The Book of Jargon: US Corporate and Bank Finance
by Latham & Watkins LLP · Latham & Watkins
Free glossary of more than 1,100 corporate and bank finance terms covering merger, leveraged finance, credit agreement and securities vocabulary, available online, as a PDF and as a mobile app. Written for juniors who meet deal slang before anyone defines it. Deal vocabulary is the practical entry barrier to reading credit agreements, merger agreements and filings.
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