Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2024/3

Spotlight

  • Matthey Hoyle: Crying wolf: the effect of sub-participants exercising control over lenders in the medium-term loan market (147)

Features

  • Michael Chernick, Sara Coelho, Shameer Shah, Kevin Heverin, Magnus Wieslander, Camille Masse-Pfister: Dipping over here and dipping over there: lessons learned from recent double dip transactions (151)
  • Vasanti Selvaratnam, Emile Yusupoff, Satya Talwar Mouland: An assessment of the reliability requirement in the Electronic Trade Documents Act (156)
  • Oliver Shafe, Jamie Rogers: Taking robust security over warranty and indemnity insurance policies (159)
  • Paul Cluley: The Bankruptcy Event of Default under ISDA: Part 2 (162)
  • Matthew McGhee: Quincecare, agency and conflict of laws: what law do we look to? (166)
  • Paul Blackmore, Alice FrydlHook, line … or sinker? Navigating dowry sales (168)
  • Richard Calnan: The Draft Secured Transactions Code: its main features and lessons learnt (171)
  • Robert ThomasThe impact of the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 on bank practice in trade finance (174)
  • Lara Kuehl: Foreign crypto arbitrations and UK consumer rights: a culture clash? (176)
  • Giovanni Bandi: DeFi: game changer for regulatory reporting (180)
  • Carloine Jackson, Alex Potts: If the law supposes that crypto cannot be property, then the law is an ass (183)
  • Paul Deakins, Julia Machin, Jessica Walker: The new UK public offers and admission to trading regime: impact on debt capital markets (188)
  • Sarah Caldwell: What’s next for the EU Directive on NPLs? (192)


In Practice

  • Amy Kennedy, Liz Osborne, Lauren Pflueger: Transferability: does there need to be a re-balance? (194)
  • Alex Martin, Kristine Kozicki: Consolidation in the CLO management industry: hampered by EU and UK risk retention requirements? (196)
  • James Dickie: Embedded finance and chargebacks: consumer duty and proposition structuring (198)

Regulars

  • Book Review by Rossn Cranston and Richard Salter (199)
  • Competition Law Update by Kirkland & Ellis LLP (201)
  • Case Analysis by a reserch student of the Law Faculty at Oxford University (203)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (206)
  • Market Movements by CMS (210)
  • Deals (212)
  • Legal Ease with Lexis+® UK (213)
  • International Briefings from Switzerland (214)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2023/10

Spotlight

  • Adrian Cohen, Antonia Pegg: “Debtor-in-possession” processes and moratoria in English restructuring and insolvency law: a hesitant journey (659)

Features

  • Jonathan Davies-Jones, Alexia Knight: When is a bank put on notice of an agent’s fraud? (664)
  • Peter de Verneuil Smith, Philip Hinks, Judy Fu: Damages under ss 90 and 90A FSMA (667)
  • Steven Fennell: Limited liability partnerships: authority to borrow and to give security (672)
  • Andrew Kinnes, Hamish Patrick: Moveable transactions: Scotland v England: Round 2 – taking security over chattels (675)
  • Charlotte Eborall: “Packing” a punch to litigation funders? (678)
  • Shameer Shah, Ben Burton: Excess Cash Flow: time to sweep it under the carpet? (682)
  • Duncan Sheehan: Identifying floating charges after Re Avanti Communications Ltd (in Administration) (684)
  • Lodewijk van Setten: DeFi platforms: delineating the regulatory perimeter (687)
  • Sanjev Warna-kula-suriya, Dan MarcusHybrid facilities: the promise, the reality and the hope (691)
  • Ferdisha Snagg, Andreas Wildner: What is in a name? The regulators seek to have the final word on the meaning of trading venue under MiFID (694)
  • Kelesi Blundell, Ioannis Asimakopoulos: Banking regulation in the aftermath of SVB: lessons for regulators and supervisors (698)
  • Chloe Carpenter: Avanti Communications and the use of textbook and articles when undertaking research (700)
  • Jacob J Meagher: The implications of the novel “Audit Duty” on professional service firms: Part 1: Rihan v Ernst & Young (702)

