Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2026/1

Spotlight

  • Bart Garré, Richard Hay, Sophia Le Vesconte: The role of financial market infrastructure for stablecoins (3)

Features

  • Matthew Parker: Are claims worth over £3bn out of time under the FCA’s proposed motor finance redress scheme? (8)
  • The City of London Law Society Financial Law Committee: The face value requirement for deeds in s 1(2)(a) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (13)
  • Gerard McMeel: How long is your arm? The Motor Finance litigation and the impact on conduct of business (18)
  • Adam Rosenthal, Edward Blakeney: Should secured lenders be worried about the remediation provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022? (21)
  • Alex Shopov, Andy Vickery, George Gooderham: Progress through simplification: an opportunity to modernise the UK securitisation special purpose entity framework (24)
  • Luke Broadway: Agency and declarations of trust (27)
  • Hannah Yee-Fen Lim: Legal liability of deploying artificial intelligence in banking and finance (31)
  • Sherri Snelson, Alice Wight, Lavanya Raghavan, Emma Russell: NAV and Holdco back leverage facilities: balancing stakeholder interests to maximise value creation (33)
  • Benedikt Bartylla: How can stablecoins move between regulatory systems? (36)
  • Ian Bergson: Tackling fraud: a duty of inquiry or a duty if on inquiry? (39)
  • Jacqueline Cook: Planes, trains and … tractors: a new route to financing high value equipment in the mining, agriculture and construction sectors (43)
  • Rosa M Lastra, Daniele D’ Alvia: Simplification, not deregulation: reframing financial regulation in the UK and the EU (47)
  • Stephen Moi, Tessa Agar: Fallout: the current cycle of post-M&A disputes (54)
  • Lisa Lee Lewis, Sam Krips: Unlocking the UK banking market: to buy or not to buy (57)

In Practice

  • Keith M Aurzada, Kathleen Garrett, Emily Chang: Cryptocurrency custody insolvency: why it remains so complex (59)
  • Sara Evans: A step-up in regulatory support for UK fund tokenisation (61)
  • Kelesi Blundell: Strong and simple: a new capital regime for small UK banks and building societies (63)

Regulars

  • Case Analysis by 3 Verulam Buildings: Houssein & ors v London Credit Ltd & anor and Catbalogan Holdings S.Á.R.L v Unik Bond S.A. (64)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (67)
  • Market Movements by CMS (71)
  • Deals (73)
  • Legal Ease by by Lexis+® UK: LMEs and formal insolvency (74)
  • International Briefing from India (75)

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 2023/5

Spotlight

  • James Palmer: Risk elimination by legislating: the limits of the law and challanges of reality (287)

Features

  • Justina Stewart, Lucian Ilie, Anson Cheung, Hanif Virji: Credit Suisse, AT1 Bonds and taking the BIT between the teeth (293)
  • Ayowande A McCunn, Paul L Davies: On the regualatory discretion to write off AT1 capital (302)
  • Bobby Butcher, Elli Karaindrou: Regulation of small banks in the UK: lessons learned from SVB UK (306)
  • Ferdisha Snagg, George Bumpus, Andreas Wildner: Reforming the UK’s e-money and payment services safeguarded funds regimes: better safe than sorry (310)
  • Greg Brown: Sustainability-linked loans: how „green-washing” risk is mitigated in documentation (313)
  • Craig Morrison: Electronic deeds: signed, sealed… delivered? (315)
  • Hin Liu: Transferring legal title to a digital asset (317)
  • Dorothy Livingston: Digital securities: where are we now? (329)
  • Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard: Unknown unknowns: the worldwide development of the Worldwide Freezing Order against persons unknown (332)
  • Hannah Laming, Paul Anderson: Edinburgh Reforms: does the Senior Managers and Certification Regime need changing? (335)
  • Nazeer Chowdhury: „More image than a shade”. the time is ripe for reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (338)
  • Timothy McIver: Kayleigh Anderson: How has the UK National Security and Investment Act impacted cross-border M&A? (340)
  • Xavier Foccroulle Ménard, Pierre-Alexandre Chagnon: Taking security over Central Bank Digital Currency (345)

In Practice

  • Donald Lowe, James Bell: What can a borrower do when a lender fails to fund? (350)
  • Kelesi Blundell, Ioannis Asimakopoulos: Capital requirements for banks holding cryptoassets: rushing towards the same direction (352)
  • Sophie Lessar, Katie O’Hara: Buy-Now Pay-Later Regulation: what’s next for third-party lenders? (353)

Regulars

  • Case Analysis by One Essex Court, Merton College and a research assisteant at the Law Commission (354)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (359)
  • Market Movements by CMS (363)
  • Deals (365)
  • Legal Ease by Lexis+© UK (366)
  • International Briefing from New Zealand (367)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2023/5

Spotlight

  • James Palmer: Risk elimination by legislating: the limits of the law and challenges of reality (287)

Features

  • Justina Stewart, Lucian Ilie, Anson Cheung, Hanif Virji: Credit Suisse, AT1 bonds and taking the BIT between the teeth (293)
  • Ayowande A McCunn, Paul L Davies: On the regulatory discretion to write off AT1 capital (302)
  • Bobby Butcher, Elli Karaindrou: Regulation of small banks in the UK: lessons learned from SVB UK (306)
  • Ferdisha Snagg, George Bumpus, Andreas Wildner: Reforming the UK’s e-money and payment services safeguarded funds regimes: better safe than sorry (310)
  • Greg Brown: Sustainability-linked loans: how “green washing” risk is mitigated in documentation (313)
  • Craig Morrison: Electronic deeds: signed, sealed … delivered? (315)
  • Hin Liu: Transferring legal title to a digital asset (317)
  • Dorothy Livingston: Digital securities: where are we now? (329)
  • Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard: Unknown unknowns: the worldwide development of the Worldwide Freezing Order against persons unknown (332)
  • Hannah Laming, Paul Anderson: Edinburgh Reforms: does the Senior Managers and Certification Regime need changing? (335)
  • Nazeer Chowdhury: “More image than a shade”: the time is ripe for reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (338)
  • Timothy McIver: How has the UK National Security and Investment Act impacted cross-border M&A? (350)
  • Xavier Foccroulle Ménard, Pierre-Alexandre Chagnon: Taking security over Central Bank Digital Currency (345)

In Practice

  • Donald Lowe, James Bell: What can a borrower do when a lender fails to fund? (350)
  • Kelesi Blundell, Ioannis Asimakopoulos. Capital requirements for banks holding cryptoassets: rushing towards the same direction (352)
  • Sophie Lessar, Katie O’Hara: Buy-Now Pay-Later Regulation: what’s next for third-party lenders? (353)

Regulars

  • Case Analysis by One Essex Court, Merton College and a research assistand at the Law Commission (354)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (359)
  • Market Movements by CMS (363)
  • Deals (365)
  • Legal Ease with LexisPSL (366)
  • International Briefings from New Zealand (367)