Special Report: The Unitranche – What it is, and Why it Matters
|November 11, 2015

Beginning in October 2015 The Lead Left published a series of articles on the unitranche – one of the most innovative, and increasingly popular, financing tools in the middle market. This report consolidates those articles:
- What is a Unitranche?
- Types of Unitranche Structures
- The Agreement Among Lenders (AAL)
- The Universe of Unitranche Players
- Key Unitranche Concerns for Lenders and Borrowers
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