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Checklist (Archived) This Checklist sets out key checks for facility and security documentation after the Brexit implementation period. ARCHIVED: This Checklist has been archived and is not maintained. When that period ended, EU law was transposed into UK law as retained EU law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020), in most cases with only minor adjustments. See Practice Note: Retained EU law and assimilated law. Read this alongside Practice Notes: Brexit—documentary implications for facility agreements [Archived] and Brexit—impact on finance transactions [Archived]. The focus is on documentary issues and it does not capture every potential consideration for finance transactions following the end of the implementation period. For a fuller overview, see Practice Notes: What does IP completion day mean for lending lawyers? [Archived] and Brexit—impact on finance transactions [Archived]. Loss of passporting rights Issue: Loss of passporting rights Question: There is an EU27 borrower under the facilities agreement. What steps should be...

This checklist outlines the points to consider when a company plans to grant a pledge. It assumes a company incorporated in England or Wales is granting a pledge to a lender located in England or Wales. In this checklist: the company giving the pledge is the ‘pledgor’ the party in whose favour the pledge is given is the ‘pledgee’ the document setting out the pledge is the ‘security document’ Preliminary questions before taking security by way of a pledge Is a pledge the appropriate method of taking security? Is the asset of a type that can be pledged? Assets capable of being pledged include: goods (that is, tangible, moveable items such as precious metals or other commodities) documents of title to goods or intangible assets where title can pass by delivery of a document (for example, bills of lading and sea waybills, or bearer securities—the latter now rare in practice), so...

STOP PRESS: The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) obtained Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. Part 1 of ECCTA 2023 introduces a substantial suite of measures that strengthen the role of Companies House and promote greater transparency across UK corporate entities. The Act will be brought into effect in phases over an extended timeframe. Numerous provisions will depend on detailed secondary legislation and accompanying guidance, alongside the development and rollout of new technical systems, processes and tools to implement the reforms. For further information, see Practice Notes: The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023—what Banking & Finance lawyers need to know, The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023—tracker, and Corporate transparency reform—changes to company registers. What are a company's constitutional documents?...

In this issue: Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Tax treatment Corporate governance Trackers Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Treasury announces date of ‘Legislation Day’ Draft legislation for the Finance Bill 2026 will be issued on Monday 21 July 2025. In a written statement, James Murray, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, confirmed that the UK Government will publish draft clauses on that date, capturing policy changes already trailed. Alongside the draft text, there will be explanatory notes, tax information and impact notes, consultation responses and other supporting documents. The UK Government’s Tax Policy Making Principles paper also reaffirms consulting on draft Finance Bill measures over the summer, together with an intention, where appropriate, to release technical consultations at other points in the cycle far enough ahead of the Finance Bill’s introduction to ease demands on stakeholders. See: Written Statement made on 4 July 2025...

In this issue: Transferring property Commercial real estate finance Statutory compliance Property development Easements, rights and covenants Residential property Insurance Property taxes Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q&As Transferring property HMLR announces plans to share data on avoidable requisitions with customers HM Land Registry intends to provide firms with visibility of the proportion of their applications that include simple-to-avoid requisitions, such as mismatched names, missing documents, and witness information. These insights are scheduled for publication in Autumn 2025. Across firms, current levels vary, with between 0% and 24% of applications affected. In tandem, HMLR is refining its processes and systems to better support users: raising requisitions only where necessary and automatically validating certain details at the drafting stage. The goal is to achieve accurate registrations first time, without the need for extra clarification or additional supporting material. See: LNB...

In this issue: Autumn Budget 2024—key local government announcements Public procurement Governance Social housing Education Children’s social care Social care Healthcare Planning Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q&A Autumn Budget 2024—key local government announcements On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, unveiled a range of measures significant to local government practitioners, spanning public procurement, governance, healthcare, social housing, education, children’s social care, social care, planning and local government finance. The government emphasised that ‘local government is essential to the running of the country’ and to delivering vital services. Commentary on the announcements and their implications for practitioners has been provided by Andrea Squires of Winckworth Sherwood and Amardip Healy of Blake Morgan LLP. See: LNB News 30/10/2024 59. Public procurement Limitation periods in public procurement challenges (Oracle Security v Barts NHS Trust) In Oracle Security Services...

