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McDermott Will & Emery

Growing Interest in Utilising Equity Commitment Letters in the Context of Sponsor Margin Loans

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Equity Commitment Letters (ECL) are legal documents pursuant to which one party (typically the main fund or multiple funds managed by the sponsor) (the ECL Provider) commits to providing a certain amount of capital, usually...more

McGlinchey Stafford

FCRA Claims Fail as Mortgagor Could Not Satisfy His Repayment Obligations by Tendering Another Promise to Pay

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On September 19, 2024, the District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed claims against the mortgage lender, its mortgage servicer, and credit reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15...more

Troutman Pepper

Taking Stock of Liens While There Is Still Time – Do You Really Have the Collateral? - Creditor’s Rights Toolkit

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Trade creditors are usually grouped with “general unsecured creditors” in bankruptcy, but some have liens that can elevate their claim priority. To achieve this, the lien must be properly granted and perfected under...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

From Albufeira to Asheville September 2024 - Evolving Perspectives on Bank Deposits

As a lending lawyer for more than a quarter century at this point, I have seen that deposit accounts and deposit account control agreements are a routine component of virtually every transaction. Deposit accounts are a source...more

DLA Piper

Ensuring Positive Outcomes With Negative Pledges in Venture Lending

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A “negative pledge” on intellectual property is a common feature of venture lending transactions, but its implications can often be misunderstood. Some lenders may be surprised to discover that it does not always provide the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

B(ack to School) September 2024 - Unlocking Liquidity With a Tranche B Facility

Liquidity solutions are a topic du jour in fund finance. With bank balance sheets somewhat restricted by macroeconomic concerns and risk-weighted asset regulations, fund finance borrowers and lenders have sought creative ways...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Issues Consent Order Related to Bank's Duplicative Force-Placed Insurance Policies

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On July 9, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a consent order against a nationally chartered bank that, among other things, includes a number of allegations related to the bank's policies regarding...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Going for Gold August 2024 - Credit Portfolio Finance – A Primer on Back-Leverage

The combination of increased regulatory pressure and additional investor demand for higher yield has seen numerous banks gradually displaced by private debt funds in the corporate lending sector (particularly for mid-market...more

Mayer Brown

NAV Credit Facilities: The Spectrum of Collateral Structures

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Executive Summary - Net Asset Value (“NAV”) credit facilities are a tool that borrowers may use to access financing based on the value of their underlying investment portfolio. The users of these facilities are generally...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A New Age of PerFFFection June 2024 - Potential Impact of UCC Article 12 on Fund Finance Transactions

At the bottom of the stack in investment fund structures, there are generally “real” assets—things like equity interests in portfolio companies, mortgage loans, commercial receivables, maybe even bricks and mortar. Fund...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Federal Regulators Publish Final Rule on Automated Valuation Models and AI That Imposes Obligations on Secondary Market Issuers,...

On June 6, 2024 federal regulators published a final rule addressing Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models. This was a collaborative rulemaking effort that included regulators from the Office of the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Different Kind of Swift Advice May 2024 - In Our Ratings Era: Top Lender Considerations for Subscription Facilities

One of the best things about fund finance is that there is always something new and exciting happening in our space. New players come online, and new products and solutions solve issues that pave the way for fund borrowers to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

8th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium: The Latest From London May 2024 - Equity Commitment Letters – A Refresher

We have recently seen a notable uptick in the usage of equity commitment letters (ECLs) in fund finance transactions and have been spending an increasing amount of time discussing their merits with our clients’ credit teams....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Understanding the Increasing Use of Holdco NAV Loan Structures

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While the market for NAV financings—loans to funds supported by the net asset value of their portfolios—grew in 2023 and continues to rapidly evolve, a consensus has developed around what is sometimes referred to as a “Holdco...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Under Control March 2024 - How to Address Your Control Issues

One of the important components of the collateral package for a subscription finance facility is the lender’s perfected security interest in the fund’s bank deposit account into which the actual cash constituting the proceeds...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Controlling Cash March 2024 - Cash Control Event: Lender and Borrower Considerations

Our readers have been blessed with wonderful Fund Finance Friday articles dealing with the maintenance of collateral accounts in 'When Deposits Don’t Travel with Loans', control over collateral accounts in 'Control or Control...more

Mayer Brown

Subscription Finance: Commingling Collateral Accounts

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For loans primarily secured by a cash flow stream, subscription facility lenders heavily depend on collateral accounts as a key element of the security package. In this Legal Update, we delve into why subscription facilities...more

White & Case LLP

Repos in Islamic Finance – 2

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1. Repos in the Islamic market - In our article titled "Repos in Islamic Finance"1 we concluded that Shari'ah-compliant repurchase transactions ("Repos") could play a useful role as a liquidity management instrument to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Taking Control August 2023 - Control or Control Agreement

As most of our readers know, the majority of subscription facilities are secured by the right to call capital and receive capital contributions from the fund’s investors and the bank deposit account into which those capital...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: June 2023

The federal banking agencies have published new guidance to help banking organizations manage risks associated with third-party relationships, including relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies. The new...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Collateral Managers – Do you need them?

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In our webinar of 23 March 2023, Sam Fowler-Holmes and I looked at some common structures in trade finance. When discussing structuring warehouse financing, we mentioned that one key mitigator of risk in such structures...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

ISDA Digital Asset Derivatives Update

On 26 January 2023, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) published new standard documentation for the trading of digital asset derivatives (the Digital Asset Definitions), and a whitepaper titled...more

Morgan Lewis

UK High Court Sets Guidance on Appropriation of Financial Collateral in ABT Auto v. Aapico Investments

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In ABT Auto Investments Ltd. v. Aapico Investment Ptd Ltd. and others, the English High Court set out guidance for conducting a valuation of financial collateral (i.e., shares and bonds) when enforcing security via an...more

Miller Nash LLP

Why Does My Lender Want My Attorney to Send It an Opinion Letter?

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Although they have been around for many years, it is becoming more common for a commercial loan lender to require that the borrower’s counsel provide it with an opinion letter. At first blush, this may seem like an oddity:...more

A&O Shearman

Clarification changes to the August 2005 Luxembourg Act

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Clarification changes in relation to the Luxembourg Act dated 5 August 2005 on financial collateral arrangements, as amended (the Luxembourg Collateral Act)....more

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