Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2022/6

Spotlight

  • Jonathan Dawid, Emilie Gonin: Countering counter sanctions: treaty based remedies for investors in Russian assets? (371)

Features

  • Gavin Irwin, Merry van Woodenberg: Financial sanctions: prohibitions extended to persons „connected with” Russia (374)
  • Matthew Padian, Lucy Trott: The impact of the new Economic Crime Act on loan documentation (378)
  • Ryan Ferro: Knowing receipt and the proprietary base: Part II (380)
  • Hanif Virji: A contradiction of terms: is stock-lending compliant with the ethos of an ESG fund? (384)
  • Chloe Carpenter: Interest under a loan linked to a base rate: issues to consider (3869
  • Hamish Patrick: Movable Transactions (Scotland) Bill: some funding opportunities (389)
  • Tim Akkouh, David Baker: Reforms to Unexplained Wealth Orders: the sword and the shield (3929
  • Raza Naeem, Seraphina Chew: SFDR RTS ens ESG sectoral amendments: mismatches and implementation (395)
  • Julian Craughan, Andrew Carey, Andrea Salsi, Steven Minke: Talking about a revolution: making ESG securitisations mainstream (397)
  • William Johnston: Protection from creditors: the law’s continuing development for corporates in Ireland (401)
  • Tom Astle, Charlotte Lamb: Direct lending in a distressed world (405)
  • Paul Mousel: Protection of clients’ securities in Luxembourg law (4089
  • Hossein Nabilou: Transaction finality in blockchains: legal considerations (411)

In Practice

  • Michael Lyons, Ellen Lake, Hannah Ovaisi, Miranda Harrison: Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022: sanctions update (416)
  • Jeremiah Wagner, Kamal Dalal: Don’t forget about the NSIA: potential implications for securitisations (418)
  • Charles Kerrigan, Ruth Marken, Yasmin Musker: Financial covenants for fast-growth businesses: the new market norms (420)

Regulars

  • Competition Law Update by Kirkland & Ellis International LLP (422)
  • Book Review by Sarah Paterson (425)
  • Case Analysis by Hogan Lovells and Milbank (427)
  • Regulation Updata by Norton Rose Fulbright (432)
  • Market Movements by CMS (437)
  • Deals (439)
  • Legal Ease by Lexis®PSL (440)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2022/5

Spotlight

  • Thomas F. Huertas: Are sanctions sustainable? (295)

Features

  • Philip Wood: Russia and Ukraine: the end of Article VIII 2b? (297)
  • Jamie McDougall, Shan Qureshi, Ben Kovacka, Shweta Rao: Intralot’s drop-down restructuring games: priming pari passu noteholders, circumventing non-consenters and artificially reducing asset values (299)
  • David McIlroy, Ruhi Sethi-Smith: Bankers’ liability for Authorised Push Payment fraud: the evolution of the Quincecare duty (304)
  • Tim Calland: The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022: what does it mean for landlords and their funders? (307)
  • Jonathan Haines: Sanctions test illegality clauses in financial contracts (311)
  • Riz Mokal: Does the liquidator have a duty to deal with trust assets? (313)
  • Jeremiah Wagner, Dan Marcus: Fund finance: the regulatory requirements applicable to securitisations in the EU and UK (319)
  • Christopher Bond: Another roll of the dice: the elusive line between hedging and speculation (323)
  • Hin Liu: Transfers of equitable interests in the digital asset world (325)
  • David Murphy: Saying how versus saying what: the choice of regulatory style in margin policy (335)
  • Chris Wallace: Inside the machine: the European Commission’s proposed consolidated tape for bonds (337)
  • Nakul Dewan: Regulating cryptocurrency by policing advertisements: the approach in the UK, Singapore, India and Spain (340)
  • Richard Calnan: Interpreting statutes and contracts: what are the differences? Part II (344)

In Practice

  • Thomas C. Miller, Aidan E. Lawes: Is it time to review your “standard” increased costs clauses in facility documentation? (347)
  • Ben Thompson: Core-plus infrastructure and leveraged financing: the continued convergence of terms (350)
  • Hugh Evans, Claire Clayton-Stead: The Quincecare duty: 30 years on (352)
  • Book Review by Ross Cranston (353)
  • Case Analysis by One Essex Court and Baker McKenzie (354)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (360)
  • Market Movements by CMS (365)
  • Deals (367)
  • Legal Ease with Lexis®PSL (368)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2022/3

