Sponsorship

Sponsorship with CREFC elevates your company’s profile, products, and services with the clients and customers you seek. We offer a range of sponsorship levels so no matter your company’s size or budget, we have an option to fit your needs.

For more information on sponsorship contact Caitlin Adams at 646.884-7577.

Partner Sponsor

Moody's

We are a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions. Our data, analytical solutions and insights help decision-makers identify opportunities and manage the risks of doing business with others. We believe that greater transparency, more informed decisions, and fair access to information open the door to shared progress. With over 14,000 employees in more than 40 countries, Moody’s combines global presence with local expertise and over a century of experience in financial markets.

Sustaining Sponsors

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

As recognized leaders in the US and international real estate capital markets, Arnold & Porter helps some of the world's largest financial institutions, institutional investors, investment banks, and developers maximize their complex and conventional real estate financing transactions.

ATLAS SP Partners

ATLAS SP Partners is a global investment firm providing stable capital, financing, advisory and institutional products to market participants seeking innovative and bespoke structured credit and asset backed solutions. We work across asset classes to originate, underwrite, securitize and distribute scaled asset-backed financing, with clients that include mortgage lenders, specialty finance companies, REITs, financial sponsors, corporates and more.

Bank of America

Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 69 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 3,900 retail financial centers, approximately 15,000 ATMs (automated teller machines) and award-winning digital banking with approximately 57 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 4 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BAC).

BMO

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American-based financial services provider offering equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, securitization, treasury management, market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading. BMO Capital Markets has over 2,700 professionals in 32 locations around the world, including 20 offices in North America. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with US$998 billion total assets and approximately 54,000 employees as of April 30, 2024.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

With more than 225 years of legal experience, Cadwalader serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's leading financial institutions, corporations and funds. We offer innovative legal representation in matters concerning antitrust, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate law, employee benefits and executive compensation, financial services and regulation, financial restructuring, fund finance, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private wealth, real estate, securitization, structured finance, tax and white collar defense.

Citigroup Global Markets

Citi works tirelessly to provide consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial services and products.

CoStar

CoStar Risk Analytics, a specialized division of CoStar, comprises a team of CRE credit risk experts, including PhDs, CFAs, and CPAs, with extensive experience serving banks of all sizes, private lenders, regulatory agencies, life insurance companies, and investment firms. With decades of experience assessing risk on commercial real estate (CRE) mortgages, as well as substantial knowledge in regulatory-directed assignments, including assisting institutions with their CCAR submissions, CoStar Risk Analytics is recognized as a trusted partner in the CRE credit industry segments, and supports lenders and debt investors in continuously analyzing markets, buildings, and loans by combining clients' loan portfolios with the industry's most comprehensive building-level database and our vetted COMPASS credit default model. Clients benefit from increased capacity to create new business, price loans, make informed credit choices, apply stress testing, create custom scenarios, actively manage the portfolio, and analyze refinancing risk within a disciplined framework. To learn more about our solutions, please visit www.costar.com/products/risk-analytics

Dechert LLP

A global specialist law firm focused on sectors with the greatest complexities and highest regulatory demands, Dechert delivers practical commercial insight and deep legal expertise for our clients’ most important matters. Our finance lawyers represent major industry players in structuring, securitizing, managing and servicing complex and highly structured and securitized commercial real estate debt assets. We advise issuers, underwriters, mortgage loan sellers, collateral managers, servicers, operating advisors, IG and B-piece investors in CMBS, CDOs/CLOs, Re-REMICs, NPLs and other alternate securitized structures involving commercial real estate and residential mortgages.

Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary, and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch Ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective, and insights we provide help investors to make important credit judgments with confidence. Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is comprised of: Fitch Ratings, a global leader in credit ratings and research; Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of credit market data, analytical tools and risk services; and Fitch Learning, a preeminent training and professional development firm. With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst. For additional information, please visit fitchratings.com.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.

