Williams Mullen Mezzanine Lending Video Series - Episode 5
Unlawful Debt Collection Claims - RICO Report Podcast
Advancing Agriculture - Identifying and Addressing Distressed Debts
Pillsbury's Industry Insights - Episode #22: Real Estate Market Update
Path Forward: Borrowing Base Redeterminations In A Restructuring World
THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part III - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR - LOAN REGIME METHOD OF SPLIT DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE
THE WAY WE WERE
Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: Part II - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
Mad Dogs and Panameños!
It's (Not) Too Late, Baby!
Switch Hitter! Maximizing the Flexibility of Split Dollar Life Insurance to Create Maximum Financial and Tax Leverage
SWITCH HITTER! Maximizing the Flexibility of Split Dollar Life Insurance to Create Maximum Financial and Tax Leverage
FATHER KNOWS BEST
Podcast: Questions & Concerns About Documentation: A Conversation with Colin Adams, M-III Partners
Podcast: Credit Funds: Credit Default Swaps in the Distressed Limelight
A 1% reduction in the Bank Rate would reduce the UK government's annual interest charges on the national debt, but the exact amount of the reduction depends on the proportion of the debt that is sensitive to changes in...more
Welcome to the June edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month features the latest Court of Appeal decision in a trilogy of recent cases regarding the loan relationship “unallowable purpose” test, an Upper Tribunal decision...more
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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
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High yield bond activity rallies in the US as borrowers pivot away from pricier leveraged loans, but European and Asian markets remain challenged US high yield bond activity sparked back to life in H1 2023 as improved...more
Loan issuance across all major jurisdictions saw year-on-year double-digit declines during the first half of 2023, as high inflation and rising interest rates continued to weigh on loan activity The first half of 2023 has...more
In recent months – as credit spreads have continued to widen – sponsors, borrowers and lenders alike have frequently found themselves combing through their loan documents to check the scope of the pricing “MFN” provisions...more
On March 16, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a bulletin cautioning loan servicers about their responsibility to stop any illegal activity related to private student loans that have been discharged...more
When is a loan not a loan? When it’s something else – for example, equity. This is one of those pesky facts and circumstances issues that plague courts, taxpayers, and tax advisers to no end. Debt- On one end of the...more
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Environmental, social and governance (ESG)-linked debt issuances have been negatively impacted in 2022 after reaching all-time global highs last year....more
From time to time, we review loan files for clients to confirm they have the collateral they think they do. Assume a lender has a properly perfected $1,000,000 mortgage loan and a $500,000 line of credit secured by all of the...more
On October 9, 2020, a group of first lien lenders filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court against Boardriders, Inc., a California-based surfing and skateboarding apparel company and its equity sponsor, challenging a...more
As COVID-19 continues to impact personal finances in the United States, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ramped up enforcement actions intended to safeguard a set of borrowers not protected by the CARES...more
Real Property Update - Fraudulent Transfer: Real property that was worth less than mortgage encumbering it was not an asset per the plain language of section 726.102(2) and, therefore, could not support fraudulent transfer...more
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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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently focused its attention on the student loan industry following alleged widespread servicing failures reported by borrowers and found by the CFPB's examinations and...more
In an effort to summarize the highlights of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) LEAN E-mail Blasts that we receive, and rarely have time to review in a timely fashion, we at Pepper are providing this...more