Spotlight

  • William Edwards: Decentralised Autonomuos Organisations: unincorporated companies by another name? (147)

Features

  • Edward Cumming, Harry Samuels: Seeing the world differently: litigation arising from ESG-related disclosure (150)
  • Daniel Winick, Andrew Young, Peter Dahlen, Thomas Critchley, Heba Hazzaa, Neil Cavanagh: Across the pond and back again: What direct lenders shold know before deploying historic dry powder (154)
  • Penny Angell, Dorothy Livingston: Reform of the law on deeds: options for the Law Commission (157)
  • Hin Liu: Digital Assets: the mystery of the „link” (161)
  • Timothy Cleary: Synthetic securitisation made simple: The EU STS Securitisation framework embraces synthetic securitisation (171)
  • Lodewijk van Setten, Charles Kerrigan: Digitised trading and settlement: Exchange 4.0 (176)
  • Piers Reynolds, Laura Feldman, Jack Helyar: The new FCA consumer duty: the interrelationship with regulatory and common law obligations (179)
  • Rumen Cholakov: Takeover Code Changes 2021: can lenders be forced to fund an illegal deal? (182)
  • Andrew Henderson: Prudential consolidation under the IFPR: Making sense of the ancillary services undertakings concept (184)
  • Chris Wallace, Charles Kerrigan: Something in the ether? The allure of digital bonds (186)
  • Anya Proops, Rupert Paines: Lloyd vs Google: the end of class action data privacy claim s or just the beginning? (189)
  • Richard Calnan: Interpreting stautes and contracts: what are the differences? Part 1 (192)
  • Spyridon V Bazinas: Secured finance law reform: the Joint Coordination Network (195)

In Practice

  • Jeremiah Wagner, Dan Marcus: Fund finance: the securisation question (198)
  • Charles Kerrigan: Crypto yield (199)
  • Hugh Evans, Sohail Ali: Section 32 Limitation Act: an evolving yet difficult route for claimants (202)
  • Carl Baker: The Bank of England’s first ever bail-in recognition (203)

Regulars

  • Competition Law Update by Kirkland & Ellis International LLP (204)
  • Book Review by Ross Cranston (206)
  • Case Analysis by Hogan Lovells (207)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (211)
  • Market Movements by CMS (215)
  • Deals (217)
  • Legal Ease by Lexis PSL (218)
  • International Briefing from Denmark (219)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2022/1

Spotlight

  • David Fox: Digital assets as transactional power (3)

Features

  • Ann Battle: Hedging risk-free rates (4)
  • Peter Burgess: The Lehman litigation: the waterfall keeps falling ( 7)
  • Raza Neem, Peter Bevan: SFDR Commission Q&As: more Qs than As (10)
  • Madeleine Jones: Creditor beware: proving for debts in limited recourse loans following Lendy (12)
  • Dermot Turing: A fresh look at the three Rs: the EU’s CCP Recovery and Resolution Regulation (14)
  • Lexa Hilliard: Please release me, let me go: complexities in release provisions (20)
  • Mindy Hauman:The social side of sustainable finance (23)
  • Michael Ryan, James Bailey: Carbon credits under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (27)
  • Amy Kennedy, Clare Cottle, Herman Park: A review of private credit in the immediate wake of COVID-19 (31)
  • James MacDonald: Shanghai v Reignwood: what makes a guarantee “on demand”? (33)
  • Iain Sheridan: Converting fiat money into cryptoassets over a blockchain: what new laws and regulations are required? (35)
  • Elaine Chan, Sion Yoong Tian: Decentralised finance (DeFi): a game-changer or just a passing fad? (39)
  • Willem Van de Wiele: Protection of client assets under Belgian law and trust-like structures (42)

In Practice

  • James Hardy, Ingrid York, Ian Cuillerier, David Ridley, Graham Silnicki: Term SOFR: a non-US market perspective (45)
  • Avril Forbes: UK Pension Schemes Act 2021: new criminal offence in force: lenders take note (48)
  • Jeremiah Wagner, Christopher Sullivan: NPE servicers prepare to retain risk under EU Securitisation Regulation (50)

Regulars

  • Book Review by Roy Goode (51)
  • Case Analysis by Verulam Buildings (53)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (56)
  • Market Movements by CMS (59)
  • Deals (61)
  • Legal Ease by Lexis PSL (62)
  • International Briefing from Finland (63)