J.P. Morgan

With a comprehensive suite of industry leading capabilities, intellectual capital and balance sheet strength, J.P. Morgan delivers everything you need to create, execute and analyze the results of a wide range of strategies involving an array of real estate solutions on several scales. Types of execution include CMBS, balance sheet, CRE/CLO, aggregation loans, and strategic lending solutions. Visit us at www.jpmorgan.com for more information.

KBRA

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC and its affiliates (KBRA) is a global full-service rating agency with a mission to set a standard of excellence and integrity. Established in 2010, KBRA remains dedicated to the restoration of trust in credit ratings by creating new standards for assessing risk and by offering timely and transparent ratings. KBRA provides market participants with an alternative solution by delivering in-depth research across various sectors within the United States and European markets. We strive to provide the investment community with the products and tools needed to make informed investment decisions.

KeyBank Real Estate Capital

KEYBANK REAL ESTATE CAPITAL is one of the nation's largest commercial real estate lenders. Our clients include professional owner-investors and developers as well as REITs, Funds and other commercial real estate investors. We offer a broad array of debt and equity solutions for the acquisition, refinance, development and investment of multifamily, affordable, commercial and healthcare real estate. KeyBank is the highest rated servicer in the industry with $420+ Billion in Primary/Master Servicing and $206+ Billion in named Special Servicing.

Morningstar DBRS

Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and structured finance instruments globally. Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, we are the fourth-largest credit rating agency in the world. Morningstar DBRS empowers investor success by bringing more transparency and a much-needed diversity of opinion in the credit rating industry. Market innovators choose to work with us because of our agility, tech-forward approach, and exceptional customer service. Morningstar DBRS is the next generation of credit ratings. To learn more, visit dbrs.morningstar.com

Polsinelli

Polsinelli is an Am Law 100 firm with more than 1,000 attorneys in over 20 offices nationwide. Recognized as one of the top firms for excellent client service and client relationships, Polsinelli is committed to meeting our clients’ expectations of what a law firm should be. Our attorneys provide value through practical legal counsel infused with business insight, offering comprehensive corporate, transactional, litigation and regulatory services with a focus on real estate, finance, technology, private equity, health care and life sciences.

S&P Global Ratings

S&P Global Ratings is the world's leading provider of credit ratings. We provide essential insight that is based on in-depth market knowledge, forward-looking analyses and transparent criteria. We have more than 1 million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities. With approximately 1,400 credit analysts, a presence in 26 countries and more than 150 years' experience of assessing credit risk, we offer a unique combination of global coverage and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide. To learn more, please visit us at spglobal.com/ratings.

Spinoso Real Estate Group

Spinoso Real Estate Group is a leading national real estate owner and operator, offering a comprehensive suite of services designed to maximize and enhance the value of retail real estate, with a particular focus on enclosed mall assets for clients and investors.

United Capital Markets Inc.

United Capital Markets Inc. (UCM) is a secondary market maker specializing in trading and sales of structured finance products concentrating in Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities and Asset Backed Securities. UCM provides the marketplace with liquidity, by acting as a principal buyer of CMBS and ABS subordinated notes in the secondary marketplace. On a continuous basis, the firm does extensive in house research of several hundred CMBS securitizations and provides portfolio pricing for its customers. UCM's customers include: Money Managers, Mutual Funds, Insurance Companies, Hedge Funds, Corporations, and other Dealers.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking delivers a comprehensive suite of capital markets, banking, and financial products and services. A trusted partner to our clients, we provide corporate and transactional banking, commercial real estate lending and servicing, investment banking, equity and fixed income solutions including sales, trading, and research capabilities to corporate, commercial real estate, government, and institutional clients across the globe. Our office locations span the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking is part of Wells Fargo. Founded in 1852, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially.

Platinum Sponsor

Intex Solutions, Inc.

