Loan Agreements From A Financial Perspective 2023 - Mannheim | Schwabe, Ley & Greiner | 10 August 2023 | Mannheim

This seminar deals with the structure, the content of the regulations and the design options for bilateral bank loans and syndicated financing agreements. It is always about a financial consideration and not about a legal assessment. The best possible contract design is developed on the basis of case studies, taking into account various initial situations.

Main topics:
General conditions
• Influence of company-specific factors on credit negotiations
• Effects of external influences on loan negotiations
• Contract types and characteristics of different financing instruments

Structural aspects
• Mapping of the corporate strategy in a viable financing structure
• expectations of external investors
• Central vs. local financing structures
• Limits of structural subordination
• Bilateral vs. syndicated financing
• Development of an optimal financing structure for a sample company

Components of credit agreements
• Structure of credit agreements
• Interaction and interaction of different contracts
• Differences between investment grade and non-investment grade
• Design options for the most important contractual clauses
• Critical contract components
• Freedom and scope for action

Structure and nature of the syndicated loan
• General contract structure
• Role of the banks involved
• guarantor concept
• particularities

2023 Speakers

Edith Leitner
Partner, Schwabe, Ley & Greiner