The Managing Editor of Debtwire Europe, Robert Schach, will give the keynote speech at TMA Europe's distressed investing conference in London this September.

TMA Europe's fifth annual event dedicated to the distressed investing market takes place on Wednesday, 28 September and will specifically focus on where the distressed debt market is going and what buyers, sellers and advisory professionals need to know to best handle it.

Mr Schach, who manages Debtwire Europe's editorial team in London overseeing the leveraged loan, high yield, restructuring, sovereign, Spain, Nordics and mid-market desks, will address the conference on the latest issues surrounding non-performing loans in Europe. He will speak about the scale of the problem and the jurisdictions most affected as well as the progress being made and the changes being seen.

Mr Schach, who joined Debtwire in 2007, becoming Managing Editor in 2012, will comment on ongoing banking issues that may be affecting the work-out of NPL's as well as on the European Banking Authority's appraisals of reserve adequacy. He will also highlight some of the regulatory changes underway across Europe to overhaul insolvency regimes.

His speech will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Petr Smutny, of PwC Prague, looking at corporate NPLs in central and Southern Europe, which will see panellists from leading funds and banks giving their practical insight on where the action is and where opportunities lie for professionals.

There will also be a second panel debate covering evolving processes in the EU, including the introduction of a better consensual process in the UK, and the impact these may have on NPL work-out.

Alan Tilley, TMA Europe board member, who will chair the second panel session, said: "The conference offers a great opportunity for anyone working within the distressed debt market to hear first hand from the experts on the latest developments within the field.

"With Brexit uncertainty and Italian banking issues there is plenty going on in the market to consider. I am particularly looking forward to hearing Robert's observations on the ongoing NPL saga and evolving banking issues for distressed investing and the opportunities he sees coming up. He is ideally placed to offer delegates an up-to-date and independent overview of how these factors are playing out across Europe, which should help us all work out how to best position and prepare ourselves to take advantage."

The event is being hosted by Taylor Wessing at its offices on 5 New Street Square. It will run from 4pm until 8pm.

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