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Podcast: Questions & Concerns About Documentation: A Conversation with Colin Adams, M-III Partners
Although high interest rates may no longer be headline news, loan obligations remain a driving source of stress for many business owners. Loan financing is fundamental (and often unavoidable) for many businesses. Loans can...more
Below is his conversation with Gary Grote, Managing Director at Bridgepoint Investment Banking, which focuses on capital raising and M&A advisory solutions. Gary focuses on deals in the healthcare, leveraged finance,...more
On May 9th and 10th, the Loan Syndications and Trading Associations held its third annual private credit industry conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The major theme of the conference—the speakers of which included...more
WHAT IS A LIQUIDITY COVENANT AND WHY IS IT INTRODUCED? A liquidity covenant is a requirement for a business to maintain a minimum amount of available cash on a balance sheet. Originally Published in Butterworths...more
Interest rates and inflation have been the big drivers of the US economy as of late, but lenders are increasingly optimistic for 2024, despite some challenges. Lenders foresee interest rate declines beginning in 2024 – with...more
Meanwhile, cash-strapped biotechs have in many cases been forced to leverage relationships with big pharma to address liquidity. Cash is king in a financing environment such as we have observed over the last 18 months, and...more
From Q1-Q3 of 2023, the U.S. loan market was marked by novel deal patterns and uneven market activity. Initially, the bulk of deals were portfolio work, including amend & extend transactions, covenant relief amendments and...more
Notwithstanding at least some deterioration in documentation standards towards the top-end of the private credit market in recent years, maintenance leverage covenants have remained a pervasive feature of unitranche as an...more
How is the loan market reacting to the economic environment, and how should borrowers respond? ...more
For fast-growth companies in particular, recurring revenue (or annualised recurring revenue, "ARR") loans are increasingly common in the European loan market, as lenders and borrowers become more familiar with a new...more
In this session, Stephanie McCann, Partner and Co-Head of McDermott’s Finance Practice Group, and Frank Steinherr, Partner and Co-Head of McDermott’s Private Equity Practice Group, hosted a discussion that explored strategies...more
It was a year of rebounds in 2021, from the early hike in refinancing activity to the subsequent surge in M&A and buyout deals, as well as frenetic activity in the PE space, all of which contributed to a noteworthy uptick in...more
EBITDA has long been the trusted metric for leveraged financings, but the European market is becoming increasingly familiar with a new barometer of performance: annual recurring revenue (“ARR”)....more
HEADLINES Leveraged finance markets largely returned to the pre-pandemic status quo in the first half of 2021 following a tumultuous 2020. From January to June 2021, US leveraged loan issuance climbed 60 percent compared to...more
On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-X (the SEC’s accounting rules for the form and content of financial statements...more
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 proved that the European private debt market remains strong. A 2021 Preqin Private Debt Report revealed that there were 504 active European private debt managers in 2020, up from 443 in...more
In light of the recent rise in so-called liability management transactions in the middle market, described by some observers as “lender-on-lender violence”, now is a perfect time for middle market lenders to review and...more
Leveraged buyout high yield bond and leveraged loan issuance fell in Q3 2020 as a lack of buyout deals in a still cautious M&A market dampened appetite for financing - Although leveraged buyout (LBO) activity showed signs...more
In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, the U.S. government has provided relief to companies through various grant programs. The receipt of these grant proceeds represents a meaningful lifeline to many companies and the...more
Who Needs to Know - Lenders and potential borrowers considering making loans or borrowing under the MSLP. Why It Matters - In the month of September, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Boston Fed) released...more
There is great fear and uncertainty in the market. Retailers and restaurateurs have been reeling from the inability to serve customers. Curbside pickup and home delivery do not compensate. Oil and gas bankruptcies also are...more
The decline in H1 2020 leveraged finance issuance has seen some lenders intensify their focus on pricing and borrower-friendly loan structures, but lender responses to the impact of COVID-19 have diverged across regions....more
As upstream oil and gas companies emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcies, they’ll need to be mindful of exit credit facility terms and requirements that may reflect a shift from their prior experience and will likely affect...more
The onset of the novel Coronavirus pandemic (“COVID-19”) led to an abrupt shutdown of businesses worldwide and across numerous industries. The shutdown’s impact on the commercial real estate market generally, and on REITs...more
The update generally provides further clarifications to existing guidance, but one change regarding the Expanded Loan Facility could enable eligible borrowers to access additional funding that was previously unavailable to...more