Commercial partner and chair of the Tax practice group, Portia J. Nicholson in conjunction with commercial attorneys, Kamala M. Richardson, Andre W. Hill and Dennise Newton provided The Bahamas chapter in the Loans & Secured Financing (2022 edition) published by Lexology Getting the Deal Through (GTDT).

This quick reference guide enables a side-by-side comparison of local insights into general issues (bank loans versus debt securities; common forms of bank loan facility; bridge facilities; role of agents, trustees and lenders; governing laws); regulation (capital, liquidity and disclosure requirements; use of loan proceeds; cross-border lending; interest rate and currency restrictions); security interests and guarantees; the impact of fraudulent conveyance and similar doctrines on the structure of bank loan financings; intercreditor matters; loan terms and structures; and recent trends.

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