Mezzanine Lending Video Series (Episode 2)
Mezzanine Lending Video Series (Episode 1)
Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: Part IV - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
Seth Eaton Discusses Modifications and Workouts of Commercial Real Estate Loans during the COVID-19 Pandemic
THE SPLIT DOLLARMINATOR!
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part I - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Issues in Light of COVID-19
HVCRE: The Continuing Saga of Lenders
As we reported last year, Missouri introduced its version of Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (“CFDL”) legislation, following the lead of other states with laws requiring consumer-like disclosures in certain commercial...more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill (HB) 700 into law on June 20, 2025, despite significant opposition from industry with respect to one critical legislative provision. This follows the legislation's approval by the...more
The Texas House and Senate introduced House Bill 700 and Senate Bill 2677 to regulate commercial sales-based financing transactions. The proposed legislation would impose standardized disclosure requirements, require broker...more
Maryland recently introduced Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (“CFDL”) legislation in both the House (HB 693) and Senate (SB 754), following a path of other states with laws requiring consumer-like disclosures in certain...more
What Happened? As we have previously apprised you, California, New York, Utah, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, and Kansas have enacted laws that require certain commercial financing “providers” to furnish certain...more
Lender optimism toward the US economy is on the rise in the near term following the presidential election and is expected to continue that upward trend heading 2025. Meanwhile, interest rates and consumer activity are the two...more
As we noted in our Fraud and Commercial Loan Transactions: Post-Judgment Legal Strategies Webinar, fraud in commercial loan transactions presents significant challenges for creditors seeking to recover funds. Once a judgment...more
On November 13, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a “pilot study” on the small business lending market revealing “significant disparities” in how lenders treat black and white small business owners. As part of...more
In Texas Bankers Association v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied a summary judgment motion by the Texas Bankers Association and other plaintiffs to set...more
It is no secret that many commercial real estate (CRE) properties are struggling. The dramatic increase in interest rates over the past few years and employers’ evolving mindsets regarding the use of office space are creating...more
The CFPB has approved a final rule that requires banks and certain other financial services providers to share a consumer’s personal financial data with another provider at the consumer’s request. The CFPB’s Personal...more
With inflation still affecting the US economy, lenders are now focused on the economic impact of the upcoming presidential election. Lenders’ expectations for the US economy’s performance in the longer term – beyond the next...more
Becoming or owning an industrial loan company (or ILC)—the elusive "nonbank bank" option, as Congress coined the term in 1987— still has an allure for financial services providers that want to (1) lend on a national scale...more
Emerging markets offer a wealth of opportunity across a wide range of sectors. Yet there can be a catch, even for sophisticated parties, especially financial institutions: a greater number of risk indicators, or 'red flags',...more
What Happened: In a little-noticed development, eight states have enacted legislation that requires specific disclosures for commercial non-real estate secured financing transactions....more
Below is his conversation with Gary Grote, Managing Director at Bridgepoint Investment Banking, which focuses on capital raising and M&A advisory solutions. Gary focuses on deals in the healthcare, leveraged finance,...more
In our latest roundup, mortgage rates drop to lowest levels since March, hotel construction activity highest since February 2023, Biden administration calls for legislation regarding property owners, and more!...more
Missouri is now part of the growing list of states who have introduced commercial finance disclosure requirements. Additionally, the statute – Section 427.300 of Missouri Senate Bill 1359 – contains substantial requirements,...more
On April 19, less than a month after Wisconsin’s enacted legislation, Kansas has followed suited by enacting comprehensive earned wages access legislation. Kansas’ law is set to take effect immediately upon publication....more
On April 17, the Kansas Legislature signed SB 345, to become the most recent state to enact disclosure requirements for small business lenders. The law’s requirements apply to “providers” which are defined as persons who...more
A bill before the New York State Assembly would, if passed, have major implications for a variety of financing transactions in the Empire State. Titled the End Loan Sharking Act, Assembly Bill 9585 would subject a variety of...more
With inflation continuing to impact the US economy, lenders are focused on the economic impact of the presidential election in November. Lenders’ expectations for the US economy’s performance in the longer term – beyond the...more
Join Baker Donelson for an insightful panel discussion focusing on implementing best practices when suspicions of fraud arise after the closing of a commercial loan transaction. Our panelists will evaluate several common...more
Interest rates and inflation have been the big drivers of the US economy as of late, but lenders are increasingly optimistic for 2024, despite some challenges. Lenders foresee interest rate declines beginning in 2024 – with...more
Debt-for-nature swaps convert debts of low- and middle-income countries, unable to service external debts, into commitments related to nature. In the face of recent geopolitical tensions, economic challenges and growing...more