The Handbook of Loan Syndications and Trading, Second Edition

Capitalize on the booming $1.2 trillion leveraged loan market―a fully updated edition of the LSTA's authoritative guide

The global financial crisis triggered a series of major changes to the lending landscape, and this heavily updated edition of the go-to guide to the loan syndication market delivers the information and insight you need to succeed.

In addition to brand-new chapters on direct lending, the growth of the middle market, sustainability finance, Fintech, and Blockchain, The Handbook of Loan Syndications and Trading, Second Edition delivers fully updated content on critical topics, including:

• Today's loan market--how the players have changed and the impacts of other markets
• Additional loan structures and credit agreement technology in use today
• The rise of secondary trading as a result of the global financial crisis
• How the dramatic increase of price volatility affects the market
• The role of ratings in today's market
• Changes to the art of distressed trading
• The new post-Dodd Frank regulatory landscape
• The evolving landscape of the loan markets in Asia and Europe

Lee Shaiman is the Executive Director for the Loan Syndications and Trading Association. Mr. Shaiman has 40 years of experience in the financial services industry as an investment banker, financial analyst, debt syndicate manager, and portfolio manager. Prior to joining the LSTA, Mr. Shaiman was the Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager for the liquid-credit business at ArrowMark Colorado Holdings, LLC. Prior to joining ArrowMark, Mr. Shaiman was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager and Chairman of the Debt Funds investment committee at GSO Capital Partners, a division of Blackstone.

Over his career, Mr. Shaiman has been involved in all aspects of the leveraged finance market including underwriting and structuring, syndicating, trading and investing in corporate loans and high yield bonds. As an investor, he has managed over $20 billion of CLO's, mutual funds, and ETFs and separately managed accounts and co-mingled funds for the benefit of investors. Mr. Shaiman is a Certified Public Accountant (retired status) and serves as an independent director of a publicly listed business development corporation and is a member of the investment board of a charitable foundation.

Bridget Marsh is Executive Vice President & Deputy General Counsel of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association. Ms. Marsh has more than 25 years of international legal experience, having practiced in Sydney, London, Abu Dhabi, and New York. At the LSTA, Ms Marsh leads the legal projects for the development and standardization of the LSTA's documentation. She is responsible for responding to and addressing secondary loan market trading disruptions and ensuring that the LSTA's primary market and trading documentation reflects current market practices.