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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...

Guide to completing the ISDA Schedule

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects potentially impacted by the government and regulators' responses to the...

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

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

What is a borrowing base facility?Borrowing base facilities ('BB Facilities') are a type of trade finance. They are working capital credit facilities...

Produced in partnership with Dentons UK and Middle East LLP 12th Jan

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Drafting or reviewing legal opinions in loan transactions

Legal opinions are one of the key documentary conditions precedent in loan transactions. The legal opinion is a letter which sets out opinions as to...

9th Nov

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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...

9th Nov

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Floating charges—advantages and disadvantages

Summary of advantages and disadvantages of the floating chargeThis Practice Note discusses the advantages and disadvantages of taking a floating as...

9th Nov

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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...

9th Nov

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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...

9th Nov

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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...

9th Nov

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The facility agent

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...

9th Nov

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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...

9th Nov

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What is securitisation?

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...

9th Nov

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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...

9th Nov

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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...

9th Nov

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ISDA definitions

The vast majority of derivative transactions are documented by standard documentation developed and published by the International Swaps and...

9th Nov

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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...

9th Nov

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Common financial covenants

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

9th Nov

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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...

Produced in partnership with Carlo de Vito Piscicelli of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 12th Jan

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Impact of Brexit: AIFMD—quick guide

This Brexit Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2011/61/EC (AIFMD) quick guide details current UK legislation and retained EU legislation...

29th Apr

Brexit

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AIFMD—essentials

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

8th Apr

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