Paula Gomes Freire, Vieira de Almeida & Associados (VdA)'s managing associate will be a guest speaker at ABS Global international conference in a panel dedicated to "The Impact of Sovereign Ratings Downgrades". The international conference will be taking place on the 15th June, in Brussels and will join together experts in banking and finance from around the world, as well as Francesco Papadia, from the ECB and Elemér Terták Principal Advisor, Financial Institutions, DG Internal Market & Services, of the European Commission.