Debtwire European Mid-Market Forum 2018

United Kingdom

3rd July 2018

Alastair Brown, CEO, Shard Credit Partners

Joining us from the lower mid-market, Alastair Brown of Shard Credit Partners highlighted what the main challenges going forward were and whether new players in the market would appear over time.

United Kingdom

3rd July 2018

Paul Mullen, Partner, Hogan Lovells

Paul Mullen, Partner at Hogan Lovells guided us through how banks and funds are now working together and where has the push come from to cooperate.

United Kingdom

3rd July 2018

Ben Davis, Partner, Proskauer

Ben Davis from Proskauer highlighted the lack of covenants in the mid-market and whether there is more pressure on debt funds to accept a loosening of covenants.

United Kingdom

3rd July 2018

Andrew Cleland-Bogle, Director, EQT

We caught up with the Director of EQT, Andrew Cleland-Bogle, to discuss how cove lite is now begining to enter the mid-market and the main issues that have arisen from this that need to be contended with.

Distressed Debt

4th June 2016

Head to head - Bank v Fund - competitors or partners?

Leveraged Finance Legal Updates United Kingdom

3rd June 2016

Examining docs- flexibility vs rights

Operational Turnaround United Kingdom

3rd June 2016

Under performance and how to deal with it

Direct Lending United Kingdom Leveraged Finance

3rd June 2016

Securing yield in an overcrowded market

Direct Lending Leveraged Finance France

14th May 2015

Overview of France's leveraged finance market

Reed Smith partner Monica Dupont-Barton provides an overview of the leveraged finance market in France ahead of her panel discussion at Debtwire's European Mid-Market Forum 2015.

14th May 2015

Restructuring a unitranche deal

Tom Astle, Partner at Hogan Lovells, covers in his presentation issues arising out of intercreditor agreements for unitranche borrowers. Delivered at the 2015 Debtwire European Mid-Market Forum.

14th May 2015

Accessing the US debt market for European mid-market borrowers

Martha Gurwit at GE Capital Americas and Helier Paveley-Drage at Rothschild are quizzed on how US investors behave when borrowers need to adjust covenants. Adelene Lee from Debtwire asks the questions at the 2015 Debtwire European Mid-Market Forum.

14th May 2015

The emerging alternatives in mid-market debt finance

The attitude toward debt capital provided by funds has shifted, and banks are increasingly seeing the solution as complimentary rather than competitive. Ben Davis from Reed Smith asks Will Allen from Marlborough Partners to comment at the 2015 Debtwire European Mid-Market Forum.

14th May 2015

Issues arising on unitranche intercreditor negotiations

Paul Mullen and Tom Astle of Hogan Lovells summarise current structures in the mid-market, an overview of unitranche / super senior arrangements and potential risks for lenders in restructuring scenarios.