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 updated leveraged finance and real estate finance documentation, with revisions covering leveraged...
The City of London Law Society (CLLS) Land Law Committee has published responses to two Law Commission consultations on commercial leasehold and...
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and Futures Industry Association (FIA) have responded to the Bank of England’s (BoE)...
The Loan Market Association (LMA) has published its response to HMRC’s consultation on simplifying treaty relief from withholding tax on interest paid...
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...
Acquisition finance—mandatory and voluntary prepayment clausesIt is common for facility agreements to require the borrower(s) to prepay all or part of the facility on the occurrence of certain events, known as mandatory prepayment events. For a general discussion of common mandatory prepayment
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
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
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