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Initiatives
12 August 2026
Press Release
ELFA welcomes new partner Octus to support with credit intelligence, data and workflow tools

The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Octus to support its members across high-yield, leveraged loan, CLO and private debt markets.

19 May 2026
News Article
ELFA publishes Annual Review 2024/25

ELFA is delighted to share its Annual Review of our 2024/25 membership year.

7 May 2026
ELFA raises challenges with minimum transfer amounts and transfer fees in fifth instalment of Transferability Series

The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA), has today with partners, global law firm Akin and Covenant Review, the expert on covenant analysis, published the fifth issue of its Transferability Series focused on loan transfer provisions. In this instalment, ELFA has observed issues with minimum transfer amounts and transfer fees, which often lead to delayed settlements, the creation of extra tickets, difficulty in trading following partial prepayments, increased transaction costs and additional fees.

21 April 2026
Press Release
ELFA announces new partner Gibson Dunn

The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) is delighted to announce that Gibson Dunn, a global law firm, is becoming an Expert Panel partner.

23 March 2026
Press Release
European Leveraged Finance Association Appoints Gareth Simmons and Cecilia Beke-Molnar a New Board Members

The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) is pleased to announce the appointments to its Board of Gareth Simmons, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Sustainable Investment Strategy, Fixed Income, at Columbia Threadneedle Investments and Cecilia Beke-Molnar, Managing Director at Benefit Street Partners.

5 March 2026
Press Release
European Leveraged Finance Association Appoints New Board Member Representing PGIM

The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Stuart Bradly, Vice President and Portfolio Manager in PGIM’s public and private fixed income business, to its Board.

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UPCOMING EVENTS
ELFA Restructuring Committee
ELFA Corporate Actions and Restructuring Roundtable
23 September 2026
15:00–17:30 CET hrs
Wenger Plattner Zurich Office

ELFA is delighted to be holding our first member event in Switzerland this September - an in-person Corporate Actions and Restructuring Roundtable, kindly hosted by Wenger Plattner, in collaboration with our partners at Akin and Houlihan Lokey.

ELFA Seminar Series
ELFA Seminar Series with Milbank: Enforcement Regimes in LME Transactions — Comparison of Luxembourg, UK and the Netherlands
1 October 2026
15:00–16:00 hrs
Zoom webinar

ELFA is delighted to update all members that our rescheduled Seminar Series webinar with Milbank on the differences between jurisdiction enforcement regimes, including Luxembourg, UK and the Netherlands, will now take place on Thursday 1st October at 3-4pm BST.

ELFA Annual Conference
ELFA Annual Conference 2026
13 October 2026
08:00–18:30 hrs
Milbank London Offices

ELFA is delighted to announce the return of our Annual Conference 2026, with our co-hosts Milbank, on Tuesday 13th October in London!