Understanding the intricate world of financing acquisitions becomes manageable with detailed, practical guidance crafted specifically for legal professionals. This resource provides the essential insights necessary to structure and negotiate acquisition finance deals successfully, ensuring both compliance and a strategic edge. Keep abreast of the latest regulatory changes, best practices, and case law to offer exceptional counsel in this ever-evolving field.
The Loan Market Association (LMA) has published an article examining how financially material sustainability-related factors may influence mainstream...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published revised guidelines under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) on...
This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) the LMA publishes a note on dispute resolution provisions in facility...
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published updates to its recommendations and version 2.0 of its Locate, Evaluate,...
Invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through the invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown...
Foreign exchange (FX) derivativesWhat is a FX derivative?A foreign exchange (FX) derivative is a type of derivative whose payoff depends on the FX...
Types of debt securitiesWhat are debt securities?In the context of the debt capital markets, the term 'debt security' means a financial instrument,...
An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects...
Interim loan agreements in acquisition finance transactionsWhat are interim loan agreements?Interim loan agreements are short form loan agreements which are put in place as a 'bridge' until full finance documentation is agreed.When and why are interim loan agreements used in acquisition finance
Loan Market Association (LMA) leveraged documentationDevelopment of the Loan Market Association (LMA) documentationThe project to develop the LMA investment grade documents began in 1998 as a response to demand in the market for a standard form of syndicated facility agreement. The development of
Incremental debt flexibility or accordion featuresWhat are incremental facilities?An incremental facility is feature included in a credit agreement where, subject to meeting certain pre-agreed parameters, the borrower is afforded the flexibility to incur additional (or increases in) debt facility
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
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