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In one of the most relevant regulatory developments in years, the Brazilian National Monetary Council (“CMN”) issued Resolution No. 5,237, dated July 24, 2025 (“CMN Resolution 5,237/25”), establishing a new regulatory...more
The landscape of subscription line lending is undergoing significant transformation, with both private credit funds (PCFs) and traditional banks playing crucial roles. PCFs, which pool capital from institutional and...more
Last month, the Texas legislature introduced two companion bills, S.B. No. 2677 and H.B. No. 700, to regulate sales-based commercial financing. For purposes of the proposed legislation, sales-based financing is a transaction...more
The doctrine of purview under English law plays a critical role in determining whether amendments to a secured facility require reaffirmation or re-execution of guarantees and security. However, when it comes to adjustments...more
European leveraged finance markets back on track -European leveraged finance markets rallied strongly in 2024, with momentum for new deals and opportunities for borrowers and lenders alike in 2025 - Europe's leveraged...more
Real estate lending will continue to be impacted by elevated interest rates, limited borrowing capacities, and slow transaction volumes. Floating-rate debt will likely be the chosen option by borrowers. Additionally,...more
Although transfers by investors of their interests in a fund have always been a feature of subscription / capital call facilities, as of late, there has been a palpable uptick in investor transfers and this trend is set to...more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - In this Legal Update, we provide suggestions for junior finance professionals new to the fund finance market and offer practical suggestions for beginning their careers with a solid foundation....more
As was briefly touched upon in a prior Fund Finance Friday article “Borrowing Base/Coverage Ratio Approaches in Subscription Finance Facilities,” a subscription facility which uses the borrowing base approach looks at each...more
Executive Summary - Over the last several years, a need has arisen in the fund finance market, which caters to private equity, venture capital, family offices, and other investment funds (“Funds”) and their sponsors, for...more
Master-series funds are definitely not on our desks on a daily basis; however, they do arise from time to time, and certainly as transactions are becoming more and more bespoke. Care should be taken by lenders when lending to...more
This year is starting to feel a bit more normalized after the 2021-2022 record origination numbers followed by the 2023 market disruption. In many ways, Fund finance has passed the stress test and moved forward. What has 2024...more
Section 23A and Super 23A can create additional complications for lenders in the fund finance market. Intended to protect the stability of financial institutions by restricting transactions with affiliates, Section 23A and...more
California Corporations Code Section 25118(b) provides an exemption from the state's usury limitations for loans. The exemption is subject to several conditions. One condition is the existence of either a preexisting...more
On March 5, 2024, the New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James sued Yellowstone Capital LLC (Yellowstone) and various affiliates, accusing them of running a predatory lending operation by disguising the loans as purchases...more
About a year ago, we published “Term Loan Solutions in Fund Finance,” which ended up being a popular article on Fund Finance Friday. Since then we have seen lenders, sponsors, law firms and rating agencies become more...more
Private equity sponsors and their funds benefit from the flexibility of revolving credit facilities and the ability to borrow significant amounts of capital on short notice. But that fast access to liquidity can quickly be...more
With new banking rules on the horizon for financial institutions, lenders are looking for new strategies to bolster lending capacity and accommodate debt issuances. One such option is term debt....more
For loans primarily secured by a cash flow stream, subscription facility lenders heavily depend on collateral accounts as a key element of the security package. In this Legal Update, we delve into why subscription facilities...more
On December 27, 2023, the US federal banking regulators proposed reporting requirements for bank loans and commitments to the fund finance sector. This change reflects not only the rapid growth in this sector but also the...more
Old habits die hard. For the decade leading up to Covid, inflation averaged a very comfortable 1.5%-2.0%. Stable, low inflation meant no one could be blamed for letting “real,” inflation-adjusted thinking fall by the wayside....more
The FDIC set up the SVB bridge bank on March 26, which meant that Q1 bank earnings reports and industry data largely reflected a business environment that had ceased to exist by the time the numbers hit the tape. With the Q2...more
With the recent wave of displacements occurring in our industry, we have been fielding a higher level of calls from clients looking for a “cheat sheet” that they can pass along to their new credit officers who have varying...more
Back in March of 2021, we covered a number of developments pertaining to the end of LIBOR that came out of certain announcements made early that month by the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration (the “IBA”),...more
Bloomberg recently reported that some lenders were setting up trading desks focused on private debt. This, together with the recent events in the banking market and regulatory capital-driven exposure reductions that have been...more