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Level 1
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Practical Law - Glossary of Blockchain Terms (2023)
A PDF glossary of blockchain terms brought to you by Practical Law and the LSTA.
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Practical Law - Finance Fundamentals: Direct Lending Market vs. Broadly Syndicated Loan Market *New*
A Practice Note discussing the differences between the direct lending market and the broadly syndicated loan market, two important segments of the US corporate loan market. This Note examines the key characteristics of each market, including lender type, deal structures, and loan agreement terms.
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Practical Law – Practice Point: Crypto Finance
A primer on the basics of lending and borrowing in the cryptocurrency markets.
Level 2
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Practical Law - Expert Q&A on the Effect of the Corporate Transparency Act BOI Rule on Loan Transactions
An expert Q&A with Daniel P. Stipano, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, on the effect of the Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule under the Corporate Transparency Act on loan transactions.
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Practical Law - Intercreditor Agreement Between First and Second Lien Lenders: Overview
A Note describing the issues that separate groups of first and second lien lenders must typically address where their loans are secured by shared collateral, and describing the principal characteristics of the intercreditor agreement in which these matters are documented.
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Practical Law - Fund Finance: Overview *New*
A Practice Note giving an overview of the growing practice of fund finance. It includes a description of the most common types of credit facilities and a review of the features that make fund finance facilities both attractive and challenging from the perspectives of borrowers and lenders. A Practice Note giving an overview of the growing practice of fund finance. It includes a description of the most common types of credit facilities and a review of the features that make fund finance facilities both attractive and challenging from the perspectives of borrowers and lenders. Written by Annie Wallis, Shen Mei Bolton, Katie Flanagan, Bryan Liu, Liz Tabas Carson, and Cindy Lovering, Sidley Austin LLP with Practical Law Finance.
Level 3
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Practical Law - Finance Fundamentals Liability Management Transactions
An overview of liability management transactions, including drop-down financings and uptiering transactions. This Note includes information about the structures, the implicated loan agreement provisions, and loan agreement blocker language.
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Practical Law – Labelling of ESG Funds: the US, UK and EU Approaches
This article discusses proposals in the US, UK and EU focused on how ESG and sustainable investment funds should be labelled and described.
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Practical Law - What’s Market: 2023 Year-End Trends in Large Cap and Middle Market Loans
A review of trends in large cap and middle market loan terms in 2023. This Note examines some of the significant developments in broadly syndicated loan transactions and direct lending deals.
