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Poyner Spruill LLP

Enemy of a Lender: Ambiguity in Loan Documents

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Loan document terms are ambiguous when they are reasonably capable of being interpreted in more than one manner. Contract law often provides that an ambiguous term in a loan document is interpreted against the drafting party....more

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Privy Council clarifies secured party’s duty when realising security

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The Privy Council has clarified that the duty of care to "obtain the best price reasonably obtainable" in the sale of secured collateral does not require a secured party to improve an asset before sale to obtain the best...more

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The Economic Loss Doctrine: A Valuable Shield for Lenders

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Sometimes, they may even accuse you of causing them harm through negligence, breach of contract, or even breach of fiduciary duty. While the typical borrower-lender relationship doesn't create a fiduciary duty, certain...more

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Serta and Mitel: The Latest Major Court Decisions on Uptier Transactions

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Summary: On December 31, 2024, two major appellate court decisions addressed the legality of uptier financing transactions—one involving Serta Simmons Bedding (“Serta”) and the other Mitel Networks Corporation (“Mitel”). Both...more

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Third Party Rights - Welcome Guidance from the High Court

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There is a “a dearth of case law” on s1(1) of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (Act), as observed by Lenon KC, the judge in the case of HNW Lending Ltd v Lawrence [2025] EWHC 908 (Ch). Whilst an accurate...more

King & Spalding

S.D.N.Y. Reiterates that the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing May Not Create Obligations Inconsistent with Parties’...

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On March 25, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion to dismiss a lender’s claims for declaratory judgment and other relief under an intercreditor agreement (“ICA”), rejecting the...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

A Borrower Defaulted: Now What? Your Critical First Steps

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When a borrower defaults under a loan agreement, you face a dual challenge: time pressure demands swift action, while legal complexities require precision. Whether confronting missed payments, breached financial covenants, or...more

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What legal actions can the bank take if the customer defaults on a loan in the UAE?

Defaulting on a bank loan in the UAE is regulated by the Commercial Code (federal decree-law No. (50) of 2022) and the Civil Procedure Law (federal decree-law No. (42) of 2022). Further, the Central Bank of UAE issued Loan...more

Jones Day

Fifth Circuit Rules that Serta Simmons Uptier Violated Credit Agreement, Rejects Equitable Mootness as Bar to Review of Chapter 11...

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In In re Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC, 125 F.4th 555 (5th Cir. 2024), as amended, No. 23-20281 (5th Cir. Jan. 21, 2025), revised and superseded, No. 23-20181 (5th Cir. Feb. 14, 2025), reh'g denied, No. 23-20181 (5th Cir. Feb....more

A&O Shearman

Good faith in secured finance?

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The court implied a good faith term constraining a lender’s discretion to refuse a borrower's request to dispose of assets in a secured financing context. A power to consider requests for disposals - A facility agreement...more

Mayer Brown

Subscription Credit Facilities: The Importance of an Investor’s Agreement to Fund Without “Setoff, Counterclaim or Defense”

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Subscription credit facilities rely on the obligations of investors to a private investment fund (“Fund”) to contribute their capital commitments to the Fund when called. From a subscription credit...more

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Court Finds Failure To Obtain Finance Lenders' License Does Not Render Commercial Loan Unenforceable, Illegal Contracts

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The California Financing Law provides that “[n]o person shall engage in the business of a finance lender or broker without obtaining a license from the commissioner.”   Cal. Fin. Code § 22100(a).  The CFL further provides...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Serta - Fifth Circuit Decision

On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its long-awaited decision regarding the permissibility of the Serta Simmons Bedding (Serta) uptier liability management exercise (the 2020 Uptier)...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Latest Uptier Decisions in Serta and Mitel Remind Contract Language Matters

The caselaw on “uptiers” as liability management exercises (LMEs) grew by two opinions on the last day of 2024. In Serta, the Fifth Circuit reversed the bankruptcy court’s blessing of the pre-bankruptcy uptier and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

High Court Ruled That Lender Suffered No Loss Despite Negligent Valuation of Security

On 27 September 2023, the British High Court ruled that the claimant relying on the defendant’s report suffered no actionable loss, despite the defendant’s admission of negligence. ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Don’t Lend No Hand to Raise No Flag Atop No Ship of Fools: Breach of SPE Provisions by Non-Borrower Exposes Non-Borrower to...

A recent decision of New York’s highest court potentially strengthens the ability of lenders to bring suits against third parties for participation in a borrower’s breach of single purpose entity/bankruptcy remote loan...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 Litigation Trends for April 24-May 3, 2020

Our updates about “The REAL Trending Litigation Topics Regarding COVID-19” are now called Unprecedented to reflect the development and adaption of legal theories to address the unprecedented impact from COVID-19. Although the...more

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Lender Liability During COVID-19

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During an interview with Bloomberg TV on March 6th, Lawrence Summers, former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, observed: “Economic time has stopped but financial time has not stopped.” An incisive summary as any of the current...more

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Liquidity, MAC and Cessation of Business in English Law Loan Financings

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the responses adopted by governments around the world to mitigate its human cost will have a considerable impact on economic activity. We are seeing the forced closures of businesses and restrictions...more

Snell & Wilmer

Guarantors’ “Lost Profits” Completely Offset Lender’s Deficiency Claim

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Believe it or not, lenders can breach loan agreements too…and when they do, there can be significant consequences. In Great Western Bank v. LJC Dev., LLC, 726 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 21 (Ariz. Ct. App. Nov. 10, 2015), the Court of...more

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Appellate Court Notes

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Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions - AC36506 - Sidorova v. East Lyme Board of Education - Due to budget cuts, the Board of Education laid off the plaintiff who was a tenured French teacher. She sued for...more

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Utah Court of Appeals Limits Third-Party Beneficiary Contract Claims Against Appraisers, but Recognizes Tort Based Third-Party...

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In Lilley v. JPMorgan Chase, et al, 748 UT Adv. Rpt. 48, 213 Utah App. 285, Nov. 20, 2013, the Utah Court of Appeals affirmed an order of the District Court dismissing the Plaintiffs’ breach of contract action against an...more

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"I Knew You Were Trouble": Recent Trends in Lender Liability Litigation

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Lender liability claims generally arise in one of following contexts: (i) claims seeking recovery of damage or "leverage" to accept discounted payoffs; (ii) counterclaims to foreclosure/receivership/guarantor actions; or...more

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