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Distinguished by the size of its practice, the breadth of its expertise, the sophistication of its work and its unrivalled position on the front line of industry advocacy, Mayer Brown stands alone. Last year saw the firm once again involved in many of the year’s most high-profile deals, as they exceled across multiple market segments to take home GlobalCapital’s award for ABS Law Firm of the Year.

Already recognised as a leading esoteric ABS issuer, 2023 was the year that Affirm took a major leap forward to establish itself as a programmatic issuer in the ABS market.

◆ Triple-A rated US CLO spreads close in on140bp ◆ CLO manager tiering barely visible ◆ Gearing up for Barcelona

Capital Markets Union: gauffre it ◆ The EMEA investment banking riddle ◆ Why EM bond investors keep buying deals that end up under water

Investors keep showing up for deals that cheapen on the break

Regulatory changes won't inflate loan spreads

First episode in special series talking to senior figures in the CLO market

Market should reject the widespread use of a higher rated hybrid

Fragmentation isn’t a challenge to be overcome, it is the essence of competitive innovation in the distributed ledger bond market

A pivotal moment for digital capital markets ◆ Who really benefits from bonds on the blockchain? ◆ FIG M&A in Europe

Buyers other than fund managers are ramping up their ESG policies

Without an effective regulatory sandbox, there is no secondary market, and without that, there isn’t progress