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Invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through the invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown...
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An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects...
Project accounts and the accounts agreementIn a typical project finance transaction, the lenders rely heavily on the revenues generated by the project for repayment of the loan. As a result, project finance lenders will impose strict restrictions on how the project company uses its cash. This
Project finance—key finance documentsDocuments for a typical project finance transaction can be split into three broad categories:•finance documents—the finance documents govern the debt financing for the project including the senior debt and any related facilities (eg a cost overrun facility or
Project finance—undertakings (covenants)Undertakings, or covenants as they are sometimes called, are promises given by the borrower(s) and any obligors to the lender (or finance parties in a syndicated facility) to perform or not perform certain actions. The borrower may also undertake to procure
Offtake contracts—key issues for project finance lendersMost projects are underpinned by a complex web of contractual relationships between all the parties involved in the project (eg the project company, equity investors, contractors, sub-contractors, offtakers and suppliers). These documents are
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