Global Banking and Corporate Trust
Overview
Seward & Kissel has a leading corporate trust practice representing financial institutions across the full lifecycle of secured and unsecured debt and loan transactions.
We advise clients in their roles as administrative agents, indenture trustees, collateral agents and other agency and servicing capacities. Our cross-disciplinary group combines deep legal expertise with a practical understanding of operational risk, regulatory frameworks, and market expectations to provide individually tailored legal and commercial solutions to our corporate trust clients.
Transactional Representation
We advise indenture trustees, administrative agents, collateral agents, and other financial intermediaries in a full range of financing transactions, including:
- Loan facilities and syndicated credit agreements
- Corporate debt offerings and indentures
- Structured finance and securitizations (CLOs, ABS, MBS)
- Project finance, data centers and infrastructure deals
- Escrow and custody arrangements
Risk & Advisory
From deal structuring, to closing, to administration, to termination, we help ensure our corporate trust clients’ duties are clearly defined, risks are appropriately allocated, and documentation aligns with market standards. As trusted partners and legal advisors, we provide strategic guidance to our corporate trust clients on:
- Scope and interpretation of agent and trustee duties
- Event of default and enforcement decisions
- Intercreditor and priority disputes
- Resignation and succession planning
- Risk mitigation and best practices
Disputes & Litigation
When contentious issues arise, our litigators bring deep expertise and experience representing agents and trustees in state and federal courts across the country. In particular, we handle:
- Bondholder disputes
- Breach of indenture or contract claims
- Intercreditor conflicts
- Trust instruction proceedings
- Adversary proceedings
Restructuring & Special Situations
Our Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy lawyers work closely with the Corporate Trust team to provide coordinated advice in restructurings, workouts, liability management transactions, prepackaged bankruptcies, cross-border proceedings and liquidations. We routinely advise on all aspects of Chapter 11, Chapter 7 and Chapter 15 cases, with a focus on practical execution and risk management.
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