Introduction - Convertible bonds are, customarily, fixed rate debt instruments issued by a company (the “issuer”), the terms of which allow the holders of the bonds to convert them into ordinary shares (common stock) of...more
Le Conseil d'Etat considère que la mise en place d'actions convertibles inverses accompagnées de divers contrats d'option de vente et d'achat peut être constitutive d'un abus de droit fiscal sur le fondement de l'article L....more
Demand for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is rapidly growing across the decentralized finance (DeFi) community, with growing interest among existing crypto-native participants and across the traditional finance industry...more
Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin's monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. Are the debt capital markets this summer as hot as the weather? Read on to find out!...more
Two recent landmark decisions provide valuable guidance on this commonly used form of credit enhancement. Keepwell deeds have in recent years grown into a common form of credit enhancement used by companies in mainland...more
In September 2019, Italian power generation company Enel opened up the market for a new sustainable finance product — bonds with interest rate adjustments related to sustainability performance targets. This new product has...more
New investor-published guidelines for transition bonds could expand sustainable finance to a broader variety of conventional businesses. On June 12, 2019, AXA Investment Managers published an article calling for the market...more
On May 24, 2018, the European Commission (“EC“) published a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on sovereign bond-backed securities (2018/0171 (COD)). Sovereign bond-backed securities...more
Division of Investment Management of the SEC Issues No-Action Letter to SSB - On May 8, 2018, the Chief Counsel's Office of the Division of Investment Management ("IM") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the...more
E' di pochi giorni orsono la risposta della Direzione Centrale della Agenzia delle Entrate ad una istanza di Interpello avente ad oggetto il regime fiscale applicabile ad un prestito obbligazionario non negoziato su ExtraMOT...more
A recent case in New York State Supreme Court, One Williams Street Capital Management LP v. U.S. Education Loan Trust IV, LLC (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. May 15, 2015), affords a useful opportunity to review the applicability and...more
The Bank of Italy post-trade reporting requirements are likely to impact the issuance and offering of bonds and other debt securities in Italy. The Bank of Italy has the power to require entities issuing or offering...more
After the fiscal cliff deal failed to include a framework for comprehensive tax reform, many in Washington predicted that the momentum for tax reform would wither away. Although Congress has many important issues on its...more