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)

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)