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Key definition

Mandate definition

What does Mandate mean? In investment management, a mandate is the agreed set of instructions and limits that govern how an investment manager will manage a client’s assets. It is usually set out in an investment management agreement (IMA) or terms of business (for segregated mandates) and, for pooled funds, in the fund’s constitutional and offering documents (for example, the prospectus or instrument). A mandate typically specifies investment objectives, benchmark(s) and any performance target relative to that benchmark, permitted asset classes, risk parameters (such as tracking error or concentration limits), ESG or other restrictions, reporting, and rebalancing and dealing discretion. It...

Mandate letters in syndicated loans: drafting and negotiating with LMA precedents—underwritten and best efforts, key conditions, MAC, clear market, market flex, syndication and termination

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This How to guide forms part of the Banking & Finance loan transaction collection. It signposts precedents, highlights drafting and negotiating points, and serves as an introductory resource for those new to banking and finance law.

What is a mandate letter?

Mandate letters are used across syndicated transactions to set out the basis on which the borrower appoints banks or financial institutions to the principal roles in a syndicated facility.

Mandated lead arrangers (appointed to arrange the facilities) (MLAs)
Bookrunners (appointed to organise syndication)
Underwriters (appointed to underwrite the facilities—ie commit to lending the full amount even if the facilities cannot be successfully syndicated)

A mandate letter will typically include provisions on the proposed financing terms, the fee structure for the arrangement, and the intended syndication strategy—ie authorises the MLAs to syndicate the loan on an exclusive basis.

For more information on the role of the MLAs in a syndicated transaction, see Practice Note: The finance parties—Arranger. The mandate letter is usually the first document agreed on a syndicated transaction and it commences the syndication process...

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