Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance demonstrates Structured Finance industry leadership as a Patron Sponsor of the ABS East Conference

Clifford Chance today announced that it is a Patron Sponsor of the 2017 ABS East Conference, continuing the Firm's strong record of leadership in the Structured Finance industry. Now in its 23^rd year, the conference will take place at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, Florida on September 17-19, 2017. For more than a decade, the Firm has consistently taken a prominent role in this annual conference with a combination of sponsorships and elite attorney participation.

This year, conference organizers expect a delegation of more than 4,000 prominent industry players, including investors and issuers. The conference will focus on timely topics, such as the global regulatory outlook; the ABS, RMBS and CLO markets, as well as marketplace lending; and the impact of the current political climate on the industry.

Also in attendance will be members of Clifford Chance's renowned US Structured Finance team, with three partners participating on key panels as follows:

• Will Cejudo – Credit Risk Transfer Programs: The Latest and Greatest
  Cejudo focuses on the tax aspects of structured finance transactions, including distressed asset funds, mortgage and asset-backed securitizations, and the taxation of investment vehicles, including REMICs, REITs and offshore funds.
• Steven Kolyer – CRE CLOs
  Kolyer has played a lead role in the development of numerous securitization products dating back to the origins of that market, both in the US and offshore. These include first-time structures for commercial and residential mortgages, corporate loans, various types of CLOs/CDOs and other structured credit products and debt funds.
  
• Robert Villani – Key CLO Sectors on Watch: An Overview
  Villani has been involved in traditional and novel asset-backed and mortgaged-backed offerings, as well as in offerings of structured credit products, investment funds and other financial instruments, many of which were among the first of their type.

Clifford Chance's US Structured Finance team is a market leader in corporate loan CLOs, CRE CLOs, RMBS and related capital-raising and financing products. With more than 25 experts specializing in structured finance, securitization and structured funds, the team is at the forefront of today’s evolving securitization markets. The US team is fully integrated with the Firm's award-winning global Securitization and Structured Debt practice, spanning the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.