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Lexis®PSL Banking & Finance weekly highlights—25 August 2016

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Published on: 25 August 2016

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Table of contents

Headlines (News updates & analysis)
Brexit
Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) issues draft guidance for US sanctions issues in lending transactions
Derivatives
Relevant updates from other practice areas
Cases
Submission to foreign court jurisdiction
Appeal Tracker

Article summary

Welcome to the weekly Banking & Finance highlights from the Lexis®PSL Banking & Finance team for the week ending 25 August. This week’s edition of Banking & Finance highlights includes (1) analysis on the implications of Brexit for the debt capital markets, (2) a new draft of the LSTA’s ‘Guidance Regarding US Sanctions Issues in Lending Transactions', (3) analysis on new margining requirements for uncleared derivatives, (4) relevant updates from the Lexis®PSL Arbitration, Dispute Resolution and Restructuring & Insolvency teams and (5) cases and Appeal Tracker information reported by the Lexis®PSL Banking & Finance team this week.

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