The presentation that Miguel Lamo de Espinosa of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo gave on Markets Day covered the common structural and legal problems in Spanish debt transactions and the best methods to use to avoid or mitigate them going forward. 

Sergio Velez, Senior Managing Director and Responsible at FTI Consulting joined us at for Markets Day to present a session on practical view on the pre and post transaction key operational aspects to bear in mind in Spanish debt transactions, linked to the different strategies of the investor.

The opening session on Markets Day covered the energy and renewable market where we were joined by industry experts fr an analysis of the macro situation, the investment opportunities that are available in the secondary market and the current structures for non-subsidised assets. 

At the previous Real Estate Forum, we heard forecasts from expert economists the impact that the EU referendum would have on the real estate market. One year on, we tested some of the forecasts to understand whether the the market had responded as expected. We also looked at the impact for both the UK and Continental Europe and Brexit with a real estate investment theme over the coming years.

The UK retail sector took the spotlight on Markets Day with Richard Hyman highlighting the headwinds in the industry in this presentation that focused on restructurings with some personal views on how management teams are prepared for trading conditions in the year ahead and the impact on financing.