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Investors flock to investment grade debt markets

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Primary investment grade bond issuance surged in Q1 2024 as investors ramped up exposure to high-quality borrowers in a high interest rate environment. In the US, investment grade corporate borrowers secured US$429.7 billion...more

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Cayman Islands M&A: on the rise

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Many acquisitions, especially privatisations, are structured as a statutory merger, and in this article, we provide a brief overview of Cayman Islands (“Cayman”) mergers and consolidations and the general requirements for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

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International Capital Markets Newsletter - October 2022, Issue 7: The Corporate Insolvency & Governance Act 2020

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As the UK teeters on the brink of what would appear to be an inevitable recession, new restructuring tools introduced in the UK in 2020 pursuant to the Corporate Insolvency & Governance Act 2020 (“CIGA”) will ensure that...more

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Special Situations Client Bulletin - Legal Review Guide for Stressed/Distressed Credits

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Although there may be differing views as to whether the U.S. economy is heading into some form of market correction, many would argue that certain warning signs have appeared that would suggest the possibility of an economic...more

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Industry Perspectives: Trade finance and the ESG revolution

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The trade finance market is undergoing a radical transformation in terms of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). In this Industry Perspective, two lawyers at Allen & Overy – Niels de Ru, partner in Amsterdam,...more

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M&A financing keeps the leveraged finance market beating

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A rebound in European corporate transactions has driven a double-digit acceleration in leveraged finance earmarked for M&A (excl. buyouts), with a robust pipeline setting the stage for an active 2022. In the summer of...more

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Looking For Stiffer Loan Terms?  Nevada May Be Able To Help

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Nevada's corporation law is quite protective of directors and officers.  Following the Delaware Supreme Court's decision in Smith v. Van Gorkum, 488 A.2d 858 (1985), the Nevada legislature amended the law to allow for...more

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ISS Publishes 2021 Proxy Voting Guidelines

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In the News. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) published its proxy voting guidelines updates for 2021, which include new and updated voting recommendations on federal forum and exclusive forum provisions in companies’...more

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Structured Preferred Equity – A Versatile Tool in the Debt Restructuring Toolbox

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For many sponsor-backed and other highly leveraged private companies, the business impact of COVID-19 is just beginning to apply pressure to financial covenant compliance. As borrowers and private credit (or other) lenders...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Zone of Uncertainty: Director Considerations in Responding to COVID-19

Directors managing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business must remember their fiduciary duties as they consider potential actions and approaches, including M&A and interested party transactions, and should...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Liquidity Management in Uncertain Times

Drawing down on the full availability under a revolving credit facility can be a useful source of liquidity. However, in order to do so, a borrower must carefully analyze whether they can satisfy all conditions precedent to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Cybersecurity: What You Must Know and What You Must Do

On February 1, 2016, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) published the Winter 2015 issue of Supervisory Insights. Not surprisingly, the first article dealt with the most important issue facing the financial...more

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