Seth Eaton Discusses Modifications and Workouts of Commercial Real Estate Loans during the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this alert, we present the key lessons to be learned from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the SEC) settlement with Sound Point Capital Management, LP (Sound Point), and discuss whether a similar enforcement...more
Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin's monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. Are the debt capital markets this summer as hot as the weather? Read on to find out!...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features analysis of how the market continues to swipe left on LIBOR but isn’t ready...more
Abundant liquidity, a red-hot refinancing market and improving credit ratings combined through the first half of 2021 to limit defaults and ease any near-term pressure on the balance sheets of US borrowers. Borrowers...more
The U.S. leveraged loan market has grown exponentially since the end of the Great Recession. From 2010 to 2020, loan volumes have risen from approximately $500 billion to nearly $1.2 trillion. This ballooning loan volume can...more
On November 7, 2020, a group of CLOs holding a minority of a first lien loan to TriMark – a restaurant supply company – sued TriMark, its private equity sponsors Centerbridge and Blackstone, and a group of CLOs and other...more
Watch Real Estate Finance Shareholder Seth Eaton discuss loan modifications and how they have evolved throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Seth outlines several different phases of loan modifications and highlights key points...more
The update generally provides further clarifications to existing guidance, but one change regarding the Expanded Loan Facility could enable eligible borrowers to access additional funding that was previously unavailable to...more
The Bottom Line: On May 22, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York concluded that broadly syndicated term loans are not "securities". This decision is highly significant to the US...more
In the coming months, lenders that have extended loans to businesses that are struggling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic may consider modifying existing loan arrangements rather than seeking legal remedies against...more
• In Europe, leveraged loan issuance is down 28 per cent year-on-year to €202.5 billion in 2018, but is up on all years between 2014 and 2016 • High yield bond issuance is down 37 per cent year-on-year • Leveraged loans...more
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of New York, New York County, addressed the issue of whether the borrower's equity of redemption was being impermissibly "clogged" by a foreclosing lender. The case, HH Cincinnati...more
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP is sponsoring its inaugural Finance Forum in Charlotte, North Carolina on December 1st. Join Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and fellow industry leaders to discuss emerging trends, market...more
A broadly-syndicated U.S.-law credit agreement which closed recently includes language limiting the ability of lenders to grant pledges or sell participation interests in their loans. The language appears to be intended to...more