Vanessa Gage, Partner, Reed Smith LLP to Speak at KC’s Asset Backed Securities Reform Rules: Adoption & Implementation in 2015 Live Webcast

New York, NY, December 11, 2014 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Vanessa Gage, Partner, Reed Smith LLP will speak at the Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “Asset Backed Securities Reform Rules: Adoption & Implementation in 2015 Live Webcast.” This event is scheduled for March 09, 2015 from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm (ET).

For further details, please visit:
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About Vanessa Gage
Vanessa is a finance partner in Reed Smith’s Financial Industry Group, who focuses on asset-based lending, securitization and other structured products, including financing of aircraft, rail and other equipment assets.

Vanessa's experience includes structuring and negotiating securitization and other financing arrangements, asset portfolio and company acquisition financings and joint venture arrangements, as well syndicated lending facilities. She regularly advises both underwriters and issuers/sponsors on ABS transactions, and has experience with ABS transactions backed by aircraft, rail assets, equipment loans and leases, residential mortgage loans and auto loans.

She has also worked extensively on restructurings and workouts of project financings, asset-based loans, and complex structured products and securitizations, as well as purchases/sales of distressed assets.

About Reed Smith LLP
Reed Smith is a global relationship law firm with more than 1,800 lawyers in 25 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses, from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its lawyers provide litigation and other dispute-resolution services in multi-jurisdictional and high-stakes matters, deliver regulatory counsel, and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a preeminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, technology and media, shipping, energy trade and commodities, real estate, manufacturing, and education. For more information, visit reedsmith.com.

Event Synopsis:
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revised rules regarding the disclosure, reporting, and offering of asset backed securities (ABS) to enhance transparency, to further protect investors, and to augment capital in the securities market. The new rules include loan disclosure on residential and commercial mortgages and automobile loans; among others.

In this two-hour live webcast, a panel of distinguished professionals and thought leaders assembled by The Knowledge Group will provide an over-view and discussion of the adoption and Implementation of the SEC Asset Backed Securities Reform Rules to help Investors, loan issuers, and banking authorities understand the important aspects of this significant topic.

Key topics include:

· Asset Backed Securities Final Rules
· Disclosure and Reporting Requirements
· Benefits and Risks
· Best Market Security Measures
· Eligibility for Shelf Offering
· Recent Adoption and Implementation Issues
· Non-Compliance Risks

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series
The Knowledge Group, LLC was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register to an event, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org/