Walkers is delighted to once again be a sponsor of IMN/AFME's Global ABS, taking place from 13-15 June at the Barcelona International Convention Centre.

Partner and co-head of Finance and Capital MarketsNoeleen Ruddy, partnersPaddy RathandIan McNamee, managing director of Walkers Professional Services,Fiona de Lacyand senior vice presidentMorgan Sheehy, associatesCharlotte ChestnuttandClare Mannionand senior Listings executiveKen Foleywill also be attending Global ABS. Please get in touch should you wish to meet before, during or after the event.

Now in its 27th year, the annual Global ABS conference is held over three days during which 3,500+ delegates and industry leaders meet to discuss market trends and host countless private investor and issuer meetings across the full range of structured products being launched in Europe and beyond.

The event program includes expert speakers who will discuss and debate key industry updates, market trends, European and global regulations withreal in-the-field insights on emerging products, market headwinds and new opportunities. Delegates span the entire European and global capital markets & structured finance community including regulators, fixed income investors, financial institutions, issuers, underwriters, arrangers, rating agencies, analysts, trustees, servicers, professional advisors, analytics firms, technology platform providers and other service providers.

Some highlights include keynote addresses from Lord Jonathan Hill,Lead NED atHM TreasuryandChairman of theDitchley Foundation, and Rolf Strauch, Chief Economist and Management Board Member -European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF).

With a global presence and staff of more than 1,200+ people, Walkers provides legal, tax and professional advisory services to the world's leading financial institutions and companies. Across our practice groups, jurisdictions and regions, we specialise in providing legal & tax advice and professional corporate services to the world's leading financial institutions, capital markets participants and managers. We work hard to understand the sectors and markets in which we operate so that we can go beyond simply resolving technical issues and actively add value for our clients by helping them to identify and seize opportunities. Across our 10 international offices we take in the big picture but always with a disciplined focus on our clients. We help make financial services work and are an acknowledged market leader with substantial experience in the provision of sophisticated and innovative legal, taxation and listing services across all types of ABS, securitisation, debt capital markets and other types of structured finance transactions.