In debt markets characterized by tighter liquidity and cautious lenders, term loan C debt is providing borrowers with essential liquidity -
Volatile credit markets and guarded banks have made securing term loan C (TLC)...more
As leveraged loan markets have been impacted by a challenging macroeconomic environment, private equity sponsors are sharpening their focus on flexibility in their portfolio companies’ loan documents
Given the sharp...more
4/17/2023
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Financing ,
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Investment Management ,
Investment Portfolios ,
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Loans ,
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Private Equity
The first half of the year has marked an inflection point for US leveraged finance markets. After a buoyant but brief post-pandemic period in 2021, the combination of surging inflation, rising interest rates and events in...more
Issuers are tapping institutional loan markets for add-on debt at a rapid pace as private equity firms turn to buy-and-build strategies to lower entry multiples and accelerate deployment -
Debt issuance to fund add-on...more
Management teams and private equity (PE) sponsors have successfully deployed a range of liability management tools to steer companies through the COVID-19 downturn and avoid both bankruptcies and full-blown restructurings. ...more
8/5/2021
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Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Covenant Lite Deals ,
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Financial Crisis ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Private Equity ,
Relief Measures ,
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Much has been written about the influence of US terms on European transactions and particularly the steady migration of US concepts into English law facilities agreements, resulting from the supply-demand imbalance in the...more
5/25/2019
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Borrowers ,
Covenant Lite Deals ,
Creditors ,
EU ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Guarantors ,
High Yield Bonds ,
Intercreditor Agreements ,
International Finance ,
Leveraged Buyout ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Libor ,
Loan Market Association ,
Loan Syndication and Trading Association (LSTA) ,
Secured Debt ,
Supply and Demand ,
UK ,
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