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Law360, London: BNP Paribas SA has pushed to move a claim filed by VietJet Aviation to the English courts, arguing that disputes over their financial...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a final reminder to firms about the end of 1-, 3- and 6-month synthetic US dollar LIBOR settings,...
This week's edition of the Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up from the Finance Group includes: (1) EFRAG publishes XBRL Taxonomy for ESRS...
This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) the ICC publishes report on benefits of trade digitalisation; (2) ICMA...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on its guidance for UK Trade Repositories registered under Article 55 of UK EMIR ahead of the...
Banking & Finance case trackerLast updated on 3 July 2024The Banking & Finance case tracker tool displays the status of cases (including appeals)...
Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 and its impact on trade and commodity finance transactionsDocuments such as bills of lading, bills of exchange and...
Green loansThis Practice Note provides information on green loans and key issues to consider when drafting a green loan agreement. It focuses on the...
Key issues for lenders when dealing with an individual in a commercial finance transactionCommercial lending transactions often involve the provision...
The Equator PrinciplesThe Equator Principles (EPs) are a risk management framework for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social...
Floating charge: single company chargor—bilateral—specific moniesThis Deed is made on [insert date] 20[insert year]Parties1[Insert name of Chargor], a...
Deed of novation: for an unsecured bilateral facility agreementThis Deed is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[insert name of...
Debenture: single company chargor—bilateral—all moniesThis Deed is made on [insert date] 20[insert year]Parties1[Insert name of Chargor], a company...
Assignment of contractual rights: single company assignor—bilateral—specific moniesThis Deed is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert...
Debenture: single company chargor—bilateral—specific moniesThis Deed is made on [insert date] 20[insert year]Parties1[Insert name of Chargor], a...
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...
A form of financing where the amount the financier is prepared to advance is calculated by reference to certain assets, typically receivables, inventory, plant and machinery and real property.
The competent authority relating to the Official List is the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the FCA exercises the following general functions in relation to the Official List: (1) making rules; (2) providing guidance ; (3) determining the policy and principles for performing particular functions.
The buy-out of a business where the transaction is driven by existing management, frequently backed by a equity'>private equity house.