Market dynamics reshape borrower choices - Competition between lending channels intensified in 2025, as leveraged finance markets in Europe saw lenders vying for deals and offering borrowers greater flexibility ahead of an...more
It has been a busy year for European financing markets, with robust demand for refinancings driving volume. The fourth quarter of 2025 likely will see more transactions coming to market in preparation for an even livelier...more
"Baskets" are leveraged finance jargon for certain permissions a Sponsor's borrower group has to undertake certain transactions that, because of they are viewed by lenders as "leakage" items of a more risky nature to the...more
As we approach the end of the financial year, activity in the leveraged market is gaining pace. Are we headed for a positive end to Q4?...more
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
At the beginning of 2024, the White & Case leveraged finance team made a series of predictions on how the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets would perform in 2024. After 12 months of softer markets in 2023, the...more
We are increasingly seeing requests for a committed acquisition/capex facility – often referred to as a Delayed Draw Term Loan (DDTL) – to be included as part of the initial capital structure on European syndicated leveraged...more
Liability management transactions which may favour a subset of creditors over another are increasingly common in the US leveraged finance markets. 2024 may be seen as the year in which these US imports began to make a real...more
A strong finish to 2023 helped to boost global leveraged loan issuance at the end of an otherwise rocky year for all key markets. The last 12 months were incredibly challenging for banks, investors and borrowers, as elevated...more
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
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
High yield bond activity rallies in the US as borrowers pivot away from pricier leveraged loans, but European and Asian markets remain challenged US high yield bond activity sparked back to life in H1 2023 as improved...more
As our latest leveraged finance report reveals, European leveraged finance markets saw significant inertia through the course of 2022 as high inflation, rising interest rates and cooling M&A activity put the brakes on...more
Stalled issuance, growing concerns around rising costs, supply chain bottlenecks and the conflict in Ukraine—it's been a whirlwind of a year, with many remaining challenges for the year ahead - Typically, the pattern of...more
Heading into 2023, European leveraged finance markets continue to deal with fierce headwinds, following 12 months of economic and geopolitical volatility that has prompted a general slowdown in issuance. What does this mean...more
HEADLINES - - M&A leveraged loan issuance in Western and Southern Europe is down 69 per cent year-on-year, while high yield is down 81 per cent -Buyout loan and high yield bond issuance is down by 9 per cent and 52 per...more
European leveraged finance markets have been completely reconfigured in the past 12 months. Inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty have squeezed liquidity and seen high yield bond and leveraged loan...more
European leveraged finance markets saw significant inertia through the course of 2022 as high inflation, rising interest rates and cooling M&A activity put the brakes on leveraged loan and high yield bond issuance. How will...more
Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin’s monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. We hope your year is off to a good start!...more
Market conditions have remained challenging through the past year. The post-pandemic recovery globally saw a significant setback as a result of the war in Ukraine, which exacerbated the pre-existing market issues and led to...more
A public-to-private transaction ("P2P") is one in which a publicly listed company is acquired and taken into private ownership. Because they involve changes in ownership of public companies, P2Ps are subject to various...more
L'articolo 17 del D.L. n. 50/2022 (c.d. Decreto Aiuti, convertito in legge n. 91/2022) ha delineato la cornice operativa entro la quale opererà la nuova garanzia SACE a condizioni di mercato, garanzia dello Stato a prima...more
After a year of red-hot moves in the tech sector, markets have cooled down in 2022, as inflation and rate hikes prompted many investors to prioritize investment in safe haven asset classes....more
Leveraged finance activity slowed on both sides of the Atlantic in the first half of the year, as a tougher macroeconomic environment and events in Ukraine affected debt issuance in both Europe and the US....more
For fast-growth companies in particular, recurring revenue (or annualised recurring revenue, "ARR") loans are increasingly common in the European loan market, as lenders and borrowers become more familiar with a new...more