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Latest Banking & Finance News
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper seeking stakeholders’ views on how the European Single...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin (PMB) 53, together with guidance consultation GC24/6 and finalised...
The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have announced a provisional agreement on a proposal to streamline benchmark authorisation and...
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has submitted a response to the UK government's call for evidence on the financial services...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published five Dear CEO portfolio strategy letters, covering trading venues, contracts for difference (CFD),...
Latest Banking & Finance Practice Notes
Key dates for Banking & Finance lawyers to look out for: 2014 [Archived]DateEventJanuary 20141 Latvia adopts the Euro as its currency—see LNB News...
Banking & Finance case trackerLast updated on 1 December 2024The Banking & Finance case tracker tool displays the status of cases (including appeals)...
Key dates for Banking & Finance lawyers to look out for: 2015 [Archived]January 20151The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)...
Key provisions of the financial collateral regulationsFORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (FSMA 2023) implements the...
Enforcement options in respect of real estate finance transactionsA lender will typically have a number of enforcement options available to it in a...
Latest Banking & Finance Precedents
Demand letter—guarantor[To be printed on headed notepaper of the lender making demand]To: [Insert name of individual and/or position][insert name of...
Demand letter—borrower[To be printed on headed notepaper of the lender making demand]To: [Insert name of individual and/or position][insert name of...
Retention of title (standard, or simple) clause1Title and risk1.1Risk in the Goods will pass to the Buyer [on [completion of] delivery OR when the...
Deed of release: for a debenture or mortgage—single company security provider—full or partial releaseThis Deed is made on [insert day and month]...
Deed of confirmation of third party security on variation of underlying facility agreement (bilateral)This Deed is made on [date]Parties1[insert name...
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Bills of exchange—structure and parties
Bills of exchange—structure and partiesBills of exchange are negotiable instruments that represent an unconditional promise by one party to pay...
Term Loan B facilities
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 factoring
Invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through the invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown...
Common financial covenants
Common financial covenantsThis Practice Note explains certain common financial covenants used in commercial finance transactions including:•minimum...
Offtake contracts—key issues for project finance lenders
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 facilities
Overdrafts, term loans and revolving credit facilitiesThis Practice Note explains the features of three common types of loan facility:•overdrafts•term...
Do you need a deed of release as well as a DS1 to release a legal charge over land?
Crystallisation of floating charges
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 parties
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 arrangements
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)
An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects...
Bridge to bond facilities
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 disadvantages
Floating charges—advantages and disadvantagesSummary of advantages and disadvantages of the floating chargeThis Practice Note discusses the advantages...
Key features of debentures
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—netting
Financial derivatives—nettingNettingnetting is a contractual arrangement between two parties. Essentially, it means that the parties have agreed that,...
Assignments by way of security
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 clauses
Guarantor rights and how to defer them in guarantee documentation—no competition clausesGuarantees are a contractual arrangement where one party (the...
Sources of Shari'ah
Sources of Shari'ahIntroductionShari'ah (also Sharia, Shariah or Shari’a) (literally, in Arabic, 'the path towards the watering place') or Islamic law...
Associated legal terms
Co-ordinating Committee (CoCom)
A committee of creditors established at the outset of a restructuring to manage the flow of information between the borrower and creditors.
Financial promotions order
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order is secondary legislation
Loan
An advance of funds from one party (the creditor) to another party (the debtor) for a period of time. The funds can be advanced for an agreed period or be repayable upon demand. Interest is usually paid on the advance which can be secured or unsecured
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