Switch raises $3.5bn to help refinance debt

US data center operator Switch has raised $3.5 billion, which it will use to refinance its existing debt. The DigitalBridge-owned company has secured the cash in two separate transactions – a $2.4 billion commercial mortgage-backed security loan (CMBS) and a $1.1 billion asset-backed security (ABS) issuance. A statement from Switch said the company will use…

Adding Inflated Interest To Outstanding Liability Merely To Cross Threshold U/S 4 Of IBC Is Not Permissible: NCLAT

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) New Delhi bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Judicial Member), Mr. Arun Baroka (Technical Member) and Mr. Barun Mitra (Technical Member) has held that the interest cannot be added to the outstanding liability when there is no contract between the parties to this effect and no past practice justifying…