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Invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through the invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown...
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 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)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects...
If a lender assigns a loan and its supporting guarantee to another lender (assuming there are no restrictions on assignment in the loan or guarantee documentation), is the validity of the guarantee affected in any way?We refer you to Practice Note: Guarantor protections and how to exclude them in
Releasing guarantors by agreement between the partiesThis Practice Note looks at releasing a guarantor by agreement between the parties but it is important to note that there are a number of other circumstances in which the liability of a guarantor which has guaranteed the obligations of one or more
Does a guarantee have to be executed as a deed?No, a guarantee does not have to be executed as a deed. A guarantee can be executed as a deed or as an agreement in English law.A guarantee does have to be in writing under section 4 of the Statute of Frauds 1677.However, a guarantee is often executed
Comfort lettersComfort letters are encountered in finance transactions relatively often. They take different forms and it is important from both the lender's perspective and the comfort letter provider’s perspective to understand their legal effect.Use of comfort letters in finance
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