A Practioner's Guide to Syndicated Lending

This book provides an understanding of the fundamental commercial and legal principles forming the basis for syndicated lending across the range of corporate borrowers. Following the life cycle of a syndicated loan, the book deals not only with setting up and managing syndicated loan agreements but also what to do when things go wrong. It includes many practical examples, a detailed glossary and a list of frequently asked questions. Contents: - Getting Started - Why Use a Syndicated Loan? - Understanding the Credit Spectrum - Agreeing the Business Deal - How to Sell the Deal - Enhancing the Credit - Adding Bells and Whistles: Letters of Credit, Swing Lines and Other Facility Types - Making the Loan: the Theory and Mechanics of Syndicated Lending - When do the Lenders have to Lend? - Protecting the Credit Without Strangling the Business - When Can the Lenders Get Their Money Back and What If They Don't Want It? - Syndicate Democracy in Good Times and Bad - Trading the Loans and Commitments - What Happens When it All Goes Wrong? - Variations on a Theme: key issues in different European jurisdictions (France, Germany, Italy) - How Things are Different Outside Europe: USA/Asia - The Future.