Market dynamics reshape borrower choices -
Competition between lending channels intensified in 2025, as leveraged finance markets in Europe saw lenders vying for deals and offering borrowers greater flexibility ahead of an...more
1/29/2026
/ Bond Markets ,
Borrowers ,
Capital Markets ,
Competition ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Debt Financing ,
Debt Market ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
High Yield Bonds ,
Investment ,
Lenders ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Loans ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
Private Equity ,
Private Funds ,
Syndicated Loans
When Gatsby stands at the edge of his lawn, gazing across the bay at the green light on Daisy Buchanan's dock, that lamp promises his imagination that time itself might be reversed. History will relent and desire bend the...more
A liability management exercise ("LME") is, at its core, any transaction a company undertakes to manage its debt other than actually servicing it in the ordinary course of business. While these historically ranged from...more
10/24/2025
/ Borrowers ,
Capital Markets ,
Contract Drafting ,
Credit Facilities ,
Creditors ,
Debt Restructuring ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lenders ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Private Equity ,
Syndicated Loans
As the US private credit market matures and grows increasingly competitive, US-based funds are increasingly looking to Europe for new growth opportunities - The US is the world’s largest private credit market, tripling in...more
Standstill periods in private credit intercreditor agreements don't get much attention – they exist to allow senior lenders time to take enforcement action before super senior lenders can step in. But if you're not careful,...more
European leveraged finance markets back on track -European leveraged finance markets rallied strongly in 2024, with momentum for new deals and opportunities for borrowers and lenders alike in 2025 -
Europe's leveraged...more
2/6/2025
/ Borrowers ,
Capital Markets ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Financing ,
High-Yield Markets ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Loans ,
Private Equity ,
Private Funds
Following the successful completion of a number of key private-credit transactions across the Middle East in 2024 (including the recent transaction White & Case acted on for Property Finder, named "Impact Deal of the Year" at...more
From large cap syndicated deals to mid-market private credit, whether in loans or in bonds, the ability for borrowers to incur material incremental debt is commonplace. However, when you look beyond the headline ratios and...more
The macro-economic landscape of recent years, marked by rising interest rates and inflationary pressures, has significantly escalated borrowing costs in the European mid-market. This has prompted borrowers to explore...more
Liability management transactions which may favour a subset of creditors over another are increasingly common in the US leveraged finance markets. 2024 may be seen as the year in which these US imports began to make a real...more
Borrowers and lenders alike may be forgiven for running out of steam when, having negotiated ever more complex commercial grids, term sheets and loan agreements, one reaches the final line item – the governing law of the loan...more
Side letters document bespoke arrangements between all or certain parties to a financing transaction and supplement the terms of the principal documents thereto. Becoming increasingly popular with stakeholders, and with the...more
In the current market, investors are increasingly considering their options in relation to the stressed and distressed credits in their portfolios. Whilst mindful of stakeholder relationships, secured lenders may, in some...more
Senior secured creditors, being the anchor creditor in the capital stack, will always be focused on ensuring their priority claim is as robust as possible, with clearly delineated capacity for 'super priority' debt. However,...more
European leveraged finance in 2023 was saddled with the negative effects of elevated interest rates. But as the market adjusts to the “new normal”, rate and price stability offer hope for a brighter 2024.
-Rising interest...more
1/30/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Banking Sector ,
Buyouts ,
Debt ,
Debt Market ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Interest Rates ,
Investment ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Loans ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Refinancing
Heading into 2023, European leveraged finance markets continue to deal with fierce headwinds, following 12 months of economic and geopolitical volatility that has prompted a general slowdown in issuance. What does this mean...more
Rises in energy costs, disruption to global supply chains, the situation in Ukraine, soaring inflation and higher interest rates are pushing several major European economies towards recession. Borrowers and issuers in the...more
11/14/2022
/ Borrowers ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Energy Costs ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
High-Yield Markets ,
Investors ,
Jurisdiction ,
Marketing ,
Mortgages ,
Piercing the Corporate Veil ,
Price Inflation ,
Recessions ,
Shareholders ,
Supply Chain ,
Ukraine ,
Valuation
For fast-growth companies in particular, recurring revenue (or annualised recurring revenue, "ARR") loans are increasingly common in the European loan market, as lenders and borrowers become more familiar with a new...more
For further information, please visit the White & Case Coronavirus Resource Center. On 2 April, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a scheme aimed at providing support to the so-called "squeezed middle", which comprises...more
While the UK Government, for the most part, has been praised for taking quick, decisive action to limit the impact of the COVID 19 economic shock for consumers and some UK companies, the measures announced to date excluded a...more
Faced with a rapidly evolving business landscape, lenders, borrowers, advisors and other stakeholders in the leveraged finance market are working hard to assess and monitor current and anticipated problems in existing loan...more
In our client alert entitled "Government-backed initiatives to support businesses impacted by the Coronavirus" we gave an overview of various measures announced by the UK Government to help UK business through the economic...more
3/27/2020
/ Bank of England ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covid Commercial Financing Facility ( CCFF) ,
Financial Distress ,
HM Treasury ,
Loan Agreements ,
Loans ,
Promissory Notes ,
Relief Measures ,
State of Emergency ,
UK
In our client alert titled "Government-backed initiatives to support businesses impacted by the Coronavirus," we gave an overview of various measures announced by the UK Government to help UK business through the economic...more
The UK Government has been quick to respond to the economic shock and disruption caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 and, over the past week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury and the Bank of England have announced...more
3/24/2020
/ Bank of England ,
Borrowers ,
Business Interruption ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Issuers ,
EU ,
Financial Crisis ,
Government-Guaranteed Loans ,
HM Treasury ,
Industrial Sector ,
Relief Measures ,
State Aid ,
UK