On 5 March 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") announced (the "FCA Announcement") the future cessation or loss of representativeness for all 35 LIBOR settings currently published by ICE Benchmark Administration...more
As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more
12/4/2019
/ Apartments ,
Consumer Lenders ,
EU ,
EURIBOR ,
Foreign Entities ,
France ,
Germany ,
Insolvency ,
Italy ,
Leaseholds ,
Libor ,
Loans ,
Mortgage-Backed Securities ,
Poland ,
Real Estate Financing ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Rental Property ,
Residential Leases ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securitization ,
Spain ,
Special Purpose Vehicles ,
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) ,
UK ,
Withholding Tax
Tomorrow heralds an important milestone in the evolving saga of LIBOR's discontinuation, seeing the launch of the fifth and final rate, €STR, as the proposed successor to euro LIBOR. However, although in our other articles...more
LIBOR, the reference rate for more than US$300 trillion of contracts globally and nearly US$200 trillion of US dollar contracts, is expected to cease after the end of 2021. In highlighting the limitations of the LIBOR reforms...more
9/17/2019
/ Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
Banks ,
Derivatives ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Interest Rates ,
IOSCO ,
Lenders ,
Libor ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK
Costs associated with LIBOR's discontinuation could tip the scale in favour of fixed-rate loans in real estate finance.
LIBOR's phasing out in 2021 is set to shake up the real estate finance market, amplifying the appeal...more
9/14/2019
/ Banks ,
Borrowers ,
Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Debt Financing ,
EU ,
Fixed-Rate Loans ,
Floating Interest Rates ,
Hedging ,
Libor ,
Mezzanine Lenders ,
Prepayment Penalties ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
UK
In 2012, the Wheatley Review recommended reform rather than replacement of LIBOR, on the basis that a transition to a new benchmark would pose an unacceptably high risk of financial instability. Reform came in the form of a...more
9/4/2019
/ Banking Sector ,
Benchmarks ,
Bonds ,
Compound Interest ,
Derivatives ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Interest Rates ,
ISDA ,
Lenders ,
Libor ,
Loan Market Association ,
Loans ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Public Consultations ,
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) ,
UK ,
Working Groups
Much has been written about the influence of US terms on European transactions and particularly the steady migration of US concepts into English law facilities agreements, resulting from the supply-demand imbalance in the...more
5/25/2019
/ Bankruptcy Code ,
Borrowers ,
Covenant Lite Deals ,
Creditors ,
EU ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Guarantors ,
High Yield Bonds ,
Intercreditor Agreements ,
International Finance ,
Leveraged Buyout ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Libor ,
Loan Market Association ,
Loan Syndication and Trading Association (LSTA) ,
Secured Debt ,
Supply and Demand ,
UK ,
United States