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In The Know: EU Listing Act: Changing EU capital markets for the better

Oct 17, 2024 | bakermckenzie.com | James Tanner |Benjamin Bierwirth

Welcome to the October 2024 edition of In the Know, Baker McKenzie's Leveraged Finance newsletter that analyzes significant trends and salient legal issues for participants in leveraged finance and high-yield markets around the globe.
The rise of sukuk in global finance

Oct 2, 2024 | bakermckenzie.com | Benjamin Bierwirth |James Tanner |ADIL HUSSAIN

Welcome to the September 2024 edition of In the Know, Baker McKenzie's Leveraged Finance newsletter that analyzes significant trends and salient legal issues for participants in leveraged finance and high-yield markets around the globe. Global sukuk issuance is projected by S&P Global to reach USD 160 billion to USD 170 billion in 2024, driving the total global outstanding sukuk market to an estimated USD 875 billion.
In the Know: United States Securities Settlement moves to "T+1"

May 23, 2024 | bakermckenzie.com | Rob Mathews |Benjamin Bierwirth |Mark Mandel |James Tanner

Welcome to the May edition of "In the Know", Baker McKenzie's leveraged finance newsletter that analyses significant trends and salient legal issues for participants in leveraged finance and high-yield markets around the globe. The US Securities Settlement is transitioning from a standard settlement cycle of "T+2" (two business days after a trade) to "T+1" (one business day) effective 28 May 2024.
Theofano (Fani) Chlampoutaki

Oct 31, 2023 | globalcompliancenews.com | Rob Mathews |Benjamin Bierwirth |Elaine Baynham |Anthony Kay

Demanding macroeconomic and geopolitical factors have led borrowers in the leveraged finance market to pursue alternative arrangements, but our lawyers suggest there are signs of a brighter outlook in the UK.
Whisper it quietly, but leveraged finance activity may be about to rebound

Oct 23, 2023 | bakermckenzie.com | Rob Mathews |Benjamin Bierwirth |Elaine Baynham

In this article, our lawyers provide an overview of the main trends in the leveraged finance market during a turbulent period, with an M&A backlog and imminent maturities indicating a recovery. They look at changes in borrowing activity, new challenges with new solutions, ESG and digital bonds and consider if a bounce-back is on the horizon. This article was first published in IFLR. Read the full article.
Whisper it quietly, but leveraged finance activity may be about to rebound

Sep 26, 2023 | iflr.com | Rob Mathews |Benjamin Bierwirth |Elaine Baynham |Fani Chlampoutaki

Over the past two years, during the largest contraction of the international leveraged finance markets in over a decade, financing markets have reverted to more traditional positions in certain respects (for example, deal terms, pricing), while in other respects (such as product variations, ESG and other tangential forces), they explored new ground.