capital markets, from advising on the first ever Eurobond launched in 1963, to more recently working with Nivaura on the world’s first fully automated cryptocurrency-denominated bond issuance that was cleared, settled and registered on a public blockchain. We have developers, business analysts, project managers and STEM graduates imbedded within the team working alongside our legal experts to deliver what our clients need across the capital markets, be it for supporting regulatory change in the derivatives market, or developing innovative finance structures for bonds, CLOs, securitisations or other financial products.
Shearman & Sterling has advised many of the world's leading corporations and financial institutions, governments and governmental organisations for more than 140 years. We are committed to providing legal advice that is insightful and valuable to our clients. This has resulted in ground-breaking transactions in all major regions of the world. Our Capital Markets and Leveraged Finance lawyers have participated in some of the largest, most high-profile, innovative and complex cross border offerings and financings in Europe over the last 40 years. Considered product and industry specialists, our legal advice is focused on helping our clients achieve their business goals. We advise issuers, underwriters and sponsors on inaugural and repeat high yield issuances, English and New York law governed leveraged bank and bond financings, initial public offerings, investment grade offerings, Yankee bonds, capital increases, privatisations and restructurings. We are highly ranked in all of the major legal directories and league tables and have a diverse client base that includes investment banks, corporates and private equity groups ranging across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the US. Our Capital Markets and Leveraged Finance lawyers work closely with Shearman & Sterling lawyers from other disciplines (Private Equity, M&A, Regulatory, Antitrust and Competition, Tax, Litigation and Restructuring and Bankruptcy), meaning we build you a team depending on your business needs.
Driven to deliver exceptional results for our clients, we push boundaries and challenge assumptions. That’s been core to our ethos since our founding in 1866. Our clients are market leaders, global innovators and paradigm-shifting entrepreneurs that advance emerging industries. Surrounding ourselves by the best inspires and challenges us to constantly reimagine what’s possible. We are proud to be known for the exceptional quality of our people and the strength of our leading US and UK practices also provides us with a unique ability to handle the most complex and demanding transatlantic mandates for our clients.
Ashurst is a leading international law firm with more than 1,600 lawyers, spanning 27 offices in 16 countries. Ashurst's global footprint and world-class capabilities enables us to offer integrated multi-jurisdictional solutions to match our clients' business goals across Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Australia and North America. With our technical expertise, local knowledge and international network, we deliver a seamless "one-stop-shop" experience. Our global presence also allows us to stay attuned to the latest financing technology, deal techniques and market dynamics, and we apply this insight to develop innovative solutions for our clients. Our award-winning High Yield team of New York-qualified lawyers works closely with our leveraged finance, debt capital markets, restructuring and private equity teams to provide sophisticated funding solutions for our investment banking, private equity and corporate clients.
BBVA is a customer-centric global financial services group founded in 1857. The Group has a strong leadership position in the Spanish market, is the largest financial institution in Mexico, it has leading franchises in South America and the Sunbelt Region of the United States; and it is also the leading shareholder in Garanti, Turkey’s biggest bank for market capitalization. Its diversified business is focused on high-growth markets and it relies on technology as a key sustainable competitive advantage. Corporate responsibility is at the core of its business model. BBVA operates with the highest integrity, a long-term vision and applies the best practices.
UniCredit is and will remain a simple successful pan-European commercial bank, with a fully plugged in Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB), delivering a unique Western, Central and Eastern European network to our extensive client franchise. UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking serves 1,500 multinational corporates and key financial institutions and supports the group’s corporate banking units in delivering services to 600,000 corporate and public sector clients. We also deliver investment solutions for UniCredit’s retail and private banking clients. Through sustainable business growth, we ensure UniCredit remains a pan-European winner.
We believe a Private Bank should help you create more wealth. We do this by taking a holistic view of your financial world to help you achieve your version of success. Our solutions are designed to meet the needs of individuals earning £300,000 and above per annum, with a typical net worth in excess of £3 million. Our Private Bankers collaborate with Investec’s network of specialists, from financial planners to mortgage and lending specialists and foreign exchange dealers, so that they can truly offer you a bespoke and flexible experience.
Founded in 1771, Vienna Stock Exchange (“VSX”) is one of the more established independent exchanges in Europe. VSX offers a compelling service range of a fully-fledged listing and cash market infrastructure provider at the highest quality level. Featuring its MTF listing platform “Vienna MTF”, VSX has become an attractive European debt listing venue for a growing number of international issuers. Investors, issuers and advisers value the “Vienna MTF”, as it delivers what it was designed for: providing a fast, straight forward and cost efficient listing solution for debt securities. Broadly recognised as the major hub between Western and Central-Eastern Europe in the 2000’s, VSX has become a truly international player, featuring debt issuers from 30 different countries. The Vienna debt listing team has more than 75 years of experience in helping clients with their listing needs even in complex transactions.
