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Lead Left Interview - Daniel Winick & Andrew Young

This week we chat with Daniel Winick, a partner in the banking and finance group of Clifford Chance US LLP, and Andrew Young, a senior associate in the same group.  Their practice includes representing sponsors, corporates, lenders and participants in multijurisdictional leveraged and other finance transactions. Clifford Chance is a multinational law firm that is…

Private Debt Intelligence - 11/13/2017

Direct Lending Sees Record Fundraising Private debt fund managers have experienced increased fundraising success, and the direct lending industry has especially benefitted from high levels of fundraising activity in recent years. Direct lending has already seen record fundraising levels in 2017, and aggregate capital raised in the year has already surpassed the capital raised in…

State of the Loan Market (Second of a Series)

The backdrop for US credit got a boost from several corners last week. First, the nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next Fed chief ensured monetary policy would be, if not unchanged, at least in experienced hands. Also, the October labor report – 261,000 new jobs added– came in pretty much where economists expected….