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and no longer maintained. STOP PRESS: The UK’s prospectus regime, previously derived from the EU Prospectus Regulation, has been superseded by the Public Offers and Admission to Trading Regulations 2024 (POATRs), with all detailed admission to trading requirements now contained in the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) admission rules. The FCA published its final rules on 15 July 2025, which took effect on 19 January 2026. In October 2025, the FCA issued Primary Market Bulletin 58 which, among other matters, offered guidance on the timetable and approval of prospectuses (and supplementary prospectuses) and confirmed the removal of Listing Particulars as an admission document under the new framework. For more on the key aspects of the POATRs relevant to debt capital markets, see Practice Note: The UK Prospectus Regulation—essentials [Archived]—Reform of the UK prospectus regime. This Practice Note focuses on debt capital markets and summarises the required structure and contents of a prospectus prepared under the current UK prospectus regime. It covers:...

This Practice Note compiles material on fiscal events across the 2025–26 tax year, beginning with the Spring Statement 2025 on 26 March 2025. For further detail on the Budget and Finance Bill procedures, as well as the broader fiscal timetable, see Practice Note: The Budget and Finance Bill process. Spring Statement 2025 On 26 March 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered the Spring Statement 2025 to Parliament. The government outlined consultations and policy papers on substantive and administrative tax measures and other prospective developments. For more on the announcements, see News Analyses: Video analysis—Spring Statement 2025: Private Client perspective Spring Statement 2025—Tax analysis Tax update spring 2025: simplification, administration and reform On 28 April 2025, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, James Murray, issued a written ministerial statement setting out a package of measures to simplify and reform the tax system and improve tax administration. HMRC and HM Treasury released a complementary set of documents comprising a...

Loan market and developments Overview Broadly, Scotland’s loan market mirrors that of England. Financial services regulation operates on a UK‑wide basis; a substantial body of legislation governing companies and other corporate vehicles (including corporate insolvency) likewise applies across the UK; and all Scottish clearing banks conduct business in every UK jurisdiction, as do their counterparts across the UK. In practical terms, this means English law governed loan documents typically require minimal amendment for UK cross‑border lending transactions. There are, however, some differences in terminology and certain statutory variations that must be allowed for; beyond those matters, an English law loan document and a Scots law loan document are closely aligned. It is commonplace, for example, for English law loan agreements to be deployed in Scottish lending transactions. The principal divergences between the jurisdictions arise in relation to property law and to the law concerning rights in security, where Scots law and English law are notably distinct. Lending Is it necessary to secure any consents or licences to...

TO BE PRINTED ON THE BORROWER’S SOLICITORS’ HEADED PAPER To: [ insert details of the lender’s solicitors ] (the Lender’s Solicitors) and [ insert details of the lender ] (the Lender) Dear [ insert organisation name ] Completion undertaking This undertaking concerns the acquisition of [ insert property description ] (the Property) by [ insert borrower’s name ] (the Borrower) under a sale contract dated [ insert date ] between [ insert seller’s name ] (the Seller) and the Borrower (the Sale Contract), together with the grant of a first legal charge over the Property in favour of the Lender pursuant to a facility agreement dated [ insert date ] between [ insert details ] (the Facility Agreement). For the purposes of this letter, ‘completion’ means completion of the Transfer of the Property to the Borrower (the Transfer), and does not include registration of the Transfer at HM Land Registry. We are instructed by the Borrower. We enclose: ...

This Agreement is dated [ insert day and month ] 20[ insert year ] Parties The Consenting Lenders (as set out in Schedule 1); [ The Consenting Bondholders (as set out in Schedule 2); ] [ insert name of debtor company ], a company registered in [ insert country eg England and Wales ] with company number [ insert registered number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ]; [ The Material Companies (as set out in Schedule 3); ] Recitals On [ insert date ], the directors of the Company announced a proposal to restructure the claims of certain creditors of the [ Company OR Group ] following a period of financial distress. On [ insert date ], the Company and certain creditors entered into a Standstill Agreement in connection with the proposed restructuring. [ On [ insert date ], the Company and certain creditors agreed non-binding heads of terms for the...

Proforma checklist of documents for execution at signing and completion meetings in loan transactions This proforma checklist can be used by the lender’s solicitors to monitor, oversee and record the execution of documents at signing and completion meetings, or to be signed and circulated in escrow for closing virtually. It can be adapted for use with the relevant facility agreement. Signing is the point at which the parties execute the agreed versions of the finance documents and the deal becomes binding (albeit, in most cases, subject to certain conditions precedent being satisfied). Completion is the point at which money moves between the parties and the transaction is completed. Often, there is a gap between signing and completion which allows the parties to commit to the deal on signing but leave themselves a short period to satisfy the conditions attaching to funding. In other cases, signing and completion take place on the same day, in which case, all the conditions precedent to funding will need to be satisfied before...