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Taking security over uncertificated shares held in CREST

Taking security over uncertificated shares held in CREST

Shares are commonly offered as security for a loan in commercial lending transactions.Practice Note: Taking security over shares explains how to take...

Guide to completing the ISDA Schedule

Guide to completing the ISDA Schedule

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Project finance—key finance documents

Project finance—key finance documents

Documents for a typical project finance transaction can be split into three broad categories:•finance documents—the finance documents govern the debt...

Guarantee and indemnity: cross guarantee from group companies—bilateral—all monies

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This Deed of guarantee and indemnity is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[Insert name of Guarantor], a company incorporated in...

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Borrowing base facilities—structure, key terms and risks

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Secondary debt trading—completing the trade confirmation

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Instructing and managing local counsel

Given the cross-border nature of many banking transactions, it is common for the principal legal advisors for lenders and borrowers to need to...
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Debt securities—10b-5 letters

A 10b-5 letter (also referred to as a 'disclosure letter') is a letter delivered to the underwriters by issuer's and underwriters' counsel in...
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Produced in partnership with Charles Farnsworth of Baker McKenzie and Adam Farlow of Baker McKenzie 12th Jan
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Transferring a loan by novation

Novation is a means by which a lender can transfer its interest in a loan to another lender.This Practice Note looks at what is meant by novation...
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Transferring a loan by legal assignment

Assignment is a means by which a lender can transfer its interest in a loan to another lender.For an overview of the reasons why a lender might...
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Increased costs

This Practice Note considers the costs that a lender operating in the interbank market will incur when providing funding to a borrower and the steps...
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On demand guarantees and bonds

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Introduction to fund finance—capital call facilities

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Produced in partnership with Peter Olds of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 12th Jan
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Assignments by way of security

Assignments by way of security can take different forms and it is important to understand how they are created and their effect. Security over choses...
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Events of default

This Practice Note considers:•the purpose of events of default included in facility agreements•common events of default relating to borrowers and...
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Direct agreements in project finance transactions

What is a direct agreement?Direct agreements are very common in project finance transactions. A direct agreement is an agreement which gives the...
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Fixed and floating charges

There are four main types of security available under English law: •mortgage•charge•pledge, and•lienThis Practice Note explains:•the nature of a...
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Intercreditor agreement—key provisions

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Loan Market Association (LMA)—news on documentation [Archived]

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Sources of Shari'ah

IntroductionShari'ah (also Sharia, Shariah or Shari’a) (literally, in Arabic, 'the path towards the watering place') or Islamic law is the legal...
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Debt capital market finance versus loan finance

Debt capital market finance versus loan financeIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation...
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Debt securities—what is the role of the underwriters/managers?

Debt securities—what is the role of the underwriters/managers?IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit...
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Produced in partnership with Charles Farnsworth of Baker McKenzie 15th May
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A beginner's guide to the debt capital markets

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Key legal issues in English law in debt capital markets—negative pledges

Key legal issues in English law in debt capital markets—negative pledgesWhat is a negative pledge?A negative pledge is a provision which prohibits or...
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Clearing and settlement of securities—clearing

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Debt securities market infrastructure—EU and UK regulatory framework

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15th May
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Key legal issues in English law in debt capital markets—subordination

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Transaction structures—standalones versus programmes

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Glossary of debt capital markets terms

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The Capital Markets Union

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The Capital Markets Union—recent news

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Debt securities market infrastructure—introduction

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Parties in an issue of debt securities

Parties in an issue of debt securitiesIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
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Introduction to the debt capital markets

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Issuing debt securities—key documentation

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Fintech and the debt capital markets

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Debt securities payment mechanics

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Resolving debt capital markets disputes—key cases

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Terms and conditions of debt securities

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