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Law and Courts in an Age of Debt

Harvard Corporate Governance

Shifting from equity to debt financing is not simply a matter of optimizing a firm’s cost of capital, however. In creditor disputes, by contrast, courts tend to limit their role to formal contract interpretation and procedural oversight, often reaching results at odds with both market expectations and notions of fairness.

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Financing Year in Review: Evolving Markets and New Trends

Harvard Corporate Governance

Widely held concerns about inflation, rising interest rates, and a possible recession combined to slow debt financing and deal activity in the first half of 2023. Borrowers deferred new debt deals, delayed planned refinancings, and paused major corporate transactions while waiting for interest rates to top out. more…)

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Blackstone braves frigid debt financing market with $14bn Emerson unit deal

Financial Times M&A

Private equity firm teams up with sovereign wealth funds in buyout of US conglomerate’s climate tech arm

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The Bootstrapped Startup’s Guide to Debt Financing

Lighter Capital

Growing on your own steam may sound like a risky bet — providing an open window for competitors to overtake you in the market — but even in the tech industry, first-mover advantages are short-lived. But what do you do when you need to extend your startup’s runway so you can scale quickly and capture more of the market?

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Weekly Roundup: April 14-20, 2023

Harvard Corporate Governance

Fuse Brown (Georgia State University), on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Tags: capital investment , Financial regulation , investors , market power , Medicine , Private equity What The First Universal Proxy Card Contests Say About the Future of Activism Posted by Kai H.E. Hall (Wake Forest University), Erin C. Liekefett, Derek Zaba, and Eric S.

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OHA is Administrative Agent and Lead Left Arranger of Private Debt Financing Supporting Montagu's Acquisition of Tyber Medical

Benzinga

New York, New York, June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oak Hill Advisors ("OHA") served as Administrative Agent and Lead Left Arranger for the private senior debt financing supporting the acquisition of Tyber Medical, LLC ("Tyber Medical") by Montagu Private Equity ("Montagu").

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Bank of China Is Leading the Way in Green Finance

Global Finance

It has played pivotal roles, serving as co-chair of the Transition Finance Taskforce of the Green Investment Principle (GIP) for the Belt and Road initiative, vice-chair of the China Council of the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI). Leadership in the Green Bond Market In the first half of 2024, BOC underwrote 98.37

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