2025 Sponsors

A&O Shearman was formed in 2024 via the merger of two historic firms, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling. We have 48 offices in 29 countries, with nearly 4,000 lawyers globally, we are equally fluent in English law, U.S. law and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets. This combination creates a new kind of law firm, one built to achieve unparalleled outcomes for our clients on their most complex, multijurisdictional matters – everywhere in the world. Our global structured finance, securitization and CLO team is consistently ranked as a market leader. Our lawyers advise on the full spectrum of structured finance transactions and products, including securitizations and CLOs, complex synthetic credit risk and significant risk transfer transactions, equity and illiquid asset financings, collateralized funding platforms, commodity structures, derivative securities, and repackagings. Our broad product focus enables us to offer end-to-end solutions across the structured finance “toolkit” and makes us trusted advisers to a broad suite of issuers, arrangers, investors, trustees, and agents.

ArrowMark Partners is an employee-owned asset management firm founded in 2007. Since inception, the firm’s mission has been to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns across multiple investment disciplines through in-depth fundamental research and an emphasis on downside risk mitigation. The firm seeks to cultivate the human capital of 46 investment professionals, which average 19 years of experience, and diverse investment capabilities to deliver upon client objectives. As of December 31, 2024, ArrowMark manages $19.9bn of assets across alternative credit, capacity-constrained equity, and commercial real estate strategies as well as through the management of broadly syndicated and middle market CLOs. The Firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado with additional presence in London, New York, and California.With $9.5bn of investments in 118 significant risk transfer transactions since 2010, ArrowMark is one of the largest and longest tenured investors in the asset class. Insights from 14+ years of consistent investment in the asset class is complemented by team members’ experience at issuing banks and provides the ArrowMark team with a comprehensive understanding of market dynamics. The team’s collective experience spans all major collateral types, geographies, and regulatory frameworks.