Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2024/1

Spotlight

  • Duncan Sheehan: Digital Assets: why the Law Commission are wrong about control (3)


Features

  • Andrew Thompson, Philip MorrisonCarillon: a director’s strict duty to know the company’s true financial position? (5)
  • Rabin Kok: Third party rights and the LMA suite of Debt Documents (8)
  • Alan Davies, Michelle Gilmore-Parry: The rise of “hybrids” in the ever-converging PIK and Preferred Equity landscape (11)
  • Akber Datoo: Offer and acceptance … and sailing into the terms of decentralised networks (15)
  • Stephen Moverley Smith, Rachel Carver: Can beneficial noteholders commence insolvency proceedings? Diverging views emerge across the offshore world (21)
  • Dan Hirschovits, Aaron Ferner, Joshua Bunn: Going public: the impact of IPOs on facility agreements (24)
  • Susan Wong, Lim Wei Lee, Felix Lee: Sanctions clauses in documentary credit transactions: a cautionary tale (28)
  • David Rouch: Investor duties and sustainability: the turn towards tackling sustainability challenges (31)
  • Matthew Parfitt: Just a minute: inserting the time into pre-prepared board minutes (36)

  • Benjamin Pilling, Ruth Bala: Shared appreciation mortgages: how far can the “unfair relationships” regime stretch? (38)

  • Ciarán McGonagle, Finn Casey Fierro: For whom the code tolls: an integrated, modular architecture for smart derivatives contracts (41)
  • Simon Crown, Monica Sah, Sara Evans: Third country market access for core banking services in the EU: all change from autumn 2026 (45)
  • Jacob J Meagher: The implications of the novel “Audit Duty” on professional service firms: Part 2 (49)

In Practice

  • James Greene, Martin Forbes, Nicola Chapman, Man Hay Yip, : The art of the intercreditor
    Ripping up the rulebook: financing the energy transition (54)
  • Chris Armstrong, Christopher Sullivan: Preparing for a new UK securitisation framework (56)

Regulars

  • Case Analysis by 3 Verulam Buildings (58)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (64)
  • Market Movements by CMS (69)
  • Deals (71)
  • Legal Ease with Lexis+® UK (72)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2023/1

Spotlight

  • Sarah Lewis: Increasing interest? Hedging considerations in light of rising interest rates (3)


Features

  • Helen Pugh: Crypto fraud and the bona fide purchaser for value defence (5)
  • Kwan Ho Lau: Contractual novations: the “partial novation” phenomenon and is advance consent absolute? (8)
  • John McGrath, Kay Morley:The suspense ends: court says certain ISDA bankruptcy defaults can be cured (12)
  • Sarah Garvey: Cross-border enforcement of judgments in the post-Brexit age: a glimmer of light on the horizon? (15)
  • Gerard McMeel: “Now what news on the Rialto?” the resurgence of capacity risk and the slow demise of contractual estoppel (19)
  • William Wilson, Rabin Kok: Cryptocurrency and the claim in debt (25)
  • Nicole Kearse: A case for “debt-for-nature” and “debt-for-climate” swaps in emerging and developing economies (28)
  • Nicholas Medcroft, Leonora Sagan: Reforming corporate criminal liability: a missed opportunity to modernise the law (30)
  • William Hibbert: The new FCA Consumer Duty: the interrelationship with common law contractual obligations (33)
  • Zarra McGlone: Oceanfill v Nuffield: a clear outlook for commercial landlords? (35)
  • Felix Lee, Edward Ti, Stephanie Yeo, Clayton Chong: When Singapore REITs go under: risks and solutions for lenders (37)
  • Michael H. Meissner: EU prudential supervision: classifying institutions as significant or less significant following Wirecard’s collapse (41)

In Practice

  • Chris Bates, Julia Machin:The UK Financial Services and Markets Bill and UK Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: a comparison (45)
  • Jessica Walker, Tim Bennett: BTI v Sequana: practical implications for directors trading in the zone of insolvency (50)

Regulars

  • Book Review by Ross Cranston (51)
  • Case Analysis by 3 Verulam Buildings and Merton College (52)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (57)
  • Market Movements by CMS (60)
  • Deals (62)
  • Legal Ease with Lexis®PSL (63)
  • International Briefings from Switzerland (64)