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) is the gateway to access international investors. With more than 35,000 listed securities, including 29,000 bonds, from 3,000 issuers in 100 countries, LuxSE is one of the world’s leading exchanges for the listing of international securities and offers a unique and integrated service offering covering listing, trading and information services. In 2016, LuxSE launched the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) and became the first exchange in the world to operate a platform dedicated entirely to sustainable financial securities. LGX has become a meeting place for impact-conscious issuers and investors, and now has a 50% market share of listed green, social and sustainability bonds worldwide. LuxSE also operates a specialist subsidiary, Fundsquare, which provides services to support and standardise cross-border distribution of investment funds. For more information, visit www.bourse.lu
Agency and Trust (a business line within Citi Institutional Client Group) is a leading provider of corporate trust services offering a full range of agency, fiduciary, tender and exchange, loans agency and custody, and depositary and escrow services in both established and emerging markets. Agency and Trust administers in excess of USD 4 trillion in fixed income and equity investments on behalf of 2,600 clients worldwide. Citi, the leading global financial services company, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
The International Stock Exchange (TISE) provides a responsive and innovative listing and trading facility for international companies, such as issuers of high yield bonds. TISE offers a convenient and cost-effective regulated marketplace from within the European time zone but outside the EU. Our proportionate regime is proving extremely attractive for a growing number of high yield issuers, including globally recognisable companies. In total, TISE is home to more than 2,800 listed securities with a total market value of more than £300 billion. www.tisegroup.com
Clifford Chance is one of the world's pre-eminent law firms, with significant depth and range of resources across five continents. Our High Yield practice regularly advises on high-profile, complex, first-of-a-kind, challenging and multi-faceted transactions, evidenced by our impressive track record of simultaneously delivering across multiple practice areas in connection with multi-layered transactions and fast-paced executions. A major strength of our High Yield team is that it is fully integrated with our wider banking and corporate/PE practices, providing it with an unrivalled platform across the globe. We have a strong presence in all major high yield centres – Europe, US and Asia.
A leading international law firm with 16 offices around the world, Cleary Gottlieb has been successful in developing the high yield market due to our long-standing presence in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Our firm has been at the forefront of the high yield market at each stage of development in Europe and the United States, and we can offer a combination of local and U.S. expertise in key European markets. We have recognized expertise in assisting debut issuers and have significant experience in emerging markets. Our firm works as an integrated seamless practice providing top tier legal advice on the full life cycle of a company.
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 30 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by consistently delivering quality and value to our clients, through practical and innovative legal solutions. We have one of the largest international finance practices and give our clients full-service support - including at all stages of high yield/leveraged finance transactions and throughout bond lifecycles, worldwide.
White & Case is a truly global law firm, uniquely positioned to help our clients achieve their ambitions in today's G20 world. As a pioneering international law firm, our cross-border experience and diverse team of local, US and English-qualified lawyers consistently deliver results for our clients. We work with some of the world's most respected and well-established banks and businesses, as well as start-up visionaries, governments and state-owned entities. Our long history as a global firm means we are uniquely placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they are.
9fin uses artificial intelligence to automatically extract key information from bond & loan documentation. By making data easy to search, filter and analyse, 9fin helps fixed income professionals make better decisions. The company’s predictive analytics help forecast key capital markets events with a high degree of accuracy (100% record in 2018); these include defaults, ratings changes, refinancing & recapitalisation transactions. In 2019, 9fin's analytics, real-time news and comprehensive financial data has: - Helped Banks & Law firms win new mandates - Allowed Funds to spot trading opportunities / credit risk - Enabled Sponsors to extract maximum value from their portfolio
Deutsche Bank is a market leading provider of trustee and agency services to the capital markets, with a focus on conventional and structured debt, project finance and specialised services, such as business escrows and document custody. Our offering also includes exchange and restructuring services, syndicated loan agency and the establishment, management and ongoing administration of special purpose vehicles and asset holding companies. With over 100 years experience and offices around the world providing corporate trust services, we remain committed to innovation and continue to invest in market-leading technology and resources. Deutsche Bank provides commercial and investment banking, retail banking, transaction banking and asset and wealth management products and services to corporations, governments, institutional investors, small and medium-sized businesses, and private individuals. Deutsche Bank is Germany’s leading bank, with a strong position in Europe and a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific.
At Cognitive Credit, we bring together experts in technology and finance to create scalable solutions custom-designed for institutional credit investors. Our innovative, data-driven software combines modern productivity tools with analytical features that enable more efficient and precise corporate credit analysis. For us, data integrity is paramount. Our proprietary data extraction pipeline is fast, accurate, and guarantees transparency. We design with the full investment team in mind to support cross-team collaboration and on-the-go connectivity. By joining the most accurate fundamental data in the market with real-time updates and a suite of advanced analytics, we empower our clients to be as productive and insightful as possible.
Our global corporate trust team offers expert guidance and flexible solutions to private and public companies, government and tax-exempt entities, and financial institutions. This team and our fund services and custody teams compose our Investment Services division, which in total, holds more than $6.6 trillion in assets under custody and administration. We operate a network of more than 4,500 employees in more than 100 offices across the U.S. and Europe to fully support your unique local, national and international needs. Grounded on the highest ethical standards, we partner with you to provide reliable and responsive corporate trust, custody and fund services tailored to our diverse client base. For more information about our comprehensive investment services offerings, visit us at usbank.com/investmentservices.
H4 | Documents.Just Smarter. H4 is a digital platform transforming the documentation that underpins global financial markets and legal contracts - specifically high yield offering documents. H4 disrupts decades old technology and changes the way documents are both created and analyzed.
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