The Situation: The International Swaps and Derivatives Associations, Inc. ("ISDA") is in the process of amending its credit derivatives documentation to address concerns market participants and regulators have raised...more
The Situation: The International Swaps and Derivatives Association ("ISDA") has published proposed changes to the 2014 Credit Derivatives Definitions ("Definitions") that are meant to address issues relating to narrowly...more
The Situation: Following a recent court decision holding that Windstream Services, LLC ("Windstream") failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in accelerated debt in 2017, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee...more
A recent decision reminds credit swap market participants that thorough knowledge of the documentation and definitions relating to a particular credit default swap is critical....more
The Situation: Fears of a potential short-squeeze in the upcoming Sears CDS auction have kicked off disputes in a variety of venues.
The Result: One of these disputes caused the fourth-ever convening of an ISDA CDS...more