In Practice

  • Kate Vyvyan, Jessica Walker, Julia MachinGreen expectations: ESMA’s Statement on sustainability prospectus disclosure (709)
  • Alex Martin, Jana Zupikova: Private portfolio financings on the rise(711)
  • Samantha Holland, William Humphries: Overhauling the rules on the law of the arbitration agreement? (712)

Regulars

  • Competition Law Update by Kirkland & Ellis LLP (713)
  • Book Review by Ross Cranston (715)
  • Case Analysis by 3 Verulam Buildings (716)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (718)
  • Market Movements by CMS (721)
  • Deals (724)
  • Legal Ease with Lexis+® UK (725)
  • International Briefings from New Zealand, Finland and Hong Kong (726)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2023/6

Spotlight

  • James Palmer: The urgent need for better law and rule making: challenges and solutions (371)

Features

  • Avinash Persaud: Lesson from the SVG collapse for banking reputation (380)
  • Kate Sumpter: Re-fencing: the pitfalls, and opportunities, of M&A ofr ring-fenced banks (382)
  • Jo Windsor: The impact of Pt 26A Restructuring Plans on intercreditor dynamics (385)
  • Hanif Virji: Wht is collateral special value? (389)
  • Richard Aikens, Andrew Dinsmore: The practicalities of pleading and proving foreign law in modern financial litigation (392)
  • Isobel Bull, Brenda Rweyemamu: Time to hit the road: considerations when replacing trustees on secured debt transactions (395)
  • Richard Lissack, Robin Lööf: Failure to prevent fraud: making up for failure to prosecute? (397)
  • Elizabeth Ovey: Subrogation and the case of the dissolved co-debtor (400)
  • Hannah Fearn: Using guarantees for capital relief: legal characterisation matters (404)
  • Matthew Watson, Sarah Rutnah: Commercial choices: are Braganza duties path to payment under commission agreements? (407)
  • Elaine Chan, Sion Yoong Tian: Crypto headwinds: an overview of regulations in Singapore, the EU, UK and US (410)
  • Phoebus L Athanassiou: Retail Central Bank Digital Currencies: core assumptions and legal implications (414)

In Practice

  • Rebecca Hoskins, Katie Hoyle, Julia Machin: Practical Implications of USD LIBOR panel cessation for „tough legacy” contracts: a brief refresher (416)
  • Alex Martin, Ellen Marks, Kristine Kozicki: Conflicting signals? Potential impacts of the SEC’s proposed conflicts of interest rule on UK and EU CLO managers (418)
  • Fiona Henderson, Laura Collins: Embedded finance: Dear CEO (420)

Regulars

  • Competition Law Update by Kirkland & Ellis International LLP (421)
  • Case Analysis by Hogan Lovells, 3 Verulam Buildings and a restructuring attorney based in Hong Kong (423)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (429)
  • Market Movements by CMS (433)
  • Deals (435)
  • Legal Ease by Lexis© PSL (436)
  • International Briefings from the Netherlands and China (437)


