Harvard Corporate Governance
APRIL 20, 2023
Shifting from equity to debt financing is not simply a matter of optimizing a firm’s cost of capital, however. In creditor disputes, by contrast, courts tend to limit their role to formal contract interpretation and procedural oversight, often reaching results at odds with both market expectations and notions of fairness.
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Widely held concerns about inflation, rising interest rates, and a possible recession combined to slow debt financing and deal activity in the first half of 2023. Borrowers deferred new debt deals, delayed planned refinancings, and paused major corporate transactions while waiting for interest rates to top out. more…)
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Financial Times M&A
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Private equity firm teams up with sovereign wealth funds in buyout of US conglomerate’s climate tech arm
Lighter Capital
JULY 20, 2023
Growing on your own steam may sound like a risky bet — providing an open window for competitors to overtake you in the market — but even in the tech industry, first-mover advantages are short-lived. But what do you do when you need to extend your startup’s runway so you can scale quickly and capture more of the market?
Cooley M&A
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
The decisions from the court on those preliminary matters, as well as the arguments raised by legal counsel, offer some valuable lessons for sellers considering sale transactions that require debt financing, and may motivate sellers to re-evaluate certain provisions and remedies that have become customary in those transactions.
Benzinga
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Financial companies, including big Wall Street banks, are under pressure amid market uncertainties precipitated by a rising rate environment. Yields on bonds have shot up, creating distress in the credit market, which, in turn, has made it difficult for banks that have promised debt financing to resell the debt.
Benchmark Report
MARCH 15, 2022
Capital markets drive capital to areas of innovation and positive growth, creating jobs and fueling economies. In the US, capital markets fund 73% of all economic activity. This takes the form of equity and debt financing of non-financial companies.
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