ICMA updates European repo market best practice guide with new infrastructure and trading provisions
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Offtake contracts—key issues for project finance lendersMost projects are underpinned by a complex web of contractual relationships between all the...
2nd Mar
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Overdrafts, term loans and revolving credit facilitiesThis Practice Note explains the features of three common types of loan facility:•overdrafts•term...
1st Mar
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Do you need a deed of release as well as a DS1 to release a legal charge over land?Generally speaking, a deed of release is not necessary in addition...
Produced in partnership with James Hall of Gatehouse Chambers
2nd Mar
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Crystallisation of floating chargesThe key feature of a floating charge is that, until it crystallises, the chargor is entitled to deal with the...
1st Mar
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Promissory notes—structure and partiesA promissory note is a type of bill of exchange (for more information, see Practice Note: Bills of...
Produced in partnership with Ed Bellamy, Marta Bishop and Jad Hussain of Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP
1st Mar
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Bilateral, syndicated and club arrangementsOne of the features used to categorise loans is the number of lenders involved. A loan involving one lender...
2nd Mar
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An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects...
2nd Mar
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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...
Produced in partnership with John Burge and Matthew Dunlap of Morrison & Foerster and Hamilton
2nd Mar
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Floating charges—advantages and disadvantagesSummary of advantages and disadvantages of the floating chargeThis Practice Note discusses the advantages...
1st Mar
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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...
2nd Mar
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Financial derivatives—nettingNettingnetting is a contractual arrangement between two parties. Essentially, it means that the parties have agreed that,...
2nd Mar
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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...
2nd Mar
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Guarantor rights and how to defer them in guarantee documentation—no competition clausesGuarantees are a contractual arrangement where one party (the...
2nd Mar
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Sources of Shari'ahIntroductionShari'ah (also Sharia, Shariah or Shari’a) (literally, in Arabic, 'the path towards the watering place') or Islamic law...
2nd Mar
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Introduction to fund finance—capital call facilitiesThis Practice Note discusses:•what is meant by capital call facilities, NAV, or asset backed...
Produced in partnership with Leon Stephenson of Reed Smith
2nd Mar
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Incremental debt flexibility or accordion featuresWhat are incremental facilities?An incremental facility is feature included in a credit agreement...
Produced in partnership with Max Millington of Pinsent Masons
2nd Mar
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