It’s coming up on awards season. The Emmys were last week and weirdly, I got a thought bubble about nominees in the Black Swan category, walking the red carpet looking for attention! Think the Masquerade scene from Phantom of the
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Legal Commentary on the Commercial Real Estate Debt Market
Dechert OnPoint: Term SOFR is Here!
While many of us may be sneaking in one final summer vacation, the ARRC showed no signs of a slowdown as they formally recommended the CME Term SOFR Rates. Issues with SOFR aside, it looks like the rate really is…
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SASB: The (Shotgun?) Marriage of Mortgage and Mezz
By Rick Jones & William Cejudo
There’s a lot of reasons to structure a large loan destined for securitization as a mortgage in part and a mezzanine loan in part. Sometimes it’s simply that the borrower is needy while the capital markets are charry. In that…
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It’s Time for The Industry to Engage on SOFR’s Voldemort Problem
By Rick Jones
It’s a rule around here that I don’t write on the same topic twice in a row because if you don’t get bored, I will. I am making an exception this week to revisit last week’s blog about the industry’s…
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The Powers That Be Are Rallying Around SOFR and That’s a Mistake
By Rick Jones
To my gentler readers, first an apology for this interregnum in publication. I’ve been sitting on this commentary like a hen on an egg for weeks. All I can say is having to work for a living gets in the…
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Did the Distressed Debt Opportunity Slink by Me When I Wasn’t Looking?
By Rick Jones
I have spoken to a number of people over the past months who have raised money or built technology to take advantage of a broadly anticipated distressed opportunity which was certainly to be occasioned by the pandemic. Did I miss…
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You’re Invited: Permanent & Private Capital Summit 2021
Alongside co-sponsors ING and KBW/Stifel, next week Dechert is proud to be (virtually) hosting the 2021 Permanent & Private Capital Summit. This two-day conference, happening on June 2nd and 3rd, will cover the latest developments and trends in the…
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Dechert OnPoint: Shari’a Compliant Investment Agreements Do Not Qualify for Safe Harbor
Sharia law prohibits interest, naturally putting financial minds to work on how to build structures around this religious prohibition. But a recent ruling has found that such investment agreements do not qualify for safe harbor provisions of the bankruptcy code.…
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LIBOR’s Winter is Coming
By Rick Jones
God knows I’m as sick of LIBOR transition as you are and writing about it twice in quick succession is annoying, but I think necessary.
Here’s the headline which I don’t think has gotten the visibility it deserves:
LIBOR will…
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SOFR Transition: It’s Not Done Yet!
By Rick Jones
We’ve written before about our anxiety regarding the fact that SOFR does not really seem fit for purpose to support commercial mortgage lending or indeed any cash product. (The nonsense about charging interest in arrears should have been a tell,…
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