News & Analysis as of

Investment Funds Financial Transactions

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Truly Bingeworthy Series July 2024 - Some Key Considerations When Lending to a Master-Series Fund

Master-series funds are definitely not on our desks on a daily basis; however, they do arise from time to time, and certainly as transactions are becoming more and more bespoke. Care should be taken by lenders when lending to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Welcome to 2024: CWT’s European Fund Finance Market Insights January 2024 - Cayman Moves Closer to a List-Free Summer!

The Cayman Islands recently received an early Holiday gift when the EU Commission published a regulation in mid-December paving the way to remove Cayman from its list of ‘high-risk’ countries for AML/CFT purposes. The...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Honey, do you think KYC is still open? September 2023 - The Irish ICAV – Key Features and Finance Considerations

While there has been much industry focus on the re-energised Irish Investment Limited Partnership vehicle, (“ILP”) the ICAV remains the workhorse, or perhaps more accurately the stallion, of Irish Fund structures. We have set...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Financial Restrictions on Russia Increase with Additional Focus on Sanctions Circumvention

On 23 June 2023, the European Union (EU) adopted a new package of economic sanctions against Russia. In addition to other measures, the 11th sanctions package has specifically widened prior financial restrictions applicable...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Special Alert: SVB/Signature Receiverships: Key Impacts of SVB/Signature Receiverships on Fund Finance Transactions

It has been a chaotic 72 hours, with changing facts, breaking news and unexpected developments. The market turmoil has kept us scrambling to figure out how best to get deals closed, to keep money moving and to meet our...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Code Update: Get Ready March 2023 | Issue No. 214 - Cayman Counsel and Signature Block Comments – What’s the Deed?

Of the comments that Cayman counsel add to transaction documents, one of the points that seems to incur a raised eyebrow by U.S. counsel or lenders now and again is the addition of “executed as a deed” in signature blocks of...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Everybody’s Talking - October 2022 | Issue No. 195 - Fund Finance in a Rising Rate Environment: Bank Survey and Observations

Everyone is talking monetary policy as though they have been watching the Federal Reserve closely for years. Some people are even claiming to have had lunch with Paul Volcker in the ‘80s. Inflation and rising rates are a...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Don’t Look Back? - July 2022 | Issue No. 184 - Although Change Is Inevitable, Some Basics Remain Timeless

With communication avenues evolving and remote options only increasing, we certainly aren’t going back to the “good old days” of all-hands page flips and in-person closings. Combine that with Fax Rooms and FedEx deadlines,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Stars and Stripes - July 2022 | Issue No. 182 - FFA European Symposium: A Big Success

The Fund Finance Association European Symposium was held this week in London, bringing the industry together in Europe for the first time since 2019.  The event was a tremendous success, with a packed agenda spanning three...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Sanctions Savvy - May 2022 | Issue No. 175 - LP Sanctions Risk in Fund Finance: Issues for Lenders to Consider

We have been closely monitoring the sanctions landscape over the last few months. Back in March, we covered the sanctions levied by the United States and other jurisdictions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Spring in Our Step March 2022 | Issue No. 168 - Quarter-End Market Update

As we usher in spring and hopefully finally say goodbye to the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, deal volume and overall market activity remain extremely robust. With less than a week to go in an eventful first quarter, we’re...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Devil Is in the Detail - January 2022 | Issue No. 158 - De-mystifying Luxembourg Fund Structures

The role of the various management/administrative players in a Luxembourg fund structure has become increasingly complicated, so this week Fund Finance Friday took the opportunity to talk with Antoine Fortier Grethen, head of...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

En Fuego - September 2021 | Issue No. 145 - What’s Hot in Fund Finance?

My colleague Leah Edelboim and I had the pleasure of presenting a webinar on “Hot Topics in Fund Finance” earlier this week. Special thanks to Mondaq for hosting us. Below is a brief summary of some of the trends and market...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Let the Games Begin July 2021 | Issue No. 136 - Revlon: It’s Worth a Double Take (Part II: Borrower Considerations)

In last week’s edition of FFF, we discussed the Revlon case involving an erroneous payment by an administrative agent to the syndicate lenders, which is currently up on appeal before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Fund Finance Observations for June

The fund finance markets continued their healthy clip into June, with activity levels remaining elevated. Transaction Volume and Pipeline. Transaction volume remains double digits ahead of 2020 year-to-date, with a strong...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Managing Risks and Maximizing Leverage – Thinking Outside the Square

There has been considerable discussion in the market over the last 12 months about how lenders can increase liquidity and manage the risks that can arise through over-exposure to a particular sponsor, sector or product....more

Gray Reed

SEC Expands Definition of Accredited Investor

Gray Reed on

On August 25, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the definition of “accredited investor” in Rule 501 promulgated under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. Historically,...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Webinar] PIPE Transactions in the REIT Space - September 17th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CT

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

A Private Investment in Public Equity (“PIPE”) transaction can be an effective way for a public company to raise capital in a turbulent market environment. In this REIT Series presentation, V&E REIT professionals will provide...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Staff Targets COVID-19 Compliance Issues for Brokers and Investment Advisers (CHECKLIST INCLUDED)

Morgan Lewis on

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published a Risk Alert on August 12 highlighting compliance considerations created by the coronavirus (COVID-19)...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Q&A With Deal Lawyer Colin Bumby

Tell us about your practice in the middle-market private equity space?  I represent private equity funds and their portfolio companies in numerous equity transactions — mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, complex...more

20 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide