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Troutman Pepper Locke

Evolving Dynamics in Subscription Line Lending: The Role of Private Credit Funds and Traditional Banks

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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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Midyear Look: Retail Capital Rising, July 2025 - Retail Investors: Challenges and Opportunities in Subscription Finance

The growth of High Net Worth Individual (“HNWI”) allocations to alternative investments is a hot topic in fund finance. In what is widely acknowledged to be a challenging fundraising environment, fund managers have focused...more

Mayer Brown

Crafting Credit Facilities For Defined Contribution Plans

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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

Mayer Brown

Subscription Finance: Cascading Pledges

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Cascading pledges are frequently used in subscription finance to avoid legal impediments, avoid tax implications and mitigate prohibited transaction risk under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

BDC Facts & Stats - June 2025

In recent years, non-bank lending to private equity-owned, small- and middle-market companies has increased significantly. Within this growing sector, private and non-traded BDCs have outperformed other non-bank lenders in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

From Big Ben to the Big Apple, June 2025 - Westminster Meets Wall Street: U.S. Law Considerations in English Law Facilities...

Fund finance is and always has been by nature a cross border enterprise. While there are a number of lenders that we represent in the United States that lend to funds exclusively organized in the U.S.– typically in Delaware –...more

Mayer Brown

Advantages of Express LPA Third-Party Beneficiary Provisions for Subscription Credit Facility Lenders

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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

McDermott Will & Schulte

Key Takeaways | Sponsor-Led Syndications: How To Get From a Grid to a Club

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

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Independent Sponsor Update: Key Takeaways from Q1

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

Mayer Brown

The Spectrum of Loan Portfolio Backleverage Options: A Primer for Private Credit Funds

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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

Ropes & Gray LLP

U.S. Private Equity Market Recap - March 2025

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Read our latest insights into the U.S. private equity market. We cover monthly deal activity and size, fundraising, exits, leveraged loans, and a look ahead. U.S. PE dealmaking had a slower start in 2025. YTD deal numbers...more

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Private Credit Portfolio Back Leverage

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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

DLA Piper

2025 Global Fund Finance Symposium: Key Trends in the Fund Finance Market

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Our Global Fund Finance practice recently sponsored and attended the 2025 Global Fund Finance Symposium. Hosted annually by the Fund Finance Association, these conferences bring together key players in the fund finance...more

Mayer Brown

Subscription Credit Facilities: The Importance of an Investor’s Agreement to Fund Without “Setoff, Counterclaim or Defense”

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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

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Key Features to Watch for in Venture Debt

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

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Exploring APAC’s Private Credit Frontier with ADM Capital’s Chris Botsford

The Asia-Pacific private credit market has doubled in the past five years, presenting growing and intriguing opportunities for credit investors. Despite its growth, the APAC region remains a complex, diverse and often...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Private Equity Finance

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

Carey Olsen

Fund Finance Laws and Regulations 2025: Assessing Lender Risk in Fund Finance Markets (GLI chapter)

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Carey Olsen have contributed to the Global Legal Insights – Fund Finance guide by authoring a chapter on assessing lender risk in fund finance markets. As the fund finance market continues to evolve, lenders will need to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Getting All Your ‘Lux’ in a Row – a Lender Checklist!

Every deal has its quirks but, as anyone who has done a deal with a Lux entity will know, the EU brings its own set of regulatory considerations to the table (primarily AIFMD). In many cases when compared with parallel...more

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NAV Credit Facilities: The Spectrum of Collateral Structures

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Executive Summary - Net Asset Value (“NAV”) credit facilities are a tool that borrowers may use to access financing based on the value of their underlying investment portfolio. The users of these facilities are generally...more

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Subscription Credit Facilities: Understanding Shared Blockers

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Private equity structures often use “blockers” to achieve certain tax benefits. In this Legal Update, we explain what blockers are, how they may be used in a subscription credit facility, and what...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Big News for Funds June 2024 - A Fresh Look at Side Letters

Side letters have gone through a massive and largely unspoken transition over the last four to five years. From a position where a few investors in a closing might have quite short side letters dealing with niche issues we...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Private Credit Deep Dives – Sponsor “Guarantees” (Europe)

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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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

NAV Positivity April 2024 - In Defense of NAV Loans

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Missing Miami March 1, 2024 - 13 Takeaways From Miami

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

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