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 2022/10

Spotlight

  • Suzanne Rab: Financial Services and Markets Bill: from retained EU law, to revocation and restatement (647)
  • Tom Leary: There are known unknowns: how strict is civil liability for breaches of sanctions? (651)
  • Jacqueline Cook: Understanding export controls in UK sanctions legislation relating to Russia: issues for lenders (654)
  • Duncan Sheehan: Taking security over certificated shares in private companies (658)
  • Dan Harris: Toto’s law: looking behind ESG rating agency curtains (661)
  • Peter Burgess: US distressed debt techniques and minority protection in English law (667)
  • Liam Robinson, James Warboys, Tibor Korman, Nicola Hiestermann: The Mezzanine Lenders successfully take control of The LYCRA Company (670)
  • Matthew McGhee, Maria Kennedy: Different jurisdictions’ approaches to Quincecare: England and Wales lead the expansive approach (674)
  • Etay Katz, Conor Funston, Francesco Assi, Tara Waters, Anna Delgado, Penny Chamberlain: Digital assets use cases in financial securities: are they “native”? (678)
  • Kerry Langton, Fiona Henderson, Julian Turner, James Dickie: Security over e-money and deposits with deposit aggregators: a new approach is required (682)
  • Robert Purves: Client categorisation under the FCA’s Conduct of Business Rules: what are the possible consequences of getting it wrong? (686)
  • Ian Bergson: An account of profits: when if ever in commercial banking claims? (689)
  • John Lee: Smart contracts and the limits of the “rule of code” (692)
  • Matthew Hodkin, Aiden Hepworth: Principal and main purpose tests in tax treaties: a UK tribunal approach (695)
  • Zachary Kell, Callum Reid-Hutchings: Service, lies and NFTs: litigation and the blockchain (697)


In Practice

  • Latifah Mohamed: Soaring inflation and the case for index-linked baskets (699)
  • Tom Cochran, Boin Cheong: Finding room for asset-backed financings alongside high yield and leveraged loan transactions (700)
  • Caroline Dawson, Stephanie Peacock, Julia Machin: Implementing the UK Wholesale Markets Review (701)

Regulars

  • Competition Law Update by Kirlkland & Ellis LLP (705)
  • Case Analysis by 3 Verulam Buildings (707)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (711)
  • Market Movements by CMS (713)
  • Deals (715)
  • Legal Ease with LexisPSL (716)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2022/2

Spotlight

  • Avinash Persaud: Re-imagining safe assets (67)

Features

  • Venessa Parekh, Chhavi Sinha: The UK’s bank ring-fencing legislation: legal uncertainties and potential solutions (70)
  • James Sheehan: Anticipating an FX spot trade: front running or just trading ahead? (74)
  • Antony Hainsworth: Going green: global finance and the UK green taxonomy (77)
  • Charlotte Thomas: Secondary obligations and disguised penalties: where does the law stand following Makdessi? (81)
  • Michael Brown: Transfers of risk or risky transfers? Transferring hedging positions in respect of non-performing loans (86)
  • Hanif Virji: It is dangerous to use pithy terms to describe the complex risks of a fund (88)
  • Stefanie Wilkins: Unanswered questions regarding the Restructuring Plan (91)
  • Heather Waters Borthwick, Tomasz Kulawik, Andrew Mavers: Rise of the jumbo unitranche: a continuing trend in 2022? (93)
  • Amy Held: Baking, staking, Tezos and trusts: crypto sale and repurchase transactions analysed by the High Court (96)
  • Tim Akkouh, Freddie Popplewell: Sinking the Siskina? The Privy Council on the jurisprudential nature of freezing orders (102)
  • Matthew Lavy, Laura Wright: Limitation periods and cryptocurrency fraud (105)
  • Phoebus L. Athanassiou: Non-fungible tokens: select legal issues (107)
  • Emma Giddings, Imogen Garner, Daniel Nevzat: Developing policies for green and sustainable finance for the aviation industry (109)
  • Lisa Curran: Why Italy does not need the trust (for now) (115)

In Practice

  • Eleanor Dole Sheaf, Rupert Lewis: Overview of anticipated focus areas for BBLS litigation (117)
  • Leon Stephenson: The ESG revolution in funds finance (119)
  • Andrew Bryan, Julia Machin: The EU’s AML blacklist nad SSPE’s (121)

Regulars

  • Case analysis by One Essex Court (122)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (126)
  • Market Movements by CMS (133)
  • Deals (135)
  • Legal Ease by Lexis PSL (136)
  • International Briefings from China, Brazil and France (137)