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ARTICLE · 14 FEBRUARY 2012

Intercreditor Issues: Impact Of Select Recent Decisions On Intercreditor Rights

The growth of mezzanine and other types of subordinate commercial real estate lending during the last two decades was enabled in part by the relative standardization of the intercreditor arrangements governing the rights and obligations of senior and junior lenders.

United StatesFinance and Banking
Katherine Burroughs
Katherine Burroughs
Matthew Clark
Matthew Clark
Jill Lavacchia
Jill Lavacchia
Jonathan Rini
Jonathan Rini

The explosive growth of mezzanine and other types of subordinate commercial real estate lending during the last two decades was enabled, in part, by the relative standardization of the intercreditor arrangements that governed the rights and obligations of senior and junior lenders. A sustained rise in real estate values prior to 2007 generally enabled borrowers to re-finance maturing debt. As a result, the universe of case law interpreting common provisions in the common forms of intercreditor agreements used in these transactions is quite limited. However, in the aftermath of the liquidity crises, a number of recent decisions have contributed to the body of case law in this area, with important repercus-sions for senior and junior lenders alike.

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