Check out this new data-driven tool to understand how similarly borrowers and lenders have addressed particular legal issues and negotiated terms of a credit agreement or a commitment letter. See what language the borrower’s or lender’s counsel has...
If you are working up a sweat trying to get organized for a loan workout and are spending hours of time reviewing agreements, amendments, default letters, and more, check out this video on best practices to organize and prepare for a loan workout. VIEW NOW »...
Get up to speed on current market trends in publicly filed financing commitment letters from the second half of 2020 and first half of 2021. Review key provisions in commitment letters for various types of credit facilities, including syndication terms, call protection...
Do you need a refresher on how to properly secure your client’s security interests in collateral under the UCC? Doing so will make sure that your client is properly perfected. This resource kit makes this information available at your fingertips! READ NOW...
Get up to speed on the latest market trends in publicly filed credit agreements dealing with healthcare-specific terms. This practice note discusses the debt financing arrangements and provides an overview of common representations, warranties, covenants, and collateral...
Learn who does what before the deal gets done. This practice note discusses the due diligence process in lending transactions. The due diligence process allows the lenders to ascertain information about the borrower relevant to the borrower’s ability to repay...
Create a presentation describing whether (and how) a debtor can declare a dividend or make a restricted payment without running afoul of credit agreement covenants. This practice note can be used to prepare a presentation and contains links to additional guidance...
Get an overview of the process and mechanics necessary to amend or waive provisions of a credit agreement. During the life cycle of a credit agreement, changes in the borrower’s circumstances or the credit market may prompt the borrower or lender to request...
Learn how a mezzanine tranche of debt—between senior and equity—can enhance a borrower’s capital structure, particularly in real estate financing. This practice note provides an overview of the typical terms, primary documentation, and key issues...
Get your colleagues and clients up to speed on perfecting challenging asset types. This practice note can be used to prepare a presentation explaining how to perfect several specific forms of uncommon collateral, both under and outside the Uniform Commercial Code...
Get the guidance, templates, and clauses you need for closing the deal. This resource kit provides an overview of the closing and post-closing process, addressing the individual documents and deliverables due at closing, payoff and funding mechanics, preparing...
Get all the guidance, templates, and clauses you need for cross-border loan financings. This resource kit provides an overview of these international deals encompassing a variety of structures, including loans to non-U.S. borrowers and guarantees or security interests...
Avoid the kind of mistake that potentially cost Citibank millions of dollars. These erroneous payment clauses for a credit agreement are used in a syndicated loan transaction to require lenders to return errant payments made by an administrative agent. READ NOW...
Learn how to structure leveraged dividend recapitalizations, in which a company incurs debt and uses those proceeds to pay a dividend to its shareholders or to repurchase its outstanding shares. This is a potentially risky transaction for the lender, the sponsor...
Add this summary guide to your global project finance toolbox. It lays out several fundamental legal and business issues for attorneys, advisors, and participants to address in the context of a project finance transaction. This practice note lays out several fundamental...