BNP Paribas

Leader in banking and financial services in Europe, BNP Paribas operates in 64 countries and has nearly 178,000 employees, including more than 144,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Türkiye, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.

Dechert LLP

Dechert is a trusted advisor to some of the largest asset managers in the collateralized loan obligation (CLO) space, advising clients on their most complex strategies. Dechert is a true “buy-side” law firm focused on representing asset managers in the areas most relevant to their rapidly evolving business needs. We serve a diverse global client base including some of the most prolific CLO underwriters (major investment and commercial banks) and largest asset managers and equity investors.

We recognize many of our client’s needs are inextricably linked, requiring both legal and business insights to achieve results. Dechert’s global platform includes a multidisciplinary team with a broad array of expertise for asset managers and specialty finance companies pursuing credit platforms. As outside counsel, we deliver a complete range of services ranging from formation, operation and compliance of CLO platforms to securitization transactions and risk retention capital formation strategies.

Our top-ranked securitization, investment adviser and fund lawyers also have earned us a leading market position in the representation of issuers, placement agents, collateral managers and equity investors in CLO transactions, including middle-market balance sheet CLOs and broadly syndicated arbitrage CLOs in the United States and Europe.

Dechert is not only one of the most active law firms in the CLO market, but also one of the most distinguished, having received “best law firm” recognition from legal and industry publications including Global Capital, Creditflux, Chambers and Partners, and The Legal 500.

DLA Piper

DLA Piper is one of the largest global law firms with lawyers located in more than 40 countries/90 offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific including Japan positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients.

We achieve this through practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed. We deliver consistent services across our platform of practices and sectors in all matters we undertake.

Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, Fortune 500 and the Tokyo Stock Exchange listed enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies. They include more than half of the Fortune 250 and nearly half of the FTSE 350 or their subsidiaries. We also advise governments and public sector bodies. 

J.P.Morgan

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader in banking, payments, markets and securities services. Start-ups, companies, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries worldwide. With $35.7 trillion of assets under custody and $1.03 trillion in deposits, the Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk, offers payment solutions, safeguards assets and extends liquidity in global markets.

Jefferies

Jefferies  Group LLC is the largest independent, global, full-service investment banking  firm headquartered in the U.S. Focused on serving clients for nearly 60 years,  Jefferies is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to  investors, companies and governments. Our firm provides a full range of  investment banking, advisory, sales and trading, research and wealth management  services across all products in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies Group  LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF),  a diversified financial services company.

Kirkland

With a global platform of approximately 4,000 lawyers in 22 cities across the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Kirkland & Ellis provides elite legal advice and a relentless commitment to client service. Kirkland is a market-leader in each of its core practice areas including private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions; investment fund formation and alternative asset management; restructurings; high-stakes commercial and intellectual property litigation; and government, regulatory and internal investigations.

Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown is a distinctively global law firm, uniquely positioned to advise the world’s leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex deals.

Our market-leading Projects & Infrastructure team brings together the collective resources of our transactional practice groups across our international firm to advise clients on all types of infrastructure transactions—from project development and finance through the purchase and sale of infrastructure assets and companies. Our team is built on the historical strengths of our Banking & Finance; Government Transactions; and Corporate & Securities practices. With more than 80 lawyers across the globe and offices in key financial centers such as New York, Chicago, London, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore and Tokyo, as well as the dynamic energy hubs of Houston, Dubai and Rio de Janeiro, our international presence uniquely positions us to bring new projects to fruition and to consummate infrastructure investment transactions of all types across the globe. Our clients are many of today’s major investors in infrastructure assets, including dedicated infrastructure funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutions. We also have extensive experience advising market participants in a wide variety of co-investment platforms, joint ventures and strategic alliances, advising on the structuring, formation and operation of these structures.

Orrick

Orrick is a leading global law firm renowned for its work in structured finance, with a particular strength in the CLO market. Our team offers comprehensive services across the US and European CLO sectors, advising on the structuring, issuance, and management of CLOs. We are committed to delivering innovative solutions and strategic insights that help our clients navigate complex regulatory landscapes and capitalize on emerging market trends. With a deep understanding of both primary and secondary markets, Orrick is well-positioned to support investors, arrangers, and managers in achieving their business objectives in the dynamic world of structured finance.

Paul Hastings

Paul Hastings is a leading global law firm, pre-eminent in cross-border transactions and solving complex legal problems. We focus on the business issues our clients care about most – those that have the greatest impact on their success. Clients trust us to provide creative, business-savvy solutions, underpinned by exceptional client service – delivered globally.

Our winning approach is anchored in our culture of collaboration and collegiality, and in always harnessing the insights of our diverse team to get to the best solutions. We attract and promote extraordinary talent – preeminent partners in their fields who are energetic, dynamic, and who share our commitment to our clients.

