The U.S. capital markets have experienced significant volatility since the arrival of COVID-19. After lockdowns resulted in a short recession in early 2020, the markets reopened in booming fashion, with M&A, equity and debt...more
12/14/2022
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Bonds ,
Borrowers ,
Business Plans ,
Capital Markets ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Creditors ,
Debt Market ,
Debt Trading ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Interest Rates ,
Lenders ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Liquidity ,
Loans ,
Mergers
The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more
12/14/2022
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Anti-Corruption ,
Antitrust Division ,
Banking Sector ,
Big Tech ,
Board of Directors ,
Bonds ,
Borrowers ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Raising ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Convertible Notes ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Creditors ,
Cross-Border ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Executive Compensation ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forum Selection ,
Investigations ,
IRS ,
Lenders ,
Mergers ,
Money Laundering ,
Partnerships ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Recessions ,
Repurchases ,
Russia ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Taxation ,
Technology ,
UK ,
Vertical Mergers
Crude oil and natural gas prices reached multiyear lows of approximately $26 per barrel for crude oil (as of January 2016) and $1.50 per million British thermal units (mmbtu) for natural gas (as of March 2016). This...more
1/31/2017
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Borrowers ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Energy Contracts ,
Energy Policy ,
Exploration and Production Assets ,
Loans ,
Mergers ,
Midstream Contracts ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
OPEC ,
Trump Administration
Precipitous commodity price declines that began in mid-2014 continued to disrupt the oil and gas industry in 2015, outlasting the expectations of many analysts. By the end of 2015, prices for both Brent and WTI crude were...more
For most of 2015, industry observers have predicted that depressed commodity prices will result in a surge in M&A activity among domestic exploration and production (E&P) companies, as well as a large number of bankruptcy...more
10/20/2015
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Banks ,
Borrowers ,
Capital Requirements ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
E&P Companies ,
Exploration and Production Assets ,
FDIC ,
Lenders ,
Mergers ,
OCC ,
Oil & Gas ,
Redeterminations