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United Kingdom

Key definition

LMA definition

What does LMA mean? LMA is used in legal practice to mean the loan Market Association and, by shorthand, its recommended standard documentation and market guidance for syndicated loans and secondary loan trading in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It is not defined in legislation or case law; it is a market term. LMA standard forms are widely used in investment grade and leveraged finance, real estate finance, developing markets and restructurings. Common templates include facility agreements, term sheets, mandate/commitment letters, intercreditor agreements, provisions for security agency/trust, confidentiality agreements, and secondary trading documents (par/distressed trade confirmations, novations, assignments and funded/unfunded participations). Practitioners often...

LMA PEPP private placements (English law): facility vs note structures, key covenants and protections, transfers and defaults, UK QPP withholding tax, and contrasts with LMA bank loans and public bonds

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The lma Private Placement papers are at present labelled for reference only, while the LMA considers the future path and purpose of these forms.

Introduction

Securing private placements across Europe is inherently dependent on local rules: documentation style, customary practice and governing law materially vary from country to country and from one jurisdiction to the next within each market. For businesses seeking to place privately in the UK, or to approach investors accustomed to English law, the Loan Market Association (the ‘LMA’) has produced a set of English law-based template papers known as the Pan-European Private Placement (PEPP) documentation. These templates were created to act as a practical springboard for issuers and investors alike, encouraging higher deal throughput and wider recognition of private placements as a credible funding method. Although the LMA labels these forms as ‘reference only’ (signalling that an update is due), they still appear in some transactions because they sit closer to a typical LMA-style loan agreement than the ‘Model Form’ of the American College of Investment Counsel (the ‘ACIC’), which is commonly adopted for US-style private placement deals...

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