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James McDonald

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James McDonald is a partner in the London office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom (UK) LLP, with a focus on cross-border capital markets transactions, including high-yield bond offerings. Email: james.mcdonald@skadden.com

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Show me the money: value leakage in European high-yield bonds

In this article, James McDonald, Kenneth Ryan and Michael Chern provide an overview of how high-yield bond covenants regulate the movement of a company’s cash and assets beyond the reach of creditors, or “value leakage”, and recent trends in these covenants, with a focus on the European high-yield market.

28 JUL 2025