23 Jan, 2024 Focus on…..Borrower’s Bank Accounts and REF Investment Deals By Maples Teesdale On a REF investment deal, the debt is serviced by the rental income a property generates. As well as taking security over the underlying...
23 Jan, 2024 No ‘Hope’ of recovery for negligent valuation? By Charis Almond Valuations are a critical part of lenders’ decision to lend, but they are not the only factor. The recent decision in Hope Capital v...
28 Apr, 2023 Appropriation – An Under Used Remedy! By Zoe Miller Lenders will often take security over a borrower’s shares, which gives them the option to enforce their security through a sale of...
28 Oct, 2022 Dealing with distress in REF By Megan Newnham With interest rate and inflation rises, the cost-of-living crisis and forecasts of recession going into 2023, the economic climate is a...
26 Oct, 2022 The Register of Overseas Entities – key points for lenders By Megan Newnham n our previous REF Insights, we wrote about the forthcoming register of overseas entities (the “ROE”) which was set to be introduced by...
16 Oct, 2022 The Pension Schemes Act 2021 – Implications for lenders By Zoe Miller The Pension Schemes Act was introduced following the failures of the BHS and British Steel pension schemes with the intention of...
25 Apr, 2022 The potential burden of all "reasonable endeavours" By Maples Teesdale Endeavours obligations are common in finance documents and are often used where a borrower is required to procure something from a third...
27 Apr, 2020 Covid-19 - the outlook for real estate finance By Maples Teesdale A BPF webinar this week discussed the outlook for the real estate finance market in the context of the current Covid-19 crisis. There was...