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As part of the projects in the Law Commission's 14th Programme of Law Reform, it has launched two consultations on proposed reforms to commercial...
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has responded to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) proposed amendments...
The Insolvency Service consultation on corporate civil enforcement reforms, published on 25 March 2026, has had its closing date extended from 17 June...
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Global Representative Body for Factoring and Financing of Open Account Domestic and International...
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
Guarantor rights and how to defer them in guarantee documentation—no competition clausesGuarantees are a contractual arrangement where one party (the guarantor) agrees to answer for the liability of another party (the principal) to another party (the guaranteed party).Guarantors have various rights
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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