Opinion
Why ‘lender-on-lender violence’ is on the rise
As the 2021 vintage of private equity loans fall due, things are getting a little nasty among lenders, and sometimes among their borrowers, too.
Jonathan ShapiroSenior reporterDesperate times call for desperate measures. That is especially the case when the owners of a highly leveraged company are facing its date with destiny.
And often the outcome is what is called “lender-on-lender violence”, where debt financiers turn on each other, or worse, they find new lenders have arrived on the scene to subordinate them.
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