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A Decades-Old Question Answered: Term Loans Are Not Securities

A recent appellate ruling, Kirschner v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., rejected the contention that syndicated term loans should be treated as securities, affirming the long-held view by market participants that these loans are...more

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Debt Download - July 2023

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Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin's monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. Are the debt capital markets this summer as hot as the weather? Read on to find out!...more

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ESG: A sustainable approach in turbulent times

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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

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Bonds drive Latin American debt activity

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After weathering pandemic-related disruption early in 2021, Latin American loan and bond markets remained open for business, with bonds leading the way - Ongoing COVID-19 disruption in 2021 saw a decline in Latin American...more

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Loan activity drives US leveraged finance to new heights while high yield bond issuance maintains lofty pace

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Large double-digit gains in US loan issuance meant leveraged finance markets ended 2021 with a bang and set the stage for robust activity in 2022- The US leveraged finance market posted strong year-on-year gains in 2021 as...more

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Outlook for Africa brightens after challenging first half to the year

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African loan and bond issuance fell by just under 10% in the first half of 2021, year-on-year, with lenders still jittery after Zambia missed a bond repayment in November 2020 to become the first African sovereign to default...more

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Widening variety of issuers sustains refinancing momentum

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Debt markets warm to issuers from a broader range of sectors, maintaining high levels of refinancing activity - The surge in refinancing activity across leveraged loan and high yield bond markets through H1 2021 looks set...more

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Longer and longer the sequel: bonds follow the trend

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Following from the European Leveraged Finance Client Alert Series article "Longer and longer: the ever lengthening loan agreement,"  the White & Case team compares similar trends in high yield bond documentation that have led...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Exploring European Bonds, Loans and Covenants

Akin Gump London-based financial restructuring partner Liz Osborne and finance partners Amy Kennedy and Stephen Peppiatt discuss European bonds, loans and the various flavors of covenants in the current liquidity constrained...more

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Federal Reserve Board Releases Semiannual Financial Stability Report

On Nov. 15, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Board”) released its semiannual Financial Stability Report. The report presents the Board’s current assessment of the resilience of the U.S. financial...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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Ten years on: The surprising resilience of European leveraged finance: The market pauses for breath in 2018

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• In Europe, leveraged loan issuance is down 28 per cent year-on-year to €202.5 billion in 2018, but is up on all years between 2014 and 2016 • High yield bond issuance is down 37 per cent year-on-year • Leveraged loans...more

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Leveraged Finance Update - May 2017

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The search for yield continues...Techniques honed in the more mature US leveraged finance market continue to be imported into European deals and then across to the APAC markets, requiring skillful reworking in some cases to...more

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