Intex is the industry’s leading provider of cashflow models and analytics, with over 40,000 CLO, ABS, RMBS and CMBS deals modeled from around the globe. Intex is relied upon by hundreds of arrangers, investors, issuers and others for complete, accurate and timely cashflow models used in trading, portfolio management and risk management applications. Intex's applications include INTEXcalc for single-security and portfolio analysis and cashflow stress-testing, the INTEX Subroutine API for system builders, and INTEX DealMaker for structuring new deals. Intex is an independent, objective and privately-held company with offices in Massachusetts, London and Shanghai. Visit our website at www.intex.com

Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley is an elite global law firm. With 2,300 lawyers and experience that spans 158 years, we have established a reputation using Built to Win? legal strategies in successfully representing clients in more than 70 countries on complex transactional, investigation, regulatory, and litigation matters. With 21 offices strategically situated in key commercial and financial hubs throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our perspective and our reach are truly global. Our lawyers and business professionals, fluent in more than 80 languages, possess the cultural awareness and cross-border legal acumen needed to bring clarity to a dynamic business landscape.

Gold Sponsor

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley offers a global real estate platform providing a broad range of real estate capital markets and financial advisory services. Morgan Stanley’s core competencies include CMBS & Balance Sheet lending, underwriting, trading, syndication, and research. In 2024 Morgan Stanley originated $10Bn in commercial real estate loans in the US, bringing total US originations since 2020 to $46Bn.

Silver Sponsor

Trimont

Trimont (www.trimont.com) is a specialized global commercial real estate loan services provider and partner for lenders seeking the infrastructure and capabilities needed to help them scale their business and make informed, effective decisions related to the deployment, management and administration of commercial real estate secured credit. Data-driven, collaborative, and focused entirely on commercial real estate, Trimont brings a distinctive mix of intelligent loan analysis, responsive communications, and unmatched administrative capabilities to partners seeking cost-effective solutions at scale. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Atlanta, Trimont’s team of 400+ employees serve a global client base from offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City, London, New York and Sydney. The firm currently has $236B in loans under management and serves clients with assets in 72 countries.

UBS Investment Bank

UBS provides financial advice and solutions to wealthy, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as private clients in Switzerland. UBS's strategy is centered on our leading global wealth management business and our premier universal bank in Switzerland, enhanced by Asset Management and the Investment Bank. The bank focuses on businesses that have a strong competitive position in their targeted markets, are capital efficient, and have an attractive long-term structural growth or profitability outlook. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS has offices over 50 regions and locations, including all major financial centers, and employs approximately 67,000 people. UBS Group AG is the holding company of the UBS Group. Under Swiss company law, UBS Group AG is organized as an Aktiengesellschaft, a corporation that has issued shares of common stock to investors. Investment Bank The Investment Bank provides corporate, institutional and wealth management clients with expert advice, innovative solutions, execution and comprehensive access to international capital markets. It offers advisory services and provides in-depth cross-asset research, along with access to equities, foreign exchange, precious metals and selected rates and credit markets, through its business units, Corporate Client Solutions and Investor Client Services. The Investment Bank is an active participant in capital markets flow activities, including sales, trading and market-making across a range of securities.

Bronze Sponsor

Ballard Spahr LLP

Ballard Spahr provides strategic legal services and business solutions of the highest quality, delivered with uncommon efficiency. With more than 750 lawyers in 18 U.S. offices, we bring industry knowledge augmented by tenacity, initiative, and a drive for results—creating an outsized advantage for clients in litigation, transactions, and regulatory compliance.

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

Computershare Corporate Trust is a market leader with decades of experience as a provider of trustee and sophisticated agency services for private and public companies, investment bankers, asset managers as well as governments and institutions. We offer a wide range of services that fulfill our clients’ unique and emerging needs in corporate and structured finance, debt issuance and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Computershare Corporate Trust is an industry leader with USD$5.3 trillion of debt under administration, USD$347.8 billion in assets under administration and cross-border capabilities including USD$1.2 trillion in funds movements across 75+ currencies in foreign exchange and distributions. With the acquisition of Wells Fargo CTS in November 2021, Computershare Corporate Trust is among the top providers in the US ranking #1 in CMBS, CRE CLO and top 3 in RMBS, CLO, ABS and Investment Grade, Municipal and Convertible Debt. Our team of more than 2,000 employees continues our commitment to delivering the highest standards of service and value to our entire client base. For more information, visit computershare.com/corporatetrust Footnotes: .*Data for the 12-months ending 06/30/2023, DUA includes all issues within the paying agency system of record. All totals are in USD. CAD to USD exchange rate .75 on 06/30/2023.

