By: David K. Duffee , Mayer Brown Bankers, lawyers, and others involved in the loan market’s transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to another reference rate have spent much of the past two years thinking about and drafting...

By: Linda Curtis and Andrew Cheng , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Acquisition Financing: Buyer and Seller General Perspectives It is understandable that before lenders will agree to lend millions, and sometimes billions, of dollars to fund an acquisition...

By: Michael Chernick and Brittany Roger, Shearman & Sterling LLP This article provides an overview of certain key provisions of credit agreements that will need to be reviewed to determine how the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis—and the...

By: Juan M. Arciniegas and Daniel O’Rourke , Vedder Price. Recently, there has been a movement by larger community banks and their regional counterparts (Interested Banks) to engage in derivatives markets. Historically, this is banking space almost...

By: Linda Curtis and Andrew Cheng , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. IN RECENT YEARS, THE NEGOTIATION OF AN ACQUISITION agreement and related acquisition financing commitment has become increasingly complicated, involving multiple parties. The buyer...