For 15 years, AFME’s European Leveraged Finance Conference (formerly known as the High Yield Conference) has brought together the leading names in European high yield and loan markets to network and debate. We are pleased to announce that this year we have extended our program to include more discussions of matters related to leveraged loans, to reflect the increasing interaction between the European high-yield bond and leveraged loan markets. In addition to panels and session directly related to high-yield, this year’s programme includes sessions on key topics such as Sustainable Finance/ ESG financing, developments related to NPLs, and what’s in the pipeline for CLOs. The conference also provides the opportunity to hear about relevant regulatory developments that may be on the horizon.Registration fees:• AFME member: £149 + VAT• Non-member: £299 + VATIf you require assistance with registration or for any queries related to bookings, please email: [email protected]Multi-booking discount:• 10% off when booking 3 or more delegates at the same time• 20% off when booking 5 or more delegates at the same timeComplimentary subject to verification:• Investor: promo code INVESTOR• Regulator: promo code REGULATOR• Press: promo code PRESSNote: Promo codes are case sensitiveFor Press Registrations: please refer to AFME Press PolicyHow can your business be a part of AFME’s 12th Annual Spanish Capital Markets Virtual Conference?As a partner you could:Engage with 250+ European attendees across two days of high value content, videos, live Q&AsInteractive with polls, surveys and more from your office or homeParticipate in panels on key industry topicsSponsor hub and feature multiple pieces of content to ensure your brand and messaging is reaching the right audienceGain visibility via our social media channels, website and bespoke promotional marketing to our database of 22,000 industry professionalsNetwork and connect with attendees via live-chatPackages can be tailor-made to suit your company's aim and aspirations. To discuss particular opportunities, please contact Cheryl Chickowski at [email protected] or on +44 (0)20 3828 2704.
Allen & Overy is one of the world’s leading international legal practices. Our full-service capabilities are delivered by approximately 5,500 people, including some 550 partners across 44 offices in 31 countries. A&O’s high yield practice is one of the pre-eminent practices in Europe and has been involved in the European high yield market since its inception. Our High Yield team advises on complex and high profile transactions and have led many of the deals that have shaped and continue to influence the direction of the market. The team was shortlisted for High Yield Team of the Year 2020 by IFLR Europe. Our High Yield practice is fully integrated with our market-leading practices in Banking, Leveraged Finance, European Debt Capital Markets and Restructuring, which makes us one of few firms with the ability to cover all aspects of the capital structure. For further information, please visit our website: www.allenovery.com
Covenant Review is the global authority on bond and loan covenants. We demystify complex covenants, proactively alert the market to loopholes and off-market covenant provisions, and provide actionable event-driven research. With us by your side, you will better understand covenant risks in this changing landscape and how to harness the legalese to serve your business. Our highly experienced senior lawyers scour bond and loan covenants for potential pitfalls to assist our buy side clients in understanding the implications of the language. Our breadth of coverage gives us unparalleled expertise to advise our law firm and sell side clients on which terms are likely to clear the market, and which terms might come at a cost. Using our event-driven research helps our clients go beyond the obvious: understand complex covenant language, assess likely risks, and the potential impact on creditors.
Vast quantities of valuable data required to manage risk, inform decision-making, achieve compliance and improve processes are siloed in lengthy and complicated documents. Eigen’s NLP platform is used by those working in structured finance to automate manual and time-consuming efforts to extract business-critical data from their documents. Eigen is easy to implement and scale across your business and can be fully customised using plugins and APIs. Deployment options include cloud or on your premises. Clients include G-SIB and national banks, credit funds, asset managers, insurers, law firms and management consultancies.
Ashurst is a leading international law firm with more than 1,800 lawyers, spanning 28 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.
As one of the leading firms for cross-border transactions, we provide strategic advice on deals involving the world’s largest financial institutions and multinational companies. From deal inception to business integration, we help clients to bridge the gap between aspiration and achievement. With one of the world’s largest capital markets practices, our team of over 400 lawyers in over 40 countries provide practical, commercially-focused advice to issuers, investment banks and selling shareholders on equity, debt and public M&A transactions, with the vast majority of our work involving cross-border and multi-jurisdictional listings. Baker McKenzie is one of a select group of firms that has the specialist knowledge and integrated US and English law capital markets capability required to advise clients on European and emerging markets high yield debt offerings. Our offering is designed to be truly full service by supporting our clients over all bases of the complex cross-border high yield markets in which we operate, including corporate issuances, acquisition finance, complex bank/bond leveraged finance, emerging markets, direct lending/alternative capital and restructurings.
