Structuring Multi-Lender Agreements in Syndicated Facilities: Balancing the Rights of Agents and Co-Lenders
Borrower Defaults, Lender Defaults, Exculpatory Clauses, Information Sharing
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will discuss typical clauses in a syndicated loan agreement and provide best practices for lenders and agents to structure and negotiate loan agreement provisions to protect their rights and interests and avoid being disadvantaged in a multi-lender transaction that goes south.
Outline
- Responsibilities of agents
- Exculpatory provisions and case law
- Agent's rights
- Agent's errors and omissions
- Defaulting lender
- Defaulting borrower
Benefits
The panel will review these and other essential questions:
- What are typical exculpatory clauses that limit the liability of the agent and what case law is there addressing the agent's liability to co-lenders?
- What disclosures about the borrower, the terms of the loan, and borrower defaults must the agent provide to co-lenders?
- What provisions should be added to syndicated loan agreements to provide maximum protection and flexibility to agents and co-lenders?
- How can the definitions of "defaulting lender" and "impacted lender" affect co-lenders' remedies against defaulting lenders?
Faculty
Dr. Alison R. Manzer
Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Dr. Manzer is a partner in the Banking & Specialty Finance Group and Business Law practice. She has developed... | Read More
Dr. Manzer is a partner in the Banking & Specialty Finance Group and Business Law practice. She has developed expertise in a wide range of practice areas combining skills to work effectively in most corporate/commercial practice areas, with a focus on financial services and structured transactions. Her recent experience includes block chain and fintech applications. Her cross-border expertise has led to several leadership roles in leading U.S. business law organizations such as the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and the American Bar Association. Dr. Manzer has written many books on legal topics, primarily in areas of banking and specialized finance, and routinely lectures and speaks on a wide range of topics.
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James C. Schulwolf
Partner
Shipman & Goodwin
Mr. Schulwolf is a partner in Shipman's Business and Corporate Practice Group. He focuses his practice on... | Read More
Mr. Schulwolf is a partner in Shipman's Business and Corporate Practice Group. He focuses his practice on advising clients in financing, investment, acquisition, and restructuring transactions. In the Finance sector, Mr. Schulwolf regularly represents financial institutions including banks, mezzanine funds, and other institutional investors in structuring, documenting, and closing complex senior and mezzanine financings, including mezzanine financings with equity co-investments. He regularly represents lenders in connection with acquisition financings, financing of alternative energy projects (including wind, solar, and fuel cell projects), asset-based loans, cash flow loans, and syndicated credit facilities and he also represents Shipman's corporate clients and private equity portfolio companies in their financing transactions.
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Jeffrey A. Wurst
Partner
Armstrong Teasdale
Mr. Wurst has more than 30 years of experience and is well recognized for handling significant commercial finance and... | Read More
Mr. Wurst has more than 30 years of experience and is well recognized for handling significant commercial finance and bankruptcy matters. He is an esteemed fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and is a panelist on the American Arbitration Association’s National Roster of Arbitrators. Mr. Wurst has significant expertise in asset-based lending, factoring, and all other areas of commercial finance, bankruptcy matters, workouts and turnaround situations. He is actively involved in the documentation of commercial finance and leasing transactions, as well as litigation that may arise out of or in connection with such transactions.
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