This article addresses numerous drafting issues identified in New York-law governed direct lending transactions that have either caused borrowers to seek amendments or the presence of which have caused secured hedge providers...more
In the face of intensifying competition from the broadly syndicated loan market, private credit lenders are leveraging their ability to provide payment-in-kind flexibility to secure deals - Private credit lenders in the US...more
Competition between the private credit and broadly syndicated loan (BSL) markets is intensifying, with developments on both sides blurring the distinctions between the two products. One of these distinctive features is the...more
Notwithstanding at least some deterioration in documentation standards towards the top-end of the private credit market in recent years, maintenance leverage covenants have remained a pervasive feature of unitranche as an...more
As private credit lenders move up market, Mike Ewald, partner at Bain Capital Credit, joins the Private Market Talks podcast to discuss how big the market might get, when – and if – the syndicated market comes back, and what...more