We expect that trend to continue and, if anything, the focus on valuation is likely to increase, especially as the market for unicorns shakes out.

In both domestic and international transactions, upstream interests can be acquired or divested in a number of different ways.

In a stinging letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, five Senators criticized the study by the Office of Financial Research, "Asset Management and Financial Stability", alleging that the study contained "troubling errors" that call into question its legitimacy.

Commercial drones for news gathering may be grounded from takeoff, at least for a while, by fiscal dogfights and privacy concerns playing out this month in the U.S. Congress.

Real estate investments provide a unique opportunity in order to achieve wealth.

We have seen a recent increase in commercial real estate transactions. Buyers are seeking properties due to attractive pricing and low interest rates.

In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers...

On November 7, the Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC jointly published answers to Frequently Asked Questions ("FAQs") about the implementation of the March 2013 Interagency Guidance on Leveraged Lending.

Growth-oriented businesses often look to sources outside of internally generated company profits to fuel their growth.

A new program taking effect in March provides hospitals with a new option to secure funds for financing acquisitions and refinancing debt.

A summary of the latest aviation industry updates.

On May 29, 2013, the CFPB amended the Truth-in-Lending Act and Regulation Z to finalize a rule aimed at assisting small creditors in originating Qualified Mortgages with the highest level of protection for compliance with the Ability To Repay Rule.

The three Federal bank regulatory agencies have reached agreement on the terms of a proposed regulation that, for the first time, would impose quantitative requirements on major US banks’ liquidity management practices.

This is not about top-shelf liquor, it is about today’s notice of proposed rulemaking…. At an open meeting today, the Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") approved a proposed rule implementing a liquidity coverage ratio ("LCR") requirement (the "Proposed Rule"), written jointly with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC," and collectively, with the FRB and the OCC, the "Agencies").

In the middle of 2023, we conducted an informal, small-scale survey to gather insights from prominent non-bank lenders on their activity in the net asset value (NAV) lending market for the first half of 2023.

On October 26, 2016, Fitch published its updated Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds.

On August 22, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a holding by the US District Court for the District of Minnesota that a transaction involving lease transfers lacked objective economic substance and a subjective business purpose.

On October 31, 2013, the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 6700 Series and the related Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) dissemination protocols to disseminate additional Asset-Backed Securities transactions and, concomitantly, to reduce the reporting periods for such securities.

Assembly Bills 1103 and 531 passed by the California legislature require owners of nonresidential buildings located in California to disclose energy usage of such buildings in advance of any sale, lease, or financing of an entire building. Recently, the California Energy Commission issued regulations implementing these laws.

As is the case with other transportation assets, the legal considerations for aircraft and vessel finance providers (FPs) include an amalgam of state, federal and international laws.