Banking & Finance

For a round up of the key highlights from the annual LMA/LSTA conference, read our latest blog post: bit.ly/3T6ATf1

The LexisPSL B&F team has just published our fantastic end of 2022 video with a focus on the Aapico case, NSIA, ECTEA and sustainability-linked and green loans. With thanks to @bakermckenzie @GateleyLegal @GowlingWLG_UK @AGinsight: bit.ly/3YE2yXe

Great to be attending the LMA's first Sustainable finance conference! #Sustainability #sustainablefinance

The National Security and Investment Act 2021: secured lenders can take comfort in latest guidance but exercising voting rights remains a risk: bit.ly/3TgkzaQ @LexisnexisJIBFL

LMA briefing Q3 2022: bit.ly/3rMQmEk looking at the Euler Hermes SA case which raises some interesting issues on termination by notice provisions in a guarantee

Legal conundrums: taking security from English limited partnerships: bit.ly/3QLZbYQ @LexisnexisJIBFL @stephanpsl

Register of Overseas Entities comes into force: bit.ly/3oRhtfL

Waiving goodbye to termination rights in default scenario negotiations: bit.ly/3uPVpG2 @LexisnexisJIBFL

LMA publishes an introductory guide to the sustainability coordinator role: bit.ly/3P3S3Hy

The JIBFL July/August edition is available on LexisLibrary; it includes articles by Richard Blakeley, Charlotte Eborall, Matthew McGhee, Alex Haines, Hanif Virji, Dionne Brown, Tibor Korman, Scott Ralston, Tom Marshall and Nik Yeo.

In this briefing, the LexisPSL Banking & Finance team considers the recent case of Lombard North Central plc v European Skyjets Ltd (in liquidation) [2022] EWHC 728 (QB), concerning defaults, waivers and acceleration under a loan agreement: bit.ly/3neY3AT

The secondary legislation for the Register of Overseas Entities was published today: lnkd.in/dnt6xGKB. Two further sets of secondary legislation will be published soon, plus a commencement order which will confirm the start date for the new register.

The impact of the new Economic Crime Act on loan documentation: bit.ly/3zYhDsv @LexisnexisJIBFL

Is it time to review your “standard” increased costs clauses in facility documentation? bit.ly/3PkJDfk @JonesDay

In the December edition of @LexisnexisJIBFL, Annabel Akintomide at ISDA considers the approaches of different jurisdictions to the legal recognition and enforceability of electronic signatures and the key themes that emerge: bit.ly/30pVS5B

In the LMA Q4 briefing 2021, we discuss two recent cases which considered default interest rates and accelerated payment provisions and where the courts once again had to decide whether they were to be classed as an unenforceable penalty: bit.ly/3IRcYLh @LexisUK_BankFin

In the November edition of JIBFL, Jeremy Duffy, Richard Lloyd, Bettina de Catalogne and Samantha Richardson at White & Case discuss the recent updates to the Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (SLLPs): bit.ly/3C5XkXy @LexisnexisJIBFL

This briefing discusses the of case of Emerald Pasture Designated Activity Co [2021] EWHC 2443 (Ch), which raised an interesting question as to the enforceability of undertakings in a loan agreement while the borrower was in French insolvency proceedings: bit.ly/3BJW4dC

In the September edition of the Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Jacqueline Cook, a Senior Knowledge Development Lawyer at Sullivan & Worcester UK LLP looks at LIBOR reform and forward-looking term rates: bit.ly/3AILwdq @LexisnexisJIBFL

A fantastic read in this month's JIBFL by Ciarán McGonagle, Assistant General Counsel at ISDA about the crucial role that lawyers play in ensuring that automation of smart derivative contracts is both legally and operationally effective: lnkd.in/d2n79-39 @LexisnexisJIBFL