Corporate Trust

Effective debt financing depends on fast, flexible and reliable execution and at LawDeb we deliver this.

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Pragmatic and innovative : Our trust solutions

As corporate trustee we make it possible for corporates and other entities to raise finance. Our experienced team ensures that investors have a sophisticated, experienced and engaged party throughout the life of a transaction. We also gives the borrower/issuer a point of contact for communicating with its investors. We combine resources and expertise to allow borrowers/issuers to focus on their core business requirements.

We can act as trustee under various governing laws and also provide equivalent services in jurisdictions where other investor representation is required, for example, delegate on Islamic finance transactions, Representative of Noteholders under Italian law and a common representative under Portuguese law. We also hold security under local law in numerous jurisdictions worldwide.

Independent, efficient expertise : Our corporate trustee services

Our market-tested expertise enables us to assist clients to develop new and innovative structures to meet your unique requirements. We are regularly appointed on:

International bond issues (including high yield bonds) and medium-term notes
Convertible and equity-linked bonds
EMTN Programmes
Securitisation and repackaging
Secured lending
International project finance transactions including infrastructure and energy
Private placements
Delegate or successor trusteeships
Bare trust structures
Share subscription trustee
Bespoke arrangements to facilitate regulatory compliance or mergers and acquisitions; to hold and exercise special voting rights in complex mergers
Escrow

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Truly independent trusteeship : Bond Trustee and Security Trustee

LawDeb acts as bond trustee, security trustee and security agent on the full range of debt capital market and loan financings for a diverse range of organisations, globally, through our offices in London, Hong Kong, Jersey and Dublin.

Our clients value our independence, responsiveness, speed of execution, expertise, experience, longevity, and problem-solving capacity.

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Spotlight on : Escrow & Paying Agency

Escrow Agency: LawDeb assists parties to mitigate their risk in financial transactions by holding cash or documents (or both) pending the conclusion of certain commercial matters.

Our escrow arrangements are well established and developed over many years and we can act as independent escrow agent through global offices in London, Hong Kong, Dublin and Jersey.

LawDeb can provide access to multiple investment options for cash balances held in escrow to optimise yield. Depending on liquidity needs, these options include a variety of AAA-rated money market funds, fixed term deposits and government securities as well as interest-bearing accounts where available and have standard templates to cater for these investment options as well as bespoke solutions upon request.

Paying Agency: As Paying Agent, LawDeb acts as an independent third party supporting M&A transactions.

LawDeb as an independent Paying Agent can receive completion funds directly from the buyer(s) and distribute funds to the seller(s). We can also make the earn-out/anniversary/condition-based payments where due, post completion.

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Forward thinking : Bespoke Trust Solutions

As independent trustee we can facilitate and simplify a wide range of commercial and corporate activity. Trusts can be a useful tool for a range of activity beyond debt finance. Our solutions include using trusts technology such as:

Share and voting trusts
Escrow arrangements
Structures for regulatory compliance
Mergers and acquisitions (cross-border and domestic)
Joint ventures

We can work directly with regulators, make decisions quickly, are flexible and can generally execute transactions on client initiated timetables.

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Spotlight on : Loan Agency

As Facility Agent and Intercreditor Agent, we act as the primary contact between the various parties on the full suite of loan facilities including project finance, asset finance and other club/syndicated arrangements.

We provide Facility Agent services on new deals and act as successor Facility Agent on existing transactions. Our independence means we do not have any involvement with a borrower/lender which may cause a conflict to arise and our flexible and efficient loan administration services make life easy for borrowers and lenders alike.

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