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This practice note explains what second lien financing (or second lien finance or second lien debt) is, how it developed and how it can be distinguished from senior debt and other forms of subordinated debt. This practice note also links to materials on the use of second lien financing in the United States.
This note provides an overview of the key features of high yield bonds issued in the UK and in the US, and the principal issues to be considered in the context of a corporate debt restructuring involving high yield bond obligations. These include the main differences between New York and English law governed bond documentation and related legal and regulatory issues.
This note reviews the provisions of the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No 2) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/3226). It looks at the various matters that should be considered under the Regulations when either a security, stock lending or a repo arrangement is being entered into in respect of financial collateral such as cash, financial instruments (such as shares in companies and other tradeable securities such as bonds) or credit claims (loans made available by credit institutions).
This note considers how debt equity swaps may be used in corporate restructuring. It examines the nature of debts and the different ways they can be structured. The note focuses on the approach of the company's bank or other creditors to debt equity swaps, as they usually drive the structure.
This practice note deals with the issue of using and preserving the losses of an insolvent company, both generally and in the contexts of a hive down of its assets and business, and of group relief.
How to carry out an asset purchase or the purchase of a business as a going concern where the seller is in administration or administrative receivership.
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