Secondary loan market definition

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Bilateral, syndicated and club arrangements

Bilateral, syndicated and club arrangements One of the key features used to categorise loans is the number of lenders involved. A loan involving one lender is known as a 'bilateral loan'. A loan involving more than one lender may be a 'syndicated loan' or be referred to as a 'club loan'. Multiple lenders can also be indirectly involved in the same loan by way of sub-participation. This Practice Note explains the key features of bilateral loans, syndicated loans and club loans. Bilateral loans A bilateral loan is a loan involving a single lender. There may be a single borrower or multiple obligors involved, ie the borrower and other companies in the borrower's group as guarantors and/or security providers. Bilateral loans are normally used for loans of relatively small amounts and where less complex financing arrangements are required (eg a simple overdraft or term loan). Where the borrower requires a larger loan, a single lender may be unwilling or unable to advance the full amount required by...

Banking & Finance—key dates and future developments tracker: 2019 [Archived]

Banking & Finance—key dates and future developments tracker: 2019 [Archived] This Banking & Finance key dates and future developments tracker is intended to be used to track key upcoming developments, dates and horizon scanning for banking and finance lawyers. Future developments in other practice areas considered relevant to banking and finance lawyers are included in this tracker. Some other practice areas also produce their own trackers. Please note that this tracker does not cover all consultations relating to financial services regulation (including derivatives and capital markets regulation). Instead, it highlights those which the Banking & Finance team consider to be most relevant to banking and finance practitioners and facility documentation. For comprehensive information on European Union (EU) and US financial services regulatory developments, see Practice Note: Trackers and Timelines—financial services for a full list of all timelines produced by the Financial Services team. Those timelines track in detail developments in relation to key EU Directives and Regulations including the Fourth Money Laundering Directive (MLD4), the Bank Recovery and...

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How might the European Commission proposal for new conflict of law rules for assigned claims impact the secondary loan market?

How might the European Commission proposal for new conflict of law rules for assigned claims impact the secondary loan market? Summary This Q&A refers to the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on the law applicable to the third-party effects of assignments (the Proposal) published on 12th March 2018, which could have an impact on the market for trading participations in syndicated and bilateral loans. Both of the Loan Market Association (LMA) and the City of London Law Society made representations asking for the Proposal to be shelved or at least amended to accommodate current market practice in the secondary loan market. Their representations are available on their respective websites. It is fair to say that in its original form the Proposal would have disrupted the secondary loan market by making due diligence on the part of a buyer much more complicated for the reasons given below. The UK indicated on 9 July 2018, shortly after publication of this Q&A, that it would not opt in...