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A novation is a trilateral agreement by which an existing contract is extinguished and a new contract brought into being in its place. Indeed, for an agreement to effect a valid novation the appropriate consideration is the discharge of the original debt in return for a promise to perform some obligation.
This article considers three ways in which a lender may sell all or part of its interests in a syndicated loan agreement, namely through novation, assignment or sub-participation. Novation Novation is the most effective way of transferring rights and obligations under a syndicated loan agreement from an original lender to a new lender. The existing agreement (including all outstanding commitments) between the original lender and the borrower is dissolved and replaced by a new agreement between the new lender and the borrower.