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Nicola Chapman

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Nicola Chapman is a partner in White & Case’s Debt Finance Practice, based in London

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The art of the intercreditor

Over the last decade, financing transactions have moved away from typical senior/mezzanine loan structures to a wider variety of products including syndicated loans, first lien/second lien loans, direct lending and high yield bonds (and in some cases, a hybrid of them). This has increased lenders’ attention on the intercreditor terms, which establish the relationship and priority between the different types of creditors in the financing structure, particularly in the circumstances when things go wrong. In this In Practice article, the authors consider the key terms of intercreditor agreements that creditors should be focused on during negotiations and, how these and other provisions differ between a structure comprised of senior and junior loans (Senior/Junior Structure) and a structure comprised of notes, each accompanied with a super senior revolving facility (Notes/SSRCF Structure). 11 1

1 JAN 2024