This week the Loan Market Association (“LMA”) published a paper on the introduction of Article 21(c) of the EU’s Capital Requirements Directive1 (Article 21c) (the LMA Paper). With effect from 11 January 2027, Article 21c...more
Members of our London Fund Finance team attended the Loan Market Association’s (LMA) inaugural Fund Finance Conference on 13 May 2026. The event was a success with strong attendance from across the fund finance industry....more
Asset-based lending (ABL) is a form of lending where the amount advanced by the lender is directly linked to a percentage of the borrower’s realisable assets. That percentage (known as the borrowing base) can fluctuate over...more
Our Distressed Debt & Claims Trading Team breaks down the Loan Market Association’s new secondary trading forms that went into effect March 17, 2026....more
Transition finance is emerging as a key market tool to enable companies operating in high-emitting or hard-to-abate sectors to access funding. While it has been much discussed, it has lacked frameworks that provided it with...more
The green term sheet accompanies the provisions for green loans previously published at the end of 2024. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles continue to be a focus for the financial markets. Notably, the...more
In this article, we reflect on key trends in ESG over the second half of 2024 and look ahead at trends that may emerge in 2025. We analyze developments in the latter half of 2024, which were similar to those highlighted in...more
The foundations for the Loan Market Association's ("LMA") fund finance work plans are now in place. Over the last months, LMA has thoroughly studied the market, listened to the voices of members and key stakeholders, and...more
The Transition Finance Market Review (TFMR) recommendations published in October 2024 set out a blueprint for a transition finance market that will provide capital to support decarbonisation pathways and bolster finance flows...more
On April 24, 2024, the Loan Market Association (the “LMA”) published its Sustainability Coordinator Letter (the “LMA Letter”). According to the LMA, the LMA Letter is “intended to provide a starting point for a sustainability...more
In March 2024, a group of associations in the fund finance industry announced the release of the latest addition to the Sustainable Lending Library, A Guide to the Application of the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles in...more
Effective choice of court clauses (also known as jurisdiction clauses) are central to finance agreements. Reliable, certain process to enforce contractual obligations is essential for cross-border trade and finance...more
From Q1-Q3 of 2023, the U.S. loan market was marked by novel deal patterns and uneven market activity. Initially, the bulk of deals were portfolio work, including amend & extend transactions, covenant relief amendments and...more
On June 29, 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority, the UK’s financial markets regulator, released a summary of its concerns over the market for sustainability-linked loans (SLLs). Responding to concerns that banks overstate...more
The LMA published its Draft Provisions for Sustainability-Linked Loans on 4 May 2023, following on from the updated the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles published in February 2023. In this article, we take an in depth...more
Un prêt lié à la durabilité s’entend de tout type d’instrument de prêt qui est structuré de façon à inciter l’emprunteur à atteindre des objectifs de rendement en matière de durabilité prédéterminés, ambitieux, importants et...more
Background On 29 June 2023, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a letter on the findings of its review of the sustainability-linked loans (“SLL”) market. SLLs aim to support sustainable economic activity...more
A sustainability-linked loan (SLL) is any type of loan instrument structured to incentivize the borrower to achieve ambitious, material and quantifiable predetermined sustainability performance objectives. The SLL market is...more
The LSTA and LMA hosted their Joint New York Conference recently. One of the panels focused on “Sustainable Finance: Maintaining Integrity” and featured an impressive line-up of industry leaders in this space, including...more
On February 23, 2023, the Loan Market Association (LMA), Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) published updates to the Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles...more
Cadwalader recently hosted a breakfast discussion with the Loan Market Association (“LMA”) and LSTA with the aim of “Unlocking Sustainability-Linked Loans”. During the session, Cadwalader partner Sukhvir Basran was joined by...more
The Loan Market Association has just published updates to its (a) drafting guide for its senior/mezzanine single currency term facility agreement for real estate finance multi-property investment transactions and (b) its...more
A distressed disposal (Distressed Disposal) under an LMA-based intercreditor agreement (ICA) is a powerful restructuring tool. It has the potential to significantly de-lever a business for the benefit of the “in the money”...more
On 23 February 2023, the Loan Market Association (LMA), the Loan Syndications & Trading Association (LSTA) and the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) published updated versions of Green Loan Principles and Guidance,...more
As we noted previously, against the backdrop of the European Green Deal and related sustainable finance initiatives, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are increasingly being incorporated into loan and...more