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Celebrating ten years: A&O Shearman's hallmark leveraged finance training camp returns October 20, 2026

Celebrating ten years: A&O Shearman's hallmark leveraged finance training camp returns October 20, 2026

For the tenth year in a row, A&O Shearman will host its U.S. Leveraged Finance Training Camp (“LFTC”) on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, in New York City. LFTC is the firm’s largest client training program in the U.S., with this year's event marking a milestone for a program that has grown exponentially since inception.

This one-day program is designed for junior and mid-level professionals in leveraged finance, private equity, private credit, investment banking, and capital markets. Through presentations, panel discussions, and interactive sessions led by A&O Shearman partners, attendees will gain practical insights into today’s leveraged finance market and transaction landscape. This year's agenda will include the anatomy of a leveraged capital structure, financing commitments, credit agreements, restructuring fundamentals, covenant concepts, and more. 

Each year, LFTC welcomes more than 1,000 registrants, drawing an audience from many of the most well-regarded banking, private credit, private equity, and financial advisory firms in the U.S. and abroad. This year the program will again be hybrid, with a live option at the firm’s Manhattan office for a limited number of participants.

“Reaching our tenth year is a proud moment for all of us. What started as a training session has become one of the firm's hallmark client events. We're grateful for the trust our clients and friends of the firm have placed in us, year after year, to help develop their most promising professionals.”

“Over the past decade, the leveraged finance and private credit markets have changed a great deal. Through all of it, LFTC has stayed committed to sharing knowledge with our clients and peers and to supporting the next generation of dealmakers. We look forward to marking this milestone with them," said Jake Mincemoyer, global co-head of Debt Finance at A&O Shearman.

For more information on LFTC, please contact LevFinTrainingCamp@aoshearman.com.

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