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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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

Produced in partnership with Cleary Gottlieb and Ian Chin of Morrison & Foerster 12th Jan

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Transferring a loan by novation

Novation is a means by which a lender can transfer its interest in a loan to another lender.This Practice Note looks at what is meant by novation...

9th Nov

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On demand guarantees and bonds

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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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Crystallisation of floating charges

The key feature of a floating charge is that, until it crystallises, the chargor is entitled to deal with the charged assets in the normal course of...

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Subordination

Subordination is a way of changing the priority of claims against a debtor so that one creditor or group of creditors (the junior creditor(s)) agree...

9th Nov

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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...

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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Role of a bond trustee

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Incremental debt flexibility or accordion features

What are incremental facilities?An incremental facility is feature included in a credit agreement where, subject to meeting certain pre-agreed...

Produced in partnership with Osborne Clarke 12th Jan

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Types of debt securities

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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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Intercreditor agreement—key provisions

This Practice Note provides an introduction to intercreditor agreements and their key provisions. This Practice Note:•explains the purpose of having...

9th Nov

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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...

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Sources of Shari'ah

IntroductionShari'ah (also Sharia, Shariah or Shari’a) (literally, in Arabic, 'the path towards the watering place') or Islamic law is the legal...

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Negative pledges

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

9th Nov

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Trading OTC derivatives on electronic trading platforms

Methods of trading OTC derivativesVoice executionAn over-the-counter (OTC) derivative is a bi-lateral contract. Traditionally OTC derivatives were...

10th May

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