The Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) defaulting lender provisions were released in 2011 in the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis. Some 12 years later, recent distress in the banking sector has thrust...more
To address the key issue in the litigation In re: Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers, on March 19, 2021, the Loan Syndication and Trading Association (LSTA) circulated a Market Advisory that contains draft erroneous...more
This bulletin provides a timely update on two emerging issues related to LIBOR transition – namely, requirements that administrative agents (including private credit lenders acting in that role on their facilities) may be...more
As most market participants are aware, in 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a financial regulatory body in the UK, announced that LIBOR would be phased out. The announcement was made, in part, in recognition of the...more
A new Directive amending the EU's Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, widely referred to as "BRRD2", has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union....more
From 1 January 2016, all EEA incorporated banks and credit institutions are required to include a term in any non-EEA law governed contract under which they have liabilities, giving contractual recognition of the bail-in...more