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European leveraged finance enters new era

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High interest rates weighed down on deals, precipitating a drop in leveraged loan issuance in 2023. However, there are reasons to be optimistic that deal activity will pick up in 2024 - As our latest leveraged finance...more

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European NPLs: Market earns welcome breathing room

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The ongoing decline in NPL volumes in 2022 and pivot towards smaller disposals leave European lenders well positioned to withstand adverse economic conditions. Lenders are enjoying the fruits of their labours. Having...more

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Subdued macro conditions shelve major loan activity

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Loan issuance across all major jurisdictions saw year-on-year double-digit declines during the first half of 2023, as high inflation and rising interest rates continued to weigh on loan activity The first half of 2023 has...more

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Fixed and Floating Charges: the Key is Control, but the Key to Control is Drafting

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In our April webinar “Risk Mitigation Techniques in Trade Financing Structures”, which I delivered with my colleagues Sam Fowler-Holmes and Maria Capocci, we discussed methods to mitigate risks all the way along the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

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European Banking Authority Publishes Report on Non-Bank Lending Sector

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The European Banking Authority has published a report on the EU non-bank lending sector i.e., the growing number of financial intermediaries operating outside the EU financial services regulatory perimeter, including BigTech...more

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Key COVID-19 FAQs for financial institutions: A Cross-border view (Updated)

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Our global team has prepared the following FAQs to provide financial institutions with a cross-border perspective in navigating the governmental/regulatory response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial institutions...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: The OCC’s True Lender Test Embraces A Simplified Solution

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In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed a rule that would establish that a national bank or federal savings association is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the date of origination, the...more

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Impact on Banking Transactions of New Belgian Code of Companies and Associations

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The Situation: The new Belgian Code of Companies and Associations ("BCCA") which enters into force on May 1, 2019, will significantly impact banking transactions involving Belgian companies. The Result: The BCCA introduces...more

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Ten years on: The surprising resilience of European leveraged finance: The market pauses for breath in 2018

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• In Europe, leveraged loan issuance is down 28 per cent year-on-year to €202.5 billion in 2018, but is up on all years between 2014 and 2016 • High yield bond issuance is down 37 per cent year-on-year • Leveraged loans...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Loan Syndication and EU Competition Law

The intricate syndicated loan market has recently triggered attention from competition authorities internationally. Recently, the Spanish competition authority fined €91 million a syndicate of four Spanish banks. The...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Growth of European Covenant Lite

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In 2016, global sponsors and their advisers were successful in continuing to export their experiences from financing transactions in the US leveraged loan and global bond markets to the European leveraged loan market and this...more

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Proskauer’s Second Annual Survey on Trends in Private Credit Markets

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We are delighted to share with you the results from our second annual Trends in Private Credit survey. This year’s survey was conducted via web from January 9th to February 9th 2018. In this report, we will share...more

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European Fund Finance Market Update

On October 11, 2017, the Fund Finance Association (the “FFA”) hosted its 3rd Annual European Fund Finance Symposium (the “Conference”) at the Landmark Hotel in London. Forty-two market participants sponsored the Conference...more

Hogan Lovells

Unitranche: On the up, down under

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Unitranche facilities have been a feature of the European and US markets for a number of years, and have recently been making their mark in Australia. What is unitranche? A unitranche facility is a single facility which...more

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How Europe’s Private Debt Funds Are Approaching the Leveraged Finance Market

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Paul Mullen is a partner in the Hogan Lovells London office. In this hoganlovells.com interview, Mullen talks about how the deal structures vary between the private debt funds and the banks, the differences in the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

Financial Industry Developments - Rejecting "True Lender" Arguments, California District Court Dismisses Claims Against Student Loan Servicers - This past Thursday, September 22, a federal district court in the...more

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New European Legislation Creating Headaches (and Opportunities) for Borrowers

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New legislation gives European regulators the power to write-down, change the terms of, cancel, and convert into equity the liabilities (including loan commitments) of troubled European lenders. New credit agreements...more

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New Opportunities in Cross-Border Special Situations Lending

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Recent changes in cross-border leveraged loan documentation requirements open up new possibilities for both borrowers and lenders. Cross-border leveraged loan documentation has become increasingly permissive with respect...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

[Event] Breakfast With Your Finance & Bankruptcy Lawyers: The Risks and Rewards of Financings in Europe - May 13, New York, NY

This breakfast session is jointly presented by Sheppard Mullin and Bird & Bird LLP, and will look at the key issues to consider when structuring financings involving European counterparties and examine whether there are real...more

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