The disruption to capital markets caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has not shifted the overall timeline of regulators and industry bodies for the replacement of US dollar LIBOR with SOFR by the end of 2021.
With the expected...more
8/4/2020
/ Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
Banks ,
Bonds ,
Capital Markets ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Derivatives ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
ISDA Master Agreement ,
Libor ,
Loan Syndication and Trading Association (LSTA) ,
Loans ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Popular ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK
For further information, please visit the White & Case Coronavirus Resource Center. On 2 April, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a scheme aimed at providing support to the so-called "squeezed middle", which comprises...more
While the UK Government, for the most part, has been praised for taking quick, decisive action to limit the impact of the COVID 19 economic shock for consumers and some UK companies, the measures announced to date excluded a...more
In our client alert entitled "Government-backed initiatives to support businesses impacted by the Coronavirus" we gave an overview of various measures announced by the UK Government to help UK business through the economic...more
3/27/2020
/ Bank of England ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covid Commercial Financing Facility ( CCFF) ,
Financial Distress ,
HM Treasury ,
Loan Agreements ,
Loans ,
Promissory Notes ,
Relief Measures ,
State of Emergency ,
UK
In our client alert titled "Government-backed initiatives to support businesses impacted by the Coronavirus," we gave an overview of various measures announced by the UK Government to help UK business through the economic...more
The UK Government has been quick to respond to the economic shock and disruption caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 and, over the past week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury and the Bank of England have announced...more
3/24/2020
/ Bank of England ,
Borrowers ,
Business Interruption ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Issuers ,
EU ,
Financial Crisis ,
Government-Guaranteed Loans ,
HM Treasury ,
Industrial Sector ,
Relief Measures ,
State Aid ,
UK