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The 2022 Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (the 2022 Amendments)—jointly promulgated by the American Law Institute and the Uniform Law Commission—added a new Article 12 governing "controllable electronic records" (CERs) and made corresponding revisions to Article 9's rules on perfection and priority.
Welcome to this week’s Spotlight, where we introduce you to Douglas Gibbs, an English-qualified counsel in our Amsterdam office. Douglas advises funds, banks and sponsors on Dutch and English corporate lending matters across the credit spectrum, drawing on extensive fund finance experience and expertise in green loan and sustainability‑linked financing.
Most of the attention in business development company (BDC) land goes to the publicly traded names, which make up less than a third of the entity count, and the largest 10 names that hold just over half of the sector portfolio at cost. Whether this sample fairly characterizes the sector matters to fund lenders because BDCs provide a window into private credit trends, BDCs frequently appear as borrowers in subscription, NAV, and related financing, and because BDCs are significant LPs in subscription borrowing bases.
We're excited to announce that we've been shortlisted for the Private Equity Wire US Awards 2026 in the category of Law Firm of the Year: Private Credit and Securities, in recognition of our role in serving lenders to funds.
BDC earnings analysis for Q2 continue to percolate with variations in sample sizes used to represent the market, and an inaugural CFO closes.
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader is proud to sponsor and host the Fund Finance Association's "FFA University 2.0: US" at our 200 Liberty Street office.
For years, Asian fund finance followed a familiar playbook. Private equity, venture capital and real asset managers in Singapore and Hong Kong typically raised capital through offshore vehicles, most commonly Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnerships (ELPs). Subscription line lending, security packages and credit analysis were therefore built around Cayman legal concepts, Cayman perfection mechanics and Cayman governance norms.
That model is changing.
Welcome to this week’s Spotlight, where we introduce you to Derrick Lau, counsel in our Hong Kong office. Among the matters Derrick regularly advises on are credit and special situations funds, private equity funds, bank lenders from new money investments to consensual debt workouts and restructuring.