Loan Agency Services

Services is challenging the conventional approach to the loan agency role - that the incumbent entity also holds a commitment in the principal amount of the loan.

Why use First Loan Agency Services for your loan agency solution?

• As we are purely a loan agency service provider, no potential conflicts of interest will arise from our acting as loan agent during the course of a transaction, we will have no share of any front end arrangement fees, no right to interest payments and no voting rights in respect of the debt. We simply charge a fee for our services.

• We provide a single point of contact for the entire transaction, and will liaise with you on all aspects of the transaction during its lifecycle.

• Our team has expert knowledge of the suite of legal documentation, process and framework of all types of commercial lending arrangements, as well as in-depth experience of all classes of debt and the management and negotiation of numerous commercial loans.

• We can operate as loan agent from the inception of a transaction, or can be available as a replacement loan agent in an existing transaction.

• We have the flexibility to operate as loan agent of name, or to be sub-contracted by the loan agent of name to carry out their duties on their behalf.

• We can provide a number of efficiencies and value enhancers for our clients including, a reduction in the overall cost of appointment of a loan agent; providing our clients with the autonomy to arrange, execute, syndicate and administer transactions; a proactive, not reactive, approach to the loan agency role; and our ability to form strong, long-term working relationships with our clients in order to provide them with a seamless and cohesive loan agency service.

• We utilise:

1. a specialized client monies accounts system, provided by a major clearing bank, giving us in-depth functionality including real time, on screen account management capabilities, the ability to execute same day fund transfers and the capability to open accounts in various currencies in respect of each transaction we are retained on; and
2. a market leading software system for all aspects of the administration of commercial loans, including the ability to provide our clients with detailed transactional information using standard and bespoke reports.

• We offer an Intralinks service on the transactions we are retained on, allowing us to expedite and manage the information flow across the duration of a transaction.

• We also offer a specialist security trustee function.

If you wish to discuss our Loan Agency Services and their application to your business, please click the Contact Us link on the left hand side of the page.