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Impact of failure to give notice to a prior floating charge holder on an out of court administration appointment by a junior floating charge holder (NMUL Realisations Ltd)

Impact of failure to give notice to a prior floating charge holder on an out of court administration appointment by a junior floating charge holder (NMUL Realisations Ltd)

Impact of failure to give notice to a prior floating charge holder on an out of court administration appointment by a junior floating charge holder (NMUL Realisations Ltd)

A new era of climate change reality—exploring energy regulations

A new era of climate change reality—exploring energy regulations

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UK Court says BNY Mellon can freeze $23bn in Kazakh assets (National Bank of Kazakhstan v Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV)

UK Court says BNY Mellon can freeze $23bn in Kazakh assets (National Bank of Kazakhstan v Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV)

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Recognition and enforcement of UK judgments in Norway post no-deal Brexit

Recognition and enforcement of UK judgments in Norway post no-deal Brexit

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Negative pledges

Negative pledges

This Practice Note examines:•why negative pledge clauses are used in commercial transactions •the consequences of breaching negative pledge...

Term Loan B facilities

Term Loan B facilities

This Practice Note discusses Term Loan B (TLB) facilities which frequently appear as a tranche of senior facilities in syndicated loans in leveraged...

Common financial covenants

Common financial covenants

This Practice Note explains certain common financial covenants used in commercial finance transactions including:•minimum net worth test•gearing...

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

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

This Practice Note is an archive of news from the Loan Market Association (LMA) on LMA documentation and related topics. It covers LMA updates from...

Practice notes

Foreign exchange (FX) derivatives

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9th Nov
Precedents

Real property mortgage: single company chargor—bilateral—specific monies

This Deed is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[Insert name of Chargor], a company incorporated in England and Wales with...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Types of debt securities

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9th Nov
Practice notes

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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9th Nov
Practice notes

ISDA definitions

The vast majority of derivative transactions are documented by standard documentation developed and published by the International Swaps and...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

Synthetic securitisations

BREXIT: As of 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Drafting and negotiating the facility agreement

This Practice Note covers the typical structure of facility agreements and the key terms and provisions that will be included. It examines the process...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Acquisition finance—ancillary facilities

On an acquisition finance transaction, the borrowing group, in addition to the debt (whether loans or bonds) required to fund the transaction, will...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Third party security

In many commercial finance transactions, lenders expect to be given some form of credit support to increase their confidence in being able to recover...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

On demand guarantees and bonds

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The ICC has issued a guidance paper on the impact of COVID-19 on trade finance transactions issued subject to ICC rules. For...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

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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9th Nov
Practice notes

Transferring a loan by sub-participation

Sub-participation is a means by which a lender can transfer its risk in a loan to another lender. For an overview of the reasons why a lender might...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Bridge to bond facilities

What are they?A bridge to bond facility is a type of acquisition financing where the buyer requires the certainty of a fully committed financing...
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Produced in partnership with Cleary Gottlieb and Ian Chin of Morrison & Foerster 12th Jan
Practice notes

Secondary debt trading—completing the trade confirmation

The majority of secondary debt trades are conducted by telephone or by email. Following the trade call or email exchange, the parties will document...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Shipbuilding contracts

This Practice Note considers the main terms included in standard form shipbuilding contracts. In particular, it looks at:•standard forms of the...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Commodity repo transactions and true sale considerations

Commodity repurchases (repos) are a common alternative method of financing. There are a number of advantages for both the financier and a commercial...
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Produced in partnership with Sullivan 12th Jan

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Q&As

What is an ISDA protocol?

What is an ISDA protocol?The International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc. (ISDA) publish protocols from time to time. Protocols are a means of...
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25th Jan
Practice notes

MiFID II—commodity derivatives—position limits

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17th Jan
Practice notes

MiFID II—commodities exemptions

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Produced in partnership with Puesan Lam and Tony Katz of DLA Piper LLP 17th Jan
Practice notes

Position reporting under MiFID II

BREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the...
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Produced in partnership with Puesan Lam and Tony Katz of DLA Piper LLP 17th Jan
Practice notes

Property derivatives

What are property derivatives?Property derivatives are derivative contracts which use the price of property as a reference rate to determine the...
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17th Jan
Practice notes

Property derivatives and indirect investment in real estate

Property derivativesA derivative is a financial contract that gives an investor a return based on the performance of an underlying asset. In essence,...
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15th Jan
Practice notes

What are credit derivatives?

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12th Jan
Practice notes

Energy derivatives

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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12th Jan
Practice notes

Commodity derivatives

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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12th Jan
Practice notes

Foreign exchange (FX) derivatives

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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12th Jan
Practice notes

Weather derivatives

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Joanna Perkins of Financial Markets Law Committee 12th Jan
Practice notes

Inflation derivatives

Inflation derivatives perform an important risk management tool by providing participants with an effective hedge against the risk of changes in rates...
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Produced in partnership with Nick May of Herbert Smith Freehills 11th Jan
Practice notes

Interest rate swap (IRS) structure diagram

Step-by-step guide•Party A and Party B enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement, Schedule and confirm...
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8th Jan
Practice notes

Zero coupon inflation swap structure diagram

Step-by-step guide•Party A and Party B enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement, Schedule and agree with...
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8th Jan
Practice notes

Pay as you go inflation swap structure diagram

Step-by-step guide•Party A and Party B enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement, Schedule and agree with...
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8th Jan
Practice notes

Total return swap (TRS) structure diagram

How a total return swap works•The TRS payer is a bank, A, and the TRS receiver is a hedge fund, B.•A holds the reference asset on its balance sheet.•A...
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7th Jan
Practice notes

Equity derivatives

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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23rd Dec
Practice notes

The regulation of equity derivatives

BREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the...
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23rd Dec
Practice notes

Currency rate swap (CRS) structure diagram

Step-by-step guide•Party A and Party B enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement, Schedule and confirm...
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25th Nov
Practice notes

Credit default swap (CDS) structure diagram—cash settlement

Step-by-step guide•Protection seller (party A) and protection buyer (party B) enter into an ISDA Master Agreement, Schedule and confirmation with each...
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25th Nov

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LEXISNEXIS

Key elements of a standstill agreement

When restructuring is considered rather than formal insolvency proceedings (see Practice Note: Benefits of restructuring over formal proceedings) the company may want to ensure that relevant creditors quickly enter a standstill agreement to gain some breathing space to consider a restructuring

LEXISNEXIS

Strike out—no reasonable grounds for bringing or defending the claim (CPR 3.4(2)(a))

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The guidance detailing normal practice set out in this Practice Note may be affected by measures concerning process and procedure in the civil courts that have been introduced as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For guidance, see Practice Note: Coronavirus

LEXISNEXIS

Novation—why and how to novate a contract

There may be times when, rather than assigning the benefit of an agreement to a third party, the original parties wish instead to end their obligations to each other under that agreement and, in effect, recreate it, with the third party stepping into the shoes of one of the original parties. This is

LEXISNEXIS

Forum non conveniens—scope and application

This Practice Note considers the doctrine of forum non conveniens, also referred to as the appropriate forum or the proper place for a dispute to be determined. This doctrine is of relevance when determining whether the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to hear a dispute and is applied