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates has one of the largest dedicated real estate finance practices of any global law firm. With 45 offices on five continents, we offer sophisticated and broad experience in representing clients throughout the capital stack. We provide strategic and practical advice to lenders, servicers, and securitization and syndication market participants on structured finance matters, including the origination and sale of senior and mezzanine loans, construction loans, credit facilities, bridge debt, warehouse loans, leasehold finance, and the servicing, securitization, and syndication of commercial real estate mortgages and other assets backed by real estate.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. The firm’s core areas of practice include real estate, structured finance and securitization, corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals. For more information, visit katten.com.

PNC Real Estate/Midland Loan Services

PNC Real Estate is a leading provider of banking, financing and servicing solutions for commercial real estate clients across the country. Our comprehensive array of capabilities includes acquisition, construction and permanent financing for public and private developers and investors; agency financing for multifamily and seniors housing properties; and debt and equity capital for the affordable housing industry. And, through Midland Loan Services, we provide third-party loan servicing, asset management and technology solutions.

Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP

Sheppard Mullin is a full service AmLaw 50 firm with more than 1,100 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Asia and Europe. The negotiation and documentation of real estate secured financing transactions for banks, finance companies, insurance companies and other financial institutions is a major practice at Sheppard Mullin. We pride ourselves on practicality and problem solving in the representation of our clients. Because of the depth and breadth of our expertise in the representation of banks, asset based lenders and other financial institutions, we bring practical, concrete and cost effective proposals and solutions to any type of challenge facing a lender.

Trepp, Inc.

Trepp, founded in 1979, is a leading provider of data, analytics, and technology solutions to the global securities and investment management industries. Trepp specifically serves three key sectors: structured finance, commercial real estate, and banking to help market participants meet their objectives for surveillance, credit risk management, and investment performance. Trusted by the industry for the accuracy of its proprietary data, Trepp provides clients with sophisticated, comprehensive models and analytics. Trepp is wholly owned by Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT).

U.S. Bank, NA

U.S. Bank combines our strength and stability with an integrated platform of CRE solutions to support your organizational goals. We offer a comprehensive suite of products for evolving CRE needs, including commercial lending, deposit and payment solutions, capital markets, document custody, trustee, certificate administration and cash management solutions. Our team of dedicated CRE professionals are committed to understanding your business and evolving economic trends and will provide solutions and guidance for what’s ahead. Leverage the expert guidance, flexible solutions and financial strength of U.S. Bank. usbank.com

Media Sponsors

Commercial Mortgage Alert

Identify new financing opportunities and stay ahead of your competition in CRE finance with Commercial Mortgage Alert. This weekly publication conveys the earliest look at key dealings in today's commercial MBS and traditional real estate debt markets.

Commercial Observer

For real estate trends & commercial real estate news, Commercial Observer has the latest on leases, financing, sales, construction, architecture, & design.

Commercial Real Estate Direct

CRE Direct provides CRE News, Watchlist, and Recent Transactions. In-depth information on CMBS Executive Changes, Pricing, and Sales/Property Data.

PERE Credit

PERE Credit is the premier news, data and insight service institutional private real estate debt capital markets. The service focuses primarily on capital formation, strategy and deployment by alternative lenders in commercial real estate. PERE Credit's audience comprises stewards of commercial real estate debt capital, including fund managers, mortgage REITs, insurance companies, C-PACE providers and other institutional direct lenders, their counterparties and advisors. Areas of focus include: the nexus between institutional investor and manager; the interplay between private real estate debt lenders and their borrowers, and their advisors amid the sector’s growing alternative debt universe and shrinking bank engagement.

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