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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

Proskauer Rose LLP

Private Credit Deep Dives – Sponsor “Guarantees” (Europe)

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As borrowers continue to feel the squeeze caused by inflation and high interest rates, lenders in the European mid-market have seen a marked increase in covenant relief, waiver and amend and extend requests from borrowers on...more

Alston & Bird

Disqualified Lender Provisions: Broader Borrower/Sponsor Powers Pose Problems for Secondary Loan Market Participants

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Our Distressed Debt & Claims Trading Team discusses trading issues related to DQ provisions in broadly syndicated credit facilities and trends providing borrower/sponsor friendly terms creating potential pitfalls for...more

McDermott Will & Emery

HPE Miami 2023 | Financing Healthcare Companies in a Challenging Market

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During this session, Sam Koplik, Partner and Stephanie McCann, Partner and Co-Chair of Finance moderated a panel that provided key insights on financing strategies in the current market and discussed specific challenges and...more

White & Case LLP

US versus Europe: On different footing for 2023

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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

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US leveraged finance slows in turbulent market

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US leveraged loan and high yield bond markets saw significant declines in issuance in 2022, as macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty drove up borrowing costs, dampened risk appetite and significantly reduced M&A...more

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Financing likely to continue largely as is, despite inflationary worries

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Flexible and attractively priced financing has been a driving force of the M&A market for a number of years now, a trend that even the pandemic did not reverse. Persistently low interest rates have helped keep borrowing costs...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

And the Beat Goes On - January 2022 | Issue No. 157 - NAV Finance Market Update

Between Omicron, the holidays, and down-to-the-wire end-of-year closings, it was a hectic finish to 2021. But now that the calendar reads 2022, we wanted to reflect this week on the state of the NAV finance market and provide...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

ELFFF on the Shelf - December 2021 | Issue No. 155 - December Fund Finance Market Update

The active underlying deal environment comingled with the December 31st LIBOR transition deadline combined to make November the busiest month in the history of Cadwalader Fund Finance. We have no doubt that’s been the case...more

White & Case LLP

Debt: Outlook for Africa brightens after challenging first half to the year

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Lender caution following Zambia's debt repayment default in 2020 has weighed on African debt issuance, but successful raisings by high profile borrowers show that investor appetite remains resilient - African loan and bond...more

McDermott Will & Emery

First-Out, Last-Out: Still Trending?

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First-Out, Last-Out structures (FOLO), traditionally a key feature of the European mid-market space, seem to have experienced a gradual decline in some markets – whether because of an inadequate return profile or due to a...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Transition From LIBOR Appears to Remain on Track (At Least for Now)

As both lenders and borrowers in the financial industry are well aware, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom publicly announced in 2017 that it would no longer compel financial institutions comprising...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Considerations in Accessing Revolving Credit Lines

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented economic challenges for numerous industries throughout the world that have put tremendous stress on the global financial markets. As a result, numerous companies have been...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Venture Lending in a Time of Crisis

Many early stage and emerging growth companies utilize venture lending as a source of funding to compliment equity financing. But what happens to these loans in difficult and uncertain times?...more

A&O Shearman

Coronavirus Implications in Loan Documents

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The widespread reach of the coronavirus (“Covid-19”) outbreak has unfavorably impacted numerous industries all over the world and sent shock waves across the global financial markets. As the outbreak has spread globally, a...more

Hogan Lovells

Impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on Finance Sector

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On 31 January 2020, the World Health Organization has announced the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCov), sourced from Wuhan, as a Public Health Emergency of Concern. The impact of the coronavirus outbreak, social...more

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Trends in the Dutch Leveraged Finance Market: themes arising from discussion at the LMA Amsterdam Seminar

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The LMA Early Evening Seminar at Hogan Lovells Amsterdam on 1 October 2019 explored some trends in the leveraged finance market, with reports of a very healthy Dutch market, notwithstanding effects of Brexit, recession...more

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Proskauer’s Second Annual Survey on Trends in Private Credit Markets

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We are delighted to share with you the results from our second annual Trends in Private Credit survey. This year’s survey was conducted via web from January 9th to February 9th 2018. In this report, we will share...more

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