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
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
The Czech Government has enacted a number of measures in order to provide businesses affected by the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic with a package of emergency economic relief and financial assistance. The measures...more
5/28/2020
/ Bank Guarantees ,
Banks ,
Borrowers ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Czech Republic ,
Deferred Action ,
Economic Stimulus ,
Exports ,
Financial Assistance Policies ,
Government-Guaranteed Loans ,
Insolvency ,
Installment Agreements ,
Lenders ,
Midsize and Large Business Loans ,
Moratorium ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Relief Measures ,
Tax Deferral ,
Temporary Regulations
Analysts expect that GDP will plummet as a consequence of the restrictions on economic activities imposed as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that the global economy, and with it the Czech economy, will slow down...more
4/4/2020
/ Commercial Leases ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Czech Republic ,
Deferred Action ,
Eviction ,
Federal Loans ,
Financial Assistance Policies ,
Financial Crisis ,
Foreclosure ,
Insolvency ,
Installment Agreements ,
Liquidity ,
Moratorium ,
Risk Mitigation
The goal of the Prague COVID-19 Task Force is to regularly update our clients on actual and prospective developments in their markets consequent on the pandemic, primarily from a Czech perspective but also across the region. ...more
4/3/2020
/ Banks ,
Breach of Contract ,
Business Closures ,
Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Czech Republic ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Impossibility ,
Insolvency ,
Landlords ,
Relief Measures ,
Small Business ,
State of Emergency ,
Unemployment
At a time of vast capital outflows (withdrawals from emerging markets in the period 21 January – 24 March were reported by the Institute of International Finance at $83 billion), commodity price falls and wider global market...more