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Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Ohio Supreme Court Ruling Clarifies Whether Banks Owe a Duty to Loan Guarantors

The Ohio Supreme Court overturned the First Appellate District’s ruling in Huntington National Bank v. Schneider (Case No. 2024-0208), clarifying when banks must disclose material information to loan guarantors. In a case...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Quarter End Fireworks, June 2025 - Letter of Credit Refresher

Many subscription credit facilities will provide for the issuance of letters of credit in addition to the funding of loans. A letter of credit is an irrevocable undertaking for the payment of money issued by a bank at the...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Rethinking Liability Management in Club Deals and Direct Lending: Lessons from the Fifth Circuit’s Serta Ruling and Beyond

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On December 31, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Court”) struck down the controversial 2020 “uptier transaction” executed by Serta Simmons Bedding (“Serta”). The Serta case and several other state court and...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Private Credit Deep Dives – What to do following an Event of Default in a consensual setting (Europe)

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Over the past year, we have seen a significant increase in Events of Default (each, an “EoD”) arising from financial underperformance. This trend is largely driven by the high interest rate and inflationary environment, with...more

Mayer Brown

Participations in the Fund Finance Market

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Participations are increasingly being utilized in the finance industry, serving as a mechanism for lenders to manage credit exposure, diversify loan portfolios, optimize capital utilization, and...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

Subscription Agreements 101 – Back to Basics July 2024 - Subscription Agreements

We have said it before – the “credit cornerstone” of a subscription credit facility is the limited partnership agreement (the “LPA”) – it is the primary contract, together with any side letters, governing the relationship...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Forbear and Move Forward April 2023 - Forbearance Agreements: Bringing the Deal Parties Together

During times of market disruption and economic uncertainty, the representations and covenants set forth in a credit agreement play an even more important role in the ongoing relationship among the loan parties and lenders....more

Emmet, Marvin & Martin LLP

COVID-19 AND THE LAW: MAC/MAE Clauses in New York Credit Agreements

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to adversely impact businesses across the globe, for the past year lenders have been reviewing their portfolios for credit degradation. Credit agreements will often contain a clause in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

An Interpretation of ‘Discharge for Value’

As most in the loan market are by now aware, the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York issued a decision on February 16, 2021 In Re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers that certain lenders were...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US Loan Market Adapts to European Bail-In Directive

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LSTA publishes model provisions for use in US law-governed credit agreements to assist in adopting new EU bail-in rules. European Economic Area (EEA) financial institutions are now subject to a new set of regulatory...more

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