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LMA launches Schuldschein
docs and user guide
EUROPE Market has new platforms to arrange deals using blockchain
The Loan Market Association has launched
new recommended forms of Schuldschein loan
agreements and a user guide to the product, to
promote efficiency and liquidity in the market.
The Schuldschein market has grown
significantly in the past few years with an
increase in volumes and an increased interest
in the product from domestic and international
borrowers and investors.
The Schuldschein market has also found
itself at the forefront of a digital revolution
in the capital markets with a number of new
platforms set up to arrange transactions through
blockchain technology.
“This project has been timely, as an
instrument which pre-dates the syndicated
loan market by over 100 years looks to new
technology to facilitate process change.
Recommended templates can only assist in
this evolution,” said Nigel Houghton, managing
director of the Loan Market Association.
The loan market already uses boilerplate
language in Schuldschein loan agreements,
but each arranger has made use of its own
templates, meaning there has been no common
approach.
The new documentation provides an agreed
starting point for agreements that tend to
be heavily tailored to fit the credit profile and
requirements of the borrower.
The recommended forms of documentation
are available in German and English for both
single borrower and borrower/guarantor
transaction structures.
The new user guide - also available in
German and English - addresses all material
Schuldschein loan-related legal issues, including
further sample clauses.
The LMA’s Schuldschein documentation project
began in late 2017 and involved a working party
comprising representatives from the Verband
Deutscher Treasurer (Association of German
Treasurers), domestic German and international
banks, including in-house lawyers, and major law
firms active in the Schuldschein market.
“As international borrowers and investors
increasingly adopt the Schuldschein as an
instrument of choice, one of the key considerations
has been the highly efficient execution,” said
Andreas Petrie, head of primary markets at Helaba.
“The next logical steps in this development
will therefore be further workstream
digitalisation through the use of electronic
platforms, as well as the establishment of
market-wide standards in the documentation.”
Alasdair Reilly