On March 21, 2022, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland decided in Peterbilt of Baltimore LLC v. Capitol Gateway Properties, LLC that provisions of an option to purchase pursuant to the tenant’s lease are conditions precedent, which must be satisfied to exercise such Option.
In this installment in our Sustainability-Linked Loans Series, we will discuss the application of the SLLPs to real estate finance transactions and consider some associated issues.
In a decision rendered on September 8, a three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a February 2021 decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in favor of the defendant loan managers of certain institutional lenders, which held that the Loan Managers were not obligated to return an accidental payment by Citibank N.A. of approximately $500 million. Citi served as administrative agent to the lenders for an $1.8 billion syndicated seven-year loan to Revlon, Inc. pursuant to a credit agreement entered into in 2016. Read our Clients & Friends Memo here.
Here is a rundown of some of Cadwalader's recent work on behalf of clients.
