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MLex: EU market participants, including data repositories, rating agencies, industry associations, supervisors and research institutions, have been...
This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) ICMA releases paper on the role of commercial paper in the sustainable...
This week's edition of the Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up from the Finance Group includes: (1)ICMA releases paper on the role of CP in...
The Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) has published Nature-related Risk: Handbook for Financial Institutions, which provides practical guidance on...
The Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) has introduced a new service to apply for sanctions licences for the provision of trade services,...
The Bribery Act 2010—an introductory guideThe Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) was passed to ensure the UK’s compliance with the Organisation for Economic...
Construction documents—key issues for lender's lawyersOn every construction project which requires external funding, the lender will appoint its own...
REITs—summary of the tax regimeThe regime for UK real estate investment trusts (REITs or, as they are referred to in the legislation, UK REITs) was...
Sanctions regime—RussiaThe Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, SI 2019/855, made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018...
Transferring a loan by assignmentThis Practice Note explains one of the key ways a lender can transfer a loan under English law to another lender by...
Agency fee letter: for use with a syndicated facility agreement[To be printed on the headed paper of the agent][insert date]To:[insert full name and...
Letter confirming effective date of amendments to a bilateral facility agreement[To be printed on the headed paper of the lender][insert...
Assignment of insurance policies: single company assignor—bilateral—specific moniesThis Deed is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert...
Intercreditor deed—single company borrower—single secured senior lender—single secured junior lender—single unsecured subordinated lenderThis Deed is...
Retained EU law—training materials [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained.These training materials consist of...
Bills of exchange—structure and partiesBills of exchange are negotiable instruments that represent an unconditional promise by one party to pay...
Term Loan B facilitiesThis Practice Note discusses Term Loan B (TLB) facilities which frequently appear as a tranche of senior facilities in...
Invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through the invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown...
Common financial covenantsThis Practice Note explains certain common financial covenants used in commercial finance transactions including:•minimum...
Offtake contracts—key issues for project finance lendersMost projects are underpinned by a complex web of contractual relationships between all the...
Overdrafts, term loans and revolving credit facilitiesThis Practice Note explains the features of three common types of loan facility:•overdrafts•term...
Crystallisation of floating chargesThe key feature of a floating charge is that, until it crystallises, the chargor is entitled to deal with the...
Promissory notes—structure and partiesA promissory note is a type of bill of exchange (for more information, see Practice Note: Bills of...
Bilateral, syndicated and club arrangementsOne of the features used to categorise loans is the number of lenders involved. A loan involving one lender...
An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects...
Bridge to bond facilitiesWhat are they?A bridge to bond facility is a type of acquisition financing where the buyer requires the certainty of a fully...
Floating charges—advantages and disadvantagesSummary of advantages and disadvantages of the floating chargeThis Practice Note discusses the advantages...
Key features of debenturesDebentures are used in many types of financing where it is desirable to take security over all of the assets of a particular...
Financial derivatives—nettingNettingnetting is a contractual arrangement between two parties. Essentially, it means that the parties have agreed that,...
Assignments by way of securityAssignments by way of security can take different forms and it is important to understand how they are created and their...
Guarantor rights and how to defer them in guarantee documentation—no competition clausesGuarantees are a contractual arrangement where one party (the...
Sources of Shari'ahIntroductionShari'ah (also Sharia, Shariah or Shari’a) (literally, in Arabic, 'the path towards the watering place') or Islamic law...
Although there is no universally accepted legal definition, electronic funds transfer (EFT) is a generally accepted practice of which there are (1) non-consumer activated systems and (2) consumer activated systems where the main consumer activated systems are automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS).
A person authorised by a regulated body to take appointments in the insolvency of individuals or companies. Also referred to as an Office-holder.
This is an acronym for the Swiss Averaged Rate Overnight. SARON has been selected to replace Swiss Franc LIBOR.