Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
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Explore the Impact of Point-of-Sale Finance in Our Upcoming Series — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1
Dialing In: The TCPA and Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Williams Mullen Mezzanine Lending Video Series - Episode 5
Unlawful Debt Collection Claims - RICO Report Podcast
Advancing Agriculture - Identifying and Addressing Distressed Debts
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THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part III - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR - LOAN REGIME METHOD OF SPLIT DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE
THE WAY WE WERE
Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: Part II - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
Anthony Pirraglia, deputy chair of the firm’s Finance department, shares insight into how legal and regulatory trends are shaping private client finance today. As loans to ultra high net worth individuals and their controlled...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
INTRODUCTION - Over the past 50 years, the retirement landscape has steadily shifted from defined benefit (DB) pension plans to defined contribution (DC) plans. In fact, as of the fourth quarter of 2024, private sector DC...more
An express third-party beneficiary provision running in favor of a lender in a fund’s limited partnership agreement (an “LPA”) is helpful for subscription credit facilities. It bolsters the rights and remedies of 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
Private credit funds have ballooned across the industry to bridge the funding gap which followed the great financial crisis and the resulting regulation of traditional financial institutions. The maturing private credit...more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - There is a spectrum of potential financing structures for a private credit fund (a “Credit Fund”) to obtain liquidity, including at various levels in the fund structure, such as at the fund level or by...more
AT A GLANCE - The rise of the direct lending market has led to a dramatic rise in supporting liquidity strategies to optimize the market. These strategies include the use of financings to provide market participants with...more
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
Introduction - Venture debt plays a prominent role in the Canadian venture capital market, and the size of the venture debt market continues to expand. According to the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity...more
As expected, we experienced continued strong deal flow for special situations credit transactions in 2024, with both macroeconomic and industry-specific factors broadly impacting markets. While a slight lowering of interest...more
After a subdued 2023 during which it was challenging for private equity (PE) to raise debt financing as a result of elevated interest rates and a difficult syndicated lending market, 2024 featured a material shift in the...more
In an increasingly upbeat M&A market, use cases could grow for this popular and dynamic fund finance product. Net asset value (NAV) financing became firmly established as a core fund financing tool in the last few years as...more
What began as an outlet for companies with riskier credit to raise debt, the private credit asset class has morphed into a viable alternative lending source for middle-market and, increasingly, large-cap companies. Private...more
As borrowers continue to feel the squeeze caused by inflation and high interest rates, lenders in the European mid-market have seen a marked increase in covenant relief, waiver and amend and extend requests from borrowers on...more
NAV loans are getting constant coverage in the press now. For those of us that spent years trying to direct focus to the potential of NAV lending, this is a welcome development. Admittedly, not all of the coverage is...more
More than 1,800 industry players attended the 13th annual Global Fund Finance Symposium that wrapped up yesterday afternoon at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. There was a lot to talk about in terms of market evolution...more
Is one of the greatest mysteries of the universe about to become less mysterious? That’s one possible question after U.S. banking regulators published a request for comment covering a proposed revision to the call report...more
Between Omicron, the holidays, and down-to-the-wire end-of-year closings, it was a hectic finish to 2021. But now that the calendar reads 2022, we wanted to reflect this week on the state of the NAV finance market and provide...more
This article focuses on how private company and private fund interests are typically valued in NAV loan facilities and the increased focus we have seen lenders place on valuation issues since the beginning of the...more
Those involved in the private equity industry will have seen the recent reports of an alleged fraud on a U.S. bank by a Florida-based private equity fund manager, the accusation being that subscription agreements with LPs, as...more
At a certain point in a company’s life cycle, founders are likely to be faced with the financial pinch of requiring outside sources of funding to finance further growth and expansion of the business. Once bootstrapping ceases...more
1. Question: What is the Volcker Rule, and when does it take effect? Answer: The Volcker Rule was enacted into law as section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank...more