Finance Law and Banking Law

The Coalition for Modern Retirement Solutions submitted a comprehensive comment letter to the Department of Labor regarding proposed fiduciary duties in selecting retirement plan investments. The letter advocates for an asset-neutral, process-based approach while providing detailed recommendations to protect plan fiduciaries from hindsight-driven litigation and enable broader investment options for participants.

As artificial intelligence drives unprecedented demand for data centers, power availability has emerged as the critical bottleneck constraining asset value and investment returns.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its periodic inflation adjustment to the “qualified client” dollar amount tests under Rule 205-3, with the new thresholds taking effect on June 29, 2026.

Cadwalader's real estate finance team has successfully closed several major transactions spanning student housing portfolios, luxury resort acquisitions, office complex refinancings, industrial warehouse facilities, and cold-storage properties. These deals range from $39.25 million to $1.435 billion and involve diverse property types across multiple states, demonstrating the firm's comprehensive capabilities in commercial real estate lending and acquisition financing.

When an equipment lender funded a borrower's purchase without properly documenting its collateral rights, it found itself without recourse in bankruptcy court. The Delaware bankruptcy court's ruling in Wingspire...

California's Office of Health Care Affordability has released proposed draft regulations that would dramatically expand transaction reporting requirements for management services organizations, private equity groups...

Large family offices and institutional investors are increasingly turning to NAV loans as a portfolio management tool for their alternatives holdings.

Florida's startup ecosystem depends on more than capital – it needs angel investors who can move quickly, share experience and help founders avoid mistakes early.

On March 19, 2026, the federal banking agencies issued a package of proposed changes to the regulatory capital requirements for banking institutions of all sizes, from the largest GSIBs and super-regional banks to community banks. This package of proposals (the “Proposed Rules”) is a second full attempt at implementing the 2017 “Basel III Endgame” international framework—following the agencies’ initial package of proposals in July 2023 (the “2023 NPR”)—to better reflect credit, trading and operational risk in the calculation of regulatory capital ratios.

During the 2026 ACORE Finance Forum, McDermott’s co-head of Energy & Project Finance, Ed Zaelke, moderated a panel on “Making Markets: Sources of Capital to Meet the Challenge” with Alain Halimi of Nomura...

The Global Infrastructure Investor Association has released its P3 Report Card, grading all 50 U.S. states on their readiness to leverage public-private partnerships for infrastructure development.

Federal agencies are deploying equity and equity-linked capital instruments across the critical minerals sector, fundamentally reshaping how mining and processing projects are capitalized, governed and exited. This structural shift introduces new considerations for sponsors and strategic investors navigating transactions where national security priorities intersect with private capital formation.