In this webinar, Sidley Partners Vijay Sekhon and Jennifer Hagle joined by John Traugott of Credit Suisse discussed the growing importance of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). What is a SPAC? Who invests in them? Why the proliferation of SPACs now? Where do SPACs like to invest now? How is the loan market impacted by SPACs? When will the SPAC fad end (or will it)? Presentation and Replay Now Available for LSTA Members.

Dechert LLP partner Timothy Spangler examined blockchain and digital asset trends and key issues to bear in mind when looking at new applications and financial products that make use of distributed ledger technology. It also focused on the growing range of traditional instruments and securities that are migrating “on chain,” and how this will impact lenders and financial institutions more broadly in the near term. Presentation and replay now available to LSTA Members.

LSTA EVPs Meredith Coffey and Tess Virmani presented this short webcast explaining the March 5th FCA and IBA announcements on LIBOR cessation and non-representativeness and key impacts on loans and CLOs. This webcast is available for LSTA Members.

The Roberts Court's Bankruptcy Jurisprudence—A look at the Supreme Court’s approach to bankruptcy law during Chief Justice Roberts’ 16 terms as Chief. Presented by Elliot Ganz, General Counsel & Co-Head of Pubic Policy, LSTA, Craig Goldblatt, Partner, WilmerHale, Richard Levin, Partner, Jenner & Block, and Danielle Spinelli, Partner, WilmerHale. Presentation, replay, supported documents and recap now available to our LSTA Members.

Our panel of experts discussed the issues that market participants need to be aware of when entering into private equity trades, provide an overview of current market trends in documentation and settlement mechanics for private securities trades in the secondary market, and examined Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code and its positive impact on securities distributed to creditors as proceeds for pre-petition claims. Presented by Russell Chiappetta, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP, Bridget Marsh, EVP and Deputy General Counsel, LSTA, Mark McElreath, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP, Ken Rothenberg, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP and James Vincequerra, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP. Presentation and replay now available.