We pride ourselves on the strong relationships we develop with our clients. We invest time in understanding their businesses and what it takes to make them even more successful. In working so closely with our clients and their advisors, we become an integral part of their team, entrusted with their biggest opportunities and challenges.

Houlihan Lokey

About Houlihan Lokey

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Houlihan Lokey serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services. The firm is the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past nine consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past ten consecutive years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by LSEG (formerly Refinitiv).

Houlihan Lokey's Structured Credit Valuations

Houlihan Lokey's Financial and Valuation Advisory (FVA) provides transparent, independent valuations across structured credit. We use market data and proprietary algorithms to produce evaluated pricing on all global ABS, CLOs, and MBS. We have significant experience in providing valuations on significant risk transfer transactions, diversified payment rights, subscription line, NAV, and warehouse financing facilities as well as private credit facilities using our in-house cash-flow modelling and analytics software and data.

Intex

Intex is the industry’s leading provider of cashflow models and analytics, with over 40,000 CLO, ABS, RMBS and CMBS deals modeled from around the globe. Intex is relied upon by hundreds of arrangers, investors, issuers and others for complete, accurate and timely cashflow models used in trading, portfolio management and risk management applications. Intex's applications include INTEXcalc for single-security and portfolio analysis and cashflow stress-testing, the INTEX Subroutine API for system builders, and INTEX DealMaker for structuring new deals. Intex is an independent, objective and privately-held company with offices in Massachusetts, London and Shanghai.

Milbank Structured Credit

Milbank LLP is a premier international law firm handling high-profile, complex cases and business transactions through 11 offices worldwide. Named Law360’s 2023 “Structured Finance Practice Group of the Year” and currently shortlisted as 2025 “Structured Finance and Securitization Team of the Year” at the IFLR Americas Awards, Milbank has one of the world’s leading CLO practices. Since the inception of CLOs, the firm has represented market-leading arrangers, collateral managers, issuers, risk retention lenders, anchor investors and derivatives counterparties on a multitude of credit arbitrage transactions involving a diverse array of asset classes.

Milbank’s securitization team works with practices across the firm in matching business-focused and hybrid structures with capital, with a particular focus on brand asset securitization, digital infrastructure securitizations, aircraft securitizations and other first-of-their kind transactions. Our attorneys are active in a full range of structured financings, hybrid structured/leveraged credit facilities and securitization transactions.

Milbank’s Structured Credit team was once again ranked as the #1 CLO Manager counsel globally, #1 CLO Manager counsel in the US and #1 CLO Manager counsel in Europe in Creditflux’s 2024 year-end law firm rankings. Milbank has remained at the top of the publication’s global CLO rankings for the last eight years. Milbank also earned the title of #1 Manager counsel on 9fin’s 2024 global CLO BSL law firm league tables, dominating on number of deals and total volume. Our teams and individual partners are also recognized by Chambers (USA and Global) for our responsiveness and technical excellence across ABS, securitization and CLOs.

Morgan Lewis

Morgan Lewis’s top-tier securitization team has broad experience in representing issuers, initial purchasers, placement agents, collateral managers, and equity investors in collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and collateralized debt obligation (CDO) transactions. In fact, our lawyers are considered pioneers in this space, combining ingenuity with the practical application of the law to develop sophisticated solutions for clients looking to create liquidity by helping lenders pool and sell commercial loans to investors.

TMF Group

TMF Group’s global capital markets practice offers a range of administrative, agency, issuer/SPV and trustee services, across industries and clients. Our unique footprint ensures we can provide clients and transaction parties with real time assistance from our local experts. We have substantial experience helping clients with new and refinanced securities, syndicated loans, secured transactions and multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Our comprehensive service offering, deep experience and global resource, as well as efficient onboarding and responsiveness, enables us to offer clients and transaction parties round the clock coverage.

Located in more than 30 locations, we are the trusted partner for banks, corporates, funds and other parties operating in the global capital markets.

US Bank

U.S. Bank Global Corporate Trust is a leading provider of European trustee and agency services to financial institutions, corporations, asset managers and their advisers. For more than 100 years, we’ve established our solid position by offering responsive, customized services coupled with a steadfast commitment to integrity. We provide global coverage and expertise for European trustee & agency solutions, covering CLOs, structured finance, repacks, infrastructure debt, corporate debt and loan administration. With dedicated experts located in London and Ireland, our specialised solutions are supported by the financial strength and resources of a large financial institution to help you achieve success.

Wiener Boerse

At Vienna Stock Exchange we recognise that CLO transactions are a special sector within the debt industry and have therefore created a special offering tailored to meet the requirements of this important sector. We are launching this product following considerable success in listing many CLOs on the warehousing phase and look forward to attracting the post-warehousing CLO transactions. We are honoured to have earned the trust of the debt market without whom we could not have become the fastest growing debt listing venue in Europe and look to expand this success to CLOs. Contact our team for further details.