Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2026/3

Spotlight

  • Matthew Czyzyk, Natalie Blanc, Georgia Papathanasiou: LMEs in European restructurings: local law constraints and evolving market practice (147)

Features

  • William Willson, Angus Groom: LMEs under attack: possible challenges and how they might succeed (152)
  • Kirill Lebedyanskiy: Political risk in project and infrastructure finance: rising challenges and modern mitigation strategies (155)
  • Matthew Watson, Callum Caldwell: Calling a spade a spade: substance over form in covenants restraining further borrowing (160)
  • Miguel Calejo: Can we vibe code financial contracts? (162)
  • Neil Hamilton: “Measured at origination” in EU and UK securitisations (165)
  • Andrew Thompson, Philip Morrison: Wrongful trading and the creditor duty in refinancing scenarios: uneasy bedfellows? (168)
  • Ferdisha Snagg, Noah D’Aeth: The IOSCO Final Report on pre-hedging: is this the final word? (171)
  • Farhaz Khan, Chloë Bell: Are we reaching any further clarity on Braganza in loan documentation? (175)
  • Louis Grandjouan: Does a contract of indemnity sound in damages, or in debt? (179)
  • Richard Oliphant: FCA Consumer Duty: why challenger banks should integrate e-signatures into their mobile apps (182)
  • Eleanor Davison, Charles Redmond: Market abuse: the limits on civil recovery for investors in the US and UK (185)
  • Akber Datoo, Jason de Mink: To ban or not to ban; that is the (cryptoasset) question (189)
  • Michael Huertas: Supply chain finance in the EU: Part 3 – making SCF transparent: data standards, repositories and servicer governance (193)

In Practice

  • Patrick Leftley, Tracy Dariane: Market trends in mitigating conduct risk in private asset backed structured finance transactions (196)
  • Jason Blick: Security Action for Europe: legal architecture, implementation and private capital’s opening (198)
  • Joseph Paddon: The FCA’s new framework for targeted support in pensions and retail investments (199)

Regulars

  • Book Review Viability in Corparate Debt Restructuring by Lydia Tsioli – Review by Andrew Wilkinson at Weil (201)
  • ESG Update by Ying-Peng Chin of A&O Shearman (203)
  • Competition Law Update by Kirkland & Ellis (International) LLP (205)
  • Case Analysis by Hogan Lovells (207)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (210)
  • Market Movements by CMS (213)
  • Deals (215)
  • Legal Ease by Lexis+® UK (216)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2022/4

Spotlight

  • Michael Huertas: Geopolitical uncertainty: managing market shutdown risks (223)

Features

  • Sa’ad Hossain: Is your MAE/MAC clause ready for the next pandemic? (230)
  • Chee Ho Tham: Burdening assignees with arbitration agreements via “conditional benefits” (234)
  • Kathrine Meloni: The National Security and Investment Act 2021 revisited: when are secured creditors obliged to make mandatory notifications? (239)
  • Helen Pugh: Delegation not abdication: directors’ duties under scrutiny in syndicated loans (243)
  • Kelly Sporn: Sustainability/ESG ratings: does the market measure up? (245)
  • Hugh Sims, Jay Jagasia: Blu-sky thinking: the Interfoto principle and terms incorporated by reference (247)
  • Faizal Khan, Thea Gausel, Toby Mann, Deborah Neale: Transfer restrictions in leveraged lending transactions: time for a re-assessment? (251)
  • Scott Ralston: Foreign financial crises and the consumer (255)
  • Anna Lintner, Philippe Kuhn: Quincecare and the liability of receiving banks: the Canadian story (259)
  • Julia Lu, Timothy Cant, David Capps: A comparison of re-proposed SEC Rule 9j-1 and the UK/EU Market Abuse Regulation (262)
  • Chloe Bell, Christopher Whitehouse: Stablecoins as security? Never say tether (266)
  • Georgia M Quenbí: The impact of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 and the Finance Act 2020 on drafting Loan Documentation and Practice: update (269)
  • Rachel Sleeman, Zachary Kell: Could’ve, would’ve, should’ve: commercial fraud and the reasonably diligent claimant (272)

In Practice

  • Ying-Peng Chin: ESG: authorities’ potential enforcement action against companies (275)
  • Lu’ayy Minwer la-Rimawi: The UK’s second batch of Sukuk and the question of Shariah compliance: exclusion clauses v due diligence (276)
  • Ajay Malhotra, Tom Wyer: Cryptocurrency, proprietary injunctions, freezing orders, and trusts: the law is not cryptic (278)

Regulars

  • Case Analysis by 3 Verulam Buildings (280)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (284)
  • Market Movements by CMS (287)
  • Deals (289)
  • Legal Ease with LexisPSL (290)
  • International Briefing from Finland (291)