This Practice Note explains the features of three common types of loan facility:•overdrafts•term loans, and•revolving credit facilities (RCFs)It also...
Subordination is a way of changing the priority of claims against a debtor so that one creditor or group of creditors (the junior creditor(s)) agree...
The key feature of a floating charge is that, until it crystallises, the chargor is entitled to deal with the charged assets in the normal course of...
In many commercial finance transactions, lenders expect to be given some form of credit support to increase their confidence in being able to recover...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): The ICC has issued a guidance paper on the impact of COVID-19 on trade finance transactions issued subject to ICC rules. For...
This Practice Note considers the costs that a lender operating in the interbank market will incur when providing funding to a borrower and the steps...
This year’s annual round-up reviews some of the most significant developments of 2017 and previews what is on the horizon for 2018. This includes the...
Role The role of credit rating agents (CRAs) is to provide an objective and analytical opinion on the risk of payment defaults by looking at various...
Ratings outlooks and watch-listsThe three main credit rating agents (CRAs), Moody's Investors, Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Fitch Ratings, periodically...
This Practice Note sets out certain key cases and associated analysis relevant to structured products and securitisation practitioners. The cases are...
As set out in our Practice Note: The Prospectus Directive and the debt capital markets—is a prospectus required? [Archived], the Prospectus Directive...
BREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the...