Podcast: Credit Funds: Pro Rata Sharing Provisions – Key Points for Lenders
The Most Favored Nation (MFN) provision in a loan agreement is a lender protection mechanism that is typically seen in credit facilities permitting an uncommitted incremental facility. The MFN provision, a term originating...more
The court reassures lenders on the effect of a termination notice, the meaning of a continuing Event of Default and the effectiveness of reservation of rights letters: Re Pocket Renting. Appointment of administrator...more
Among the many financial innovations that came out of the COVID era, non-pro rata uptier transactions as a liability management exercise (“LMEs”) are among the more controversial. While lawsuits challenging non-pro rata...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
On March 5, 2024, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, ruled that an obvious scriveners error in a guaranty, exempting a guarantor from full recourse liability for the loan’s debt, could be corrected to impose personal...more
Section 1124(2) of the Bankruptcy Code gives chapter 11 debtors a valuable tool for use in situations where long-term prepetition debt carries a significantly lower interest rate than the rates available at the time of...more
Businesses of all types are facing many challenges and uncertainties as a result of the dramatic economic and social forces at work in our current economic environment. In many cases, one of those areas of uncertainty...more
A make-whole provision (also known as prepayment premium or call protection) in a loan agreement usually requires a debtor to pay a penalty based on a fixed percentage of the amount of a loan balance the debtor voluntarily...more
The additional “default interest” owed when a borrower defaults under a loan agreement is a technical but highly critical part of any lending arrangement. This important “default interest” was the subject of a recent Ninth...more
Once again, those of us in the commercial finance world are reminded of the age-old adage caveat emptor. This time the warning is directed at hedge funds and other investors with a penchant for purchasing distressed debt from...more
The US District Court for the Western District of Washington (the "District Court") recently affirmed a bankruptcy court decision that prohibited a transferee of a secured lender's interest in a loan from voting on a debtor's...more