Travers Smith
It is not just law at Travers Smith. We treat our clients’ business as our business, their dispute as our dispute, their challenges as ours. Our clients know that wherever in the world they or their ambitions lie, we will work as one of their team to get things done. We act for publicly-listed and private companies, financial institutions and private equity clients, and other business enterprises involved in large and complex UK and cross-border matters, transactions and disputes. Our business comprises the following main practice areas: Alternative Asset Management, Competition, Corporate M&A and ECM, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Finance & Restructuring, Financial Services & Markets, Funds, Incentives & Remuneration, Pensions, Private Equity, Real Estate, Regulatory Investigations, Risk & Operational Regulatory, Technology & Commercial Transactions and Tax.
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Advising a guarantor
In this In Practice article James Bell looks at issues to consider when protecting the guarantor’s position in finance transactions and how that might be negotiated.
28 JUN 2024Financing real estate-backed operating businesses: documentary pitfalls
In this In Practice article the authors examine the potential issues that can arise when using the LMA Facility Agreement for Real Estate Finance Investment Transactions (LMA REF Facility Agreement) as the basis for documenting credit facilities made available to real estate-backed operating businesses.
1 JUL 2021Deal contingent derivatives: managing risk in M&A transactions
In this In Practice article the authors consider the key terms of deal contingent derivatives.
1 OCT 2021Core-plus infrastructure and leveraged financing: the continued convergence of terms
In this In Practice article, the author sets out some of those terms more commonly being sought by infrastructure funds for the debt financing of their assets, which traditionally would have been more commonly seen in the PE/leveraged buyout debt market.
1 MAY 2022Recurring revenue-based deals
In this article the authors examine recurring revenue transactions in the UK and European markets – what are they, who are they for, how they work, what are the key features and market trends?
1 JUL 2022The initial margin “big bang”: the aftermath
In this article the authors consider the key issues and challenges which remain for buy-side entities following the final phase-in of initial margin requirements under EMIR and UK EMIR.
1 JUL 2023What can a borrower do when a lender fails to fund?
This In Practice article examines market standard provisions designed to mitigate the risk posed by so called “Defaulting Lenders” and explores the options for a Borrower faced with a Lender that is unable to honour its lending commitments. Capitalised terms reflect the corresponding Loan Market Association (LMA) definitions.
1 MAY 2023Super senior facilities: a recap on key documentary terms
In this In Practice article Michael Leadbeater considers the key documentary terms which will form the basis of facilities agreement negotiations in the context of a super senior/senior financing.
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