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OFSI updates UK Financial Sanctions FAQs to clarify specific licence status following delisting

OFSI updates UK Financial Sanctions FAQs to clarify specific licence status following delisting

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has updated its UK Financial Sanctions FAQs, adding FAQ 205 on the status of specific licences...

LMA publishes user guide and model Murabaha Facility Transfer Agreements

LMA publishes user guide and model Murabaha Facility Transfer Agreements

The Loan Market Association (LMA) has published a user guide and model Murabaha Facility Transfer Agreements to facilitate the transfer of an existing...

Banking and Finance weekly highlights—8 October 2026

Banking and Finance weekly highlights—8 October 2026

This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) ISDA launches digital Emissions Transactions Definitions; (2) ESMA...

ICMA publishes Q4 2026 quarterly report on bond market transparency, settlement reforms and digitalisation

ICMA publishes Q4 2026 quarterly report on bond market transparency, settlement reforms and digitalisation

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published its quarterly report for Q4 2026, covering regulatory developments across primary,...

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Receivables purchase transactions: invoice discounting and factoring

Receivables purchase transactions: invoice discounting and factoring

Invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through the invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown...

Foreign exchange (FX) derivatives

Foreign exchange (FX) derivatives

Foreign exchange (FX) derivativesWhat is a FX derivative?A foreign exchange (FX) derivative is a type of derivative whose payoff depends on the FX...

Types of debt securities

Types of debt securities

Types of debt securitiesWhat are debt securities?In the context of the debt capital markets, the term 'debt security' means a financial instrument,...

An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)

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...

Practice notes

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...
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30th May
Q&As

What is the banker’s right of set-off?

What is the banker’s right of set-off?The banker’s right of set-off refers to the right of a bank to combine two or more of a customer’s accounts held...
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Produced in partnership with Richard Hanke of 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB)
13th Oct
Practice notes

Pledges

PledgesA pledge is one of the four types of security recognised under English law—the types of security are described in Practice Note: Types of...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

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...
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30th May
Practice notes

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...
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2nd Jun
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Practice notes

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...
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30th May
Practice notes

Negative pledges

Negative pledgesThis Practice Note examines:•why negative pledge clauses are used in commercial transactions •the consequences of breaching negative...
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2nd Jun
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Practice notes

The security agent

The security agent and security trust provisionsThe security agentIn a syndicated loan transaction, the security agent (sometimes also known as the...
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30th May
Practice notes

Introductory guide to financial covenants

Common financial covenantsThis Practice Note explains certain common financial covenants used in commercial finance transactions including:•minimum...
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30th May
Practice notes

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...
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Produced in partnership with Carlo de Vito Piscicelli of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Joe Zeidner of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
13th Oct
Practice notes

What is OTC derivative contract clearing?

What is OTC derivative contract clearing?What is clearing?When an over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transaction between two counterparties is...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Introductory guide to asset finance

Introduction to asset financeWhat is asset finance?Asset finance is a method of providing financing for the purchase of particular tangible movable...
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30th May
Practice notes

Incremental debt flexibility or accordion features

Incremental debt flexibility or accordion featuresWhat are incremental facilities?An incremental facility is feature included in a credit agreement...
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Produced in partnership with Max Millington of Pinsent Masons
13th Oct
Practice notes

Selling a loan by sub-participation

Selling a loan by sub-participationSub-participation is a means by which a lender can transfer its risk in a loan to another entity. It is used in the...
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Produced in partnership with Jacqui Allen of Mandel, Katz & Brosnan LLP
13th Oct
Practice notes

How to negotiate engagement, release and reliance letters

Tips and traps—key issues in negotiating engagement letters, release and reliance lettersIt is very common for engagement letters, release letters and...
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30th May
Practice notes

Transferring a loan by novation

Transferring a loan by novationNovation is a means by which a lender can transfer its interest in a loan to another lender.This Practice Note looks at...
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2nd Jun
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What is the difference between an appeal and a review?

What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of case

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application

Contributory negligence in personal injury claims

Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a