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Roadmap to Joint Venture Agreements: Legal and Accounting Considerations
Exit Strategies for GOVCONs with Set Aside Contracts: 2021 Insights and Lessons Learned from Business Owners and Advisors
M&A Strategies for the Acquisition of Insolvent/Financially Distressed Targets
Meritas Capability Webinar - Transactions in a COVID-19 Environment
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Financing Challenges for Small Cap Companies
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Homebuilder Series Webinar: Joint Ventures Solutions, Steve Lear
Structuring an MLP Finance
Financing Trends in Life Sciences – Interview with Bill Whelan, Member, Mintz Levin
The Transformation of the VC Business Model – Interview with Bill Whelan, Member, Mintz Levin
The trajectory of a biotech company is often full of ups and downs, influenced by unpredictable changes in market conditions. It is therefore imperative for biotech companies to be agile in finding the most appropriate...more
Ireland is the global hub for aircraft leasing and financing, with over 60%1 of the world’s leased aircraft being managed from there, and Dublin being home to more than 30 aircraft leasing companies2. This is thanks in no...more
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
Convertible loan financings have become the go-to financing instrument in German venture capital for short-term and (bridge) funding on the fly. Most law firms, venture capital funds, business angels or related initiatives...more
What Happened: In a little-noticed development, eight states have enacted legislation that requires specific disclosures for commercial non-real estate secured financing transactions....more
International Geneva – A global governance ecosystem of over 40 international organizations, 178 country representations and 700+ non-governmental organizations....more
Crowdfunding emerged as a popular and innovative method of fundraising for startups, providing a platform for entrepreneurs to raise capital through soliciting relatively small individual investments or contributions from a...more
California will solicit up to 2 GW of long-duration energy storage resources as part of a 10.6 GW centralized procurement for emerging clean energy technologies to be deployed between 2031 and 2037, the California Public...more
Executive Summary - Over the last several years, a need has arisen in the fund finance market, which caters to private equity, venture capital, family offices, and other investment funds (“Funds”) and their sponsors, for...more
What Happened? On August 11, 2024 the Department of Veterans Affairs (the “VA”) released Circular 26-24-17, clarifying how a servicer should process an assumption when there is secondary financing. Significantly, the VA...more
On July 18, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued notice of a proposed interpretive rule (Rule) that walks back a prior 2020 Advisory Opinion on the manner in which Regulation Z defines “credit.” The...more
In this report on the solar financing marketplace, which is characterized as an “Issue Spotlight”, the CFPB identifies four areas that they view to present risks to consumers. In the press release accompanying the report,...more
In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we’ve compiled a range of data on venture, convertible note, and SAFE financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the second quarter of 2024, with the...more
Missouri is the latest state to enact a disclosure requirement for commercial financing, joining the growing number of states that have done the same. California, New York, Utah, and Virginia were the first states to pass...more
The credit agreement for a subscription credit facility will list several conditions precedent that are required prior to the credit agreement becoming effective and/or the first extension of credit occurring thereunder....more
Food Venture Financing Trends Terrantic, a data platform for modern operations for the food supply chain, announced that it raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Plonts, an alternative dairy startup that raised $12...more
For a lender in bankruptcy, the best situation is to be an over-secured creditor, meaning the value of your collateral exceeds your debt. A creditor in this exalted category can recover principal, interest (including...more
The combination of increased regulatory pressure and additional investor demand for higher yield has seen numerous banks gradually displaced by private debt funds in the corporate lending sector (particularly for mid-market...more
A strange confluence of geopolitical events, labor unrest, softening consumer demand, and supply-chain logistical issues could leave lumps of coal in the stockings of lenders this holiday season. The story begins in the Red...more
The latest edition of the Consumer Finance State Roundup highlights three recently enacted measures of potential interest from California, Missouri, and North Carolina....more
Executive Summary - Net Asset Value (“NAV”) credit facilities are a tool that borrowers may use to access financing based on the value of their underlying investment portfolio. The users of these facilities are generally...more
We have said it before – the “credit cornerstone” of a subscription credit facility is the limited partnership agreement (the “LPA”) – it is the primary contract, together with any side letters, governing the relationship...more
Recently, the Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”) issued guidance for Limited Partners (LPs) and General Partners ("GPs") around the use of Net Asset Value (NAV-)based financing facilities by private equity...more
Are you ready to take your business to the next level but worried about the complexities of securing the right funding? Like many entrepreneurs, you may find yourself facing the obstacle of balancing capital acquisition...more
The latest hurdle in getting a deal done in the post-Fed-rate-hikes era revolves around the capital stack, which, according to the Commercial Observer, is more complicated than ever. Deals are taking longer because...more