While issuance of high yield bonds strengthened across all key global jurisdictions in 2024, the US and Europe still face mounting maturity walls -
High yield bond issuance in key markets around the world recorded major...more
At the beginning of 2024, the White & Case leveraged finance team made a series of predictions on how the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets would perform in 2024.
After 12 months of softer markets in 2023, the...more
11/11/2024
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Borrowers ,
Capital Markets ,
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Financial Services Industry ,
Global Dealmaking ,
High Yield Bonds ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Mergers
Heading into 2023, European leveraged finance markets continue to deal with fierce headwinds, following 12 months of economic and geopolitical volatility that has prompted a general slowdown in issuance. What does this mean...more
European leveraged finance markets have been completely reconfigured in the past 12 months. Inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty have squeezed liquidity and seen high yield bond and leveraged loan...more
2/1/2023
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Capital Markets ,
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Global Dealmaking ,
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Leveraged Finance ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Mergers ,
Refinancing ,
UK
Standing at the intersection of the Eurobond and high yield markets, so-called "Cross-Over" emerging market deals were more popular than ever in 2021. These deals were not necessarily like the deals that had come before—deals...more
Bridge loans are a key way to finance large acquisitions, but their terms are very specialized. In "The Basics of Bridge Loans", the White & Case team explains the key terms of bridge loans and discusses some challenges faced...more
7/5/2022
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Bridge Loan ,
Buyers ,
Commitment Letter ,
EU ,
Fees ,
High Yield Bonds ,
Interest Rates ,
Marketing ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Term Sheets ,
UK
Leveraged loan and high yield bond markets in Western and Southern Europe saw a major resurgence in the past 12 months, driven initially by refinancing, followed by almost unprecedented M&A and buyout issuance, and setting...more
For the first time in years, inflation is on the radar for high yield bond and leveraged loan lenders and borrowers—but how might it impact markets?
A sustained period of low interest rates and abundant liquidity have been...more
Following from the European Leveraged Finance Client Alert Series article "Longer and longer: the ever lengthening loan agreement," the White & Case team compares similar trends in high yield bond documentation that have led...more
Leveraged loan agreements form key aspects of capital structures, balancing lender protection against allowing the borrower to run its business according to its business plan. In recent times, the length of such loan...more
6/30/2020
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Borrowers ,
Capital Structures ,
Creditors ,
High Yield Bonds ,
Lenders ,
Leveraged Buyout ,
Leveraged Lending ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Loan Agreements ,
Loan Documentation
An issuer of high yield bonds is subject to a number of different ongoing reporting obligations, some of which are contractual and some of which are regulatory. As part of the transaction process, issuers should take these...more
- The covenant-lite share of European institutional loan issuance in 2019 reached 92 per cent
- European leveraged loan issuance in 2019 was down slightly on the previous year to €209.1 billion
- High yield bond...more
2/19/2020
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Bifurcation ,
Borrowers ,
Covenant Lite Deals ,
EBITDA ,
EU ,
High Yield Bonds ,
Interest Rates ,
Investors ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Leveraged Lending ,
Mergers ,
UK Brexit
European Leveraged Finance Client Alert Series: Issue 8 -
The traditional approach to the treatment of disposal proceeds in leveraged loan agreements has evolved in recent years, as borrowers seek to retain greater...more
11/1/2019
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Covenant Lite Deals ,
De Minimus Doctrine ,
Debt ,
EBITDA ,
EU ,
High Yield Bonds ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Prepayments ,
Reinvestment Funds ,
Sale of Assets
European Leveraged Finance Alert Series: Issue 3, 2019 -
Investors in high yield debt expect protections to be included in documentation in order to prevent bond issuers from taking certain actions that deteriorate credit...more
3/30/2019
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Bond Issuers ,
Condition Precedent ,
Contract Terms ,
EBITDA ,
EU ,
High Yield Bonds ,
High-Yield Markets ,
Investor Protection ,
Investors ,
Leveraged Debt ,
Leveraged Lending ,
Mergers ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Stock Purchase Agreement