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
“Be honest and forthcoming with your existing lender about your needs and your specific plan for the project. Offer cost-cutting measures and explain how you will reduce leverage over time. Be responsive to lender requests...more
Automated loan software can be effective for documenting consumer loans and some basic low-value commercial loans. However, most commercial transactions require greater attention on the front end than simple form generation....more
More than 3.3 million Americans own an electric vehicle (EV). In July 2024, the federal government reported that there were approximately 177,000 publicly available commercial-speed EV charging stations available in the...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
Over the past few years, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles have played a more prominent role than ever in the way real estate investors, property owners, and lenders invest in and develop commercial real...more
Europe’s energy infrastructure struggles under record heat waves, Wall Street tightens commercial real estate lending, blockchain technology and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) continue to transform real estate ownership, and...more
A number of recent English court decisions have recast the test for determining when a contractual provision may be unenforceable under English law as a “penalty clause”. The rule against penalty clauses is particularly...more
California Legislature Revises De Minimis Exemption of Finance Lenders Law - Real estate projects that utilize federal New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) financing recently received a reprieve from a state licensing...more
In its first evenly split vote since the death of Justice Scalia, the U.S. Supreme Court last week affirmed an Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore that spouses who guarantee...more
In what goes for kicking the can down the road at the Supreme Court, the Court has evenly split on an appeal arising from the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore, 761 F3d 937 (CA8...more
On July 29, 2015, the United States Supreme Court announced that it will hear argument in Hawkins. v. Community Bank of Raymore on October 5, 2015. Lathrop & Gage LLP client Community Bank of Raymore (CBR) is represented by...more
The CFPB, together with the Solicitor General, has submitted an amicus brief in Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore, the case in which the question before the U.S. Supreme Court is whether the Equal Credit Opportunity Act...more
MONEY: GUARANTORS CAN NOW RELY ON G.S. §45-21.36 VALUE DEFENSES - By statute in North Carolina, G.S. §45-21.36, certain obligors may defend a deficiency action where the bank is the successful bidder by arguing...more
On March 2, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in Hawkins v. Cmty. Bank of Raymore, 761 F.3d 937 (8th Cir. 2014), cert. granted, No. 14-520, 2015 U.S. LEXIS 1635 (U.S. Mar. 2, 2015)—on appeal from...more
Kaisa Crisis - The recent financial crisis of Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. (“Kaisa”), a large-scale Chinese property developer listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (“SEHK”), has been in the headlines for several months....more
On August 20, 2014, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued an opinion giving great weight to properly-drafted forbearance agreements in a commercial loan and guaranty context. RL REGI N.C., LLC v. Lighthouse Cove, LLC, No....more