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.
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.
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.
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 with efficient service is proving extremely attractive for a growing number of high yield issuers, including globally recognisable companies. In total, TISE is home to more than 3,000 listed securities with a total market value of more than £350 billion.
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. By offering competitive listing solutions on its platform “Vienna MTF”, VSX has become an attractive European debt listing venue for a growing number of international issuers. Broadly recognised as the major hub between Western and Central-Eastern Europe, VSX has become a truly international player, featuring debt issuers from 30 different countries. The Vienna listing team has more than 75 years of experience in helping clients with their listing needs even in complex transactions.
Our award-winning capital markets team is independently recognised as having a leading presence in all of the major financial centres globally. Our fully integrated network covers the full spectrum of securities products including debt, equity, high yield, structured finance and derivatives. Our experience ranges from simple capital-raising to intricate, cross border financing strategies for acquisitions, reorganizations or restructurings, to regulatory matters in key markets throughout the world. Our client base includes all of the leading global investment banks, FTSE listed corporates, sovereigns and funds (both PE and distressed). No other law firm has the strength and depth of coverage in both the United States and Europe.
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.
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) is the gateway to access international investors. With more than 37,000 listed securities, including 32,000 debt instruments, from 2,000 issuers in 100 countries, LuxSE is one of the world’s leading exchanges for the listing of international, financial securities and offers a unique and integrated service offering covering listing, trading and information services.
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Group Chief Economist and Global Head of CIB Research, UniCredit
Head of NPL Coverage, Debtwire
Sustainability Manager, Primary Capital Markets, BNP Paribas
Director, Education Committee, FIIN and CEO, CreditSpectrum Corp
Global ESG/Sustainability Partner and Head of High Yield, Ashurst
Senior Manager, Listings, The International Stock Exchange (TISE)
Head of Relationship Management, Business Development, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Head of Private Equity, Loan and CLO Business Development, EMEA, S&P Global Ratings
Senior Portfolio Manager/Analyst, Global and European Leveraged Finance, AXA Investment Managers
Director, Portfolio Manager, European Credit, BlackRock
TV Presenter, Reporter and Journalist
Managing Director, Co-Head Leveraged Finance Capital Markets, EMEA, Goldman Sachs
Chair, High Yield Board, AFME
Founder and Managing Director, Tougher Minds® and MePower-TeamPower® Coaching Programme
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Eigen Technologies
Managing Director, Head of High Yield and Leveraged Finance, EMEA, Fitch Ratings
Junior Portfolio Manager, TwentyFour Asset Management
Head of Regulatory Banking, KPMG
Head of Sustainable Bonds, EMEA, HSBC
Partner, Latham & Watkins
Managing Director, High Yield and ECM, AFME
Partner, Cuatrecasas
Head of European Research, Covenant Review
Managing Director, Head of High Yield Syndicate, Credit Agricole CIB
Partner, White & Case
Managing Director, Head of Leveraged Finance Capital Markets, EMEA, Bank of America
Managing Director - Head of European Credit, Alcentra
Partner, Allen & Overy
Economist, Author and Broadcaster, The Telegraph
Managing Director, Co-Head of EMEA Leveraged Finance Capital Markets, Credit Suisse
Managing Director, Head of Acquisition Finance and Co-Head of Leveraged Finance Capital Markets, EMEA, Morgan Stanley
Director, Debt Listings, Vienna Stock Exchange (Wiener Börse)
Head of Debt, International Primary Markets, Euronext
Partner, Clifford Chance
Counsel, Ashurst
Partner, Business Finance & Restructuring, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Managing Director, Loan Market Association (LMA)
Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Head of Product Portfolio, Eigen Technologies
Portfolio Manager Global Credit Strategies, Muzinich & Co.
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Debitos
UK Head of Capital Markets and Structured Investments, DLA Piper
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs