Banking & Finance analysis: This News Analysis provides a round-up of the key developments in Banking & Finance in 2024, focusing on those that impact lending transactions, and looks ahead to what’s coming up in 2025.

In this guide... This guide contains information about the resources in Lexis+® Banking & Finance which trainees and newly qualified lawyers may find useful when getting to grips with what finance transactions are all about, how they are structured and the key parties involved. It covers: • Lending • Security, and • Guarantees and comfort letters • On demand guarantees/bonds and letters of credit • Set-off and netting It also covers specialist types of finance: • Acquisition finance • Asset finance • Islamic finance • Project finance • Real estate finance • Sustainable/green finance • Trade and commodity finance • Debt capital markets • Derivatives • Regulation of derivatives • Structured products and securitisation. It also covers Technology in banking & finance transactions, Restructuring, Regulation for banking lawyers and Claims and remedies. This guide also contains information about other useful resources in Banking & Finance, including: • Loan transaction collection • Current awareness • International information • Introductory materials • Banking & Finance glossary • information about

The following Banking & Finance resources, providing useful practical commentary, legislation, rules and guidance for banking & finance lawyers, whether in private practice or in-house, are available in Lexis+® UK. Please note, however, the titles listed can only be accessed with the relevant Lexis+® UK subscription(s). General Title Summary Who should use this resource? Butterworths Company Law Handbook The essential company law reference work, setting out the relevant texts of the most important company law statutes, statutory instruments, European legislation and assimilated legislation. Lawyers looking at legislation governing partnerships, limited liability partnerships, insolvency, economic crime and relevant EU and assimilated materials. Encyclopaedia of Banking Law An expert and comprehensive treatment of the modern English law relating to domestic and international banking. Lawyers looking for information on a broad range of banking & finance related legal issues, including taking security (Division E), international banking operations which includes information on trade finance, negotiable instruments, letters of credit etc (Division F), Islamic finance (Division F1), insolvency issues (Division F2) and ICC materials (Division L). Fisher

The European Parliament has published an In-Depth Analysis document which asks whether Banking Union can foster market integration, and what lessons it holds for the Capital Markets Union. The document notes that, over the past decade, the Single Supervisory Mechanism has focused on making banks safer, resulting in stronger banks but limited euro area cross-border integration, and argues that overbanking hinders both cross-border integration for the EU and the development and integration of capital markets. In addition to a common supervisory authority and to attain the strong and integrated financial system the EU needs going forward, the document says the Banking Union and Capital Markets Union 'need to coexist and complement each other'.

This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) the FCA publishes consultations and policy statement aimed at capital markets reform; (2) the Prime Minister and Secretary of State announce first GB Energy partnership; and (3) UK joins E-Commerce Joint Initiative at WTO to improve trade agreement process.

This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) News analysis on a case looking at the validity of an assignment entered into by an attorney (Frischmann); (2) the LMA publishes the second edition of the ‘External Review Guidance on Green, Social and Sustainability-linked Loans; and (3) ICMA ERCC publishes annual review of repo market performance.

This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) our Sustainable finance and ESG monthly round-up; (2) FMSB publishes Statement of Good Practice on governance of sustainability-linked products; and (3) ISDA publishes April 2025 Benchmark Module for the Fallbacks Protocol.

This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) our quarterly Sustainable Finance and ESG round-up; (2) MHCLG's plans to cap leaseholder fees; and (3) ICMA publishes a discussion paper on smart contracts and DLT-based fixed income markets.

This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (i) Companies House launches identity verification service, (ii) ESMA consults on technical standards related to European Green Bonds Regulation and (iii) ESMA launches consultation on MiFIR derivatives transparency requirements.

This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) LMA publishes recommended forms for euro exposure drafts with EURIBOR fallbacks; (2) HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 82 relating to electronic signatures; and (3) ICMA publishes Q3 2025 report on market practice and regulatory policy.

This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) ICMA releases paper on the role of commercial paper in the sustainable finance market; (2) industry bodies call on ESMA to review approach to post-trade deferral framework for bond; and (3) GFXC seeks feedback on prospective amendments to the FX Global Code.

This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) the LMA updates leveraged finance and real estate finance documentation; (2) UK Finance and LMA respond to HMRC consultation on simplifying treaty relief for overseas interest payments; and (3) CLLS Land Law Committee responds to Law Commission consultations on commercial leasehold and business tenancy renewal.