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Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Explore the Impact of Point-of-Sale Finance in Our Upcoming Series — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Impact on Industry of CFPB's Withdrawal of Fair Lending and UDAAP Informal Guidance — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Tenant Tales and Reseller Realities: Inside the FCRA Arena With Eric Ellman — FCRA Focus Podcast
Under the Hood: Exploring the CFPB's 2025 Focus — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Driven by Data: Auto Finance Trends Uncovered - Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The Next FCRA Frontier: Identity Theft and CFPB Updates — FCRA Focus Podcast
Shifting Gears: Adapting to Regulatory Changes in Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Unlocking the Secrets of Reverse Mortgages — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Dialing In: The TCPA and Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
1071 Rule Status — The Consumer Finance Podcast
International News Spotlight on Private Equity and Private Wealth with Merrick White
International News Spotlight on Private Equity with Aymen Mahmoud
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 146: Listen and Learn -- Mortgages and Priority
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After a rocky past six months, there is cautious optimism that merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is beginning to unfreeze. For much of the past year, there have been mismatched expectations around valuations and limited...more
Last month, Franchise Times held its annual “Dealmakers Week” where it offers a series of webinars with top franchise dealmakers to discuss the year’s biggest franchise deals and industry trends. The week included a...more
During this session, the panelists discussed key considerations for selecting and managing lenders ahead of participating in a debt syndicate, including how to evaluate potential lenders, compare key terms, and choose club...more
On May 12 and 13 2025, the Loan Syndications and Trading Associations held its fourth annual private credit industry conference in Nashville, Tennessee—the speakers of which included industry professionals from direct lending...more
The year is off to a busy start for us: In addition to deal work and portfolio company matters, our team attended conferences and met with various capital providers, independent sponsors, placement agents, and service...more
Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus, with partner Lauren Pryor, co-lead of the Financial Services Product Team, and Brad Peterson, a partner at the firm’s Chicago office and member of the Technology & IP...more
Repricing issuance in US leveraged loan markets has surged in 2024, presenting borrowers with the opportunity to lower their financing costs - US loan repricing activity has approached near-record levels in 2024, with...more
As an avid Red Sox fan and former Los Angeles resident who often attended Dodgers games, I may still be basking in the Yankees’ loss in the World Series. Whatever the reason, I can’t help but draw parallels between the game...more
At the beginning of 2024, the White & Case leveraged finance team made a series of predictions on how the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets would perform in 2024. After 12 months of softer markets in 2023, the...more
Behavioral health is a hot area in the healthcare sector, and for good reason. Globally and nationally, society has failed to figure out how to effectively address and prevent the world’s behavioral health crisis. As a...more
3 reasons for continuously high fintech M&A activity levels: Banks target indirect digital access: Through credit lines, investments in venture capital funds, collaborations with innovators and establishment of next...more
Equity and debt cheques from financial sponsors fuel growth, with investment committee appetite across the full spectrum from Seed through to late stage / pre-IPO. The payments sector bucks the trend on IPOs. Current...more
The string of megadeals announced in the first half of 2024 reflect a growing confidence among US dealmakers. But can the bull run be sustained? Megadeals were firmly on the agenda in H1 as more stable inflation and...more
Asset / Wealth Management - Current market: Consistently high M&A activity levels - We are seeing: Europe’s barbell becomes more pronounced—larger asset / wealth managers swallow smaller competitors at pace: -...more
One of the foundational provisions negotiated in almost every European leveraged loan agreement is the “Change of Control” definition and associated clauses. This provision is crucial because it directly impacts the risk...more
Portability isn’t a typical feature of loan documents, but in a market where refinancing remains expensive and at times tricky, stakeholders are exploring how portability terms can help maintain M&A activity - Given that...more
Dealmakers are learning to navigate a stricter regulatory environment as UK and EU authorities take an increasingly interventionist stance Global dealmaking experienced a slowdown in 2023 as the market battled headwinds on...more
The pace of earnouts accelerates in M&A transactions whenever market conditions create a value gap between seller price expectations and buyer confidence levels. Earnouts are most common when the volume of merger and...more
A strong finish to 2023 helped to boost global leveraged loan issuance at the end of an otherwise rocky year for all key markets. The last 12 months were incredibly challenging for banks, investors and borrowers, as elevated...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Fintech - Whilst many European start-ups have struggled to successfully execute funding rounds at valuation levels of yesteryear, more mature fintechs...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
After the unprecedented boom of the immediate post‑COVID era, European M&A activity has slumped in recent months. Indeed, recent market intelligence from Dealogic showed that Q1 of 2023 in EMEA saw a 68% decline in M&A volume...more
Co-Chairs of Clark Hill’s Cannabis Industry Group, Sander Zagzebski and Robert Hoban, sit down to discuss last year's flurry of M&A activity, how the industry navigated the 2022 capital dearth, and some thrilling legal,...more
US leveraged loan and high yield bond markets saw significant declines in issuance in 2022, as macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty drove up borrowing costs, dampened risk appetite and significantly reduced M&A...more
HEADLINES - - M&A leveraged loan issuance in Western and Southern Europe is down 69 per cent year-on-year, while high yield is down 81 per cent -Buyout loan and high yield bond issuance is down by 9 per cent and 52 per...more