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Taking a guarantee or third party security from an individual—undue influenceGuarantees (see Practice Note: Guarantees) and third party security (see Practice Note: Third party security) from individuals are relatively common forms of credit support in financing transactions.For example, in
In what circumstances do I really need to worry about commercial (or corporate) benefit?This Q&A explains when it is necessary to analyse whether an obligor in a banking transaction is receiving a commercial benefit (also called a corporate benefit) for participating in the transaction and why that
Guarantor protections and how to exclude them in guarantee documentation—waiver of defences 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).The common law has
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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