Finance Law and Banking Law

For Oklahoma business owners seeking to acquire commercial real estate or long-life equipment, the SBA 504 Loan Program offers fixed-rate financing with as little as 10% down and terms extending up to 25 years.

BNP Paribas is seeking a Vice President - Legal Counsel to serve on the Asset Finance & Securitization (“AFS”) Legal team.

As agricultural borrowers face tighter margins and reduced cash flow in 2026, Farm Credit lenders are increasingly turning to "bulge financing" - temporary credit extensions designed to bridge short-term liquidity gaps. This analysis explores how these 60-120 day facilities differ from traditional accordion structures and examines their strategic deployment through a real-world case study of discounted crop input financing.

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.

Two prestigious law firms, Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, have received partner approval to merge, creating a global legal powerhouse with approximately 3,100 lawyers across key G20 markets. The combination unites Cadwalader's market-leading finance and capital markets expertise with Hogan Lovells' regulatory and disputes capabilities, positioning the new firm among the world's largest by revenue and establishing significant presence in Washington D.C., London, and New York.

Markets have recently been experiencing heightened volatility and credit availability has tightened, which has placed valuation practices under unusual pressure from regulators and investors.

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.

For Oklahoma business owners seeking to acquire commercial real estate or long-life equipment, the SBA 504 Loan Program offers fixed-rate financing with as little as 10% down and terms extending up to 25 years.

On May 1, the CFPB finalized a substantially revised Section 1071 rule, which implements the small business lending data collection and reporting requirements under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)...

Two major developments signal heightened legal scrutiny of prediction markets: the first U.S. insider trading arrest involving classified military information used for Polymarket bets, and the Senate's unanimous vote to ban itself from prediction market trading. These cases establish that insider trading laws fully apply to prediction markets, creating immediate compliance obligations for any organization whose employees hold nonpublic information related to tradeable events.

For most of the year, calendar days, business days and trading days are the same. Then holidays happen and confuse things. What are the different types of days, and why does it matter?