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This checklist outlines the principal ISDA documentary points that should be considered during a financing transaction. Term sheet stage If acting for a borrower and specialist hedging advisers are engaged, obtain their input on the term sheet. If acting for a borrower, confirm the total pricing of the deal is clear (covering both the loan and the hedge). A borrower may pick a lender for a low loan margin, only to find that the swap credit spread from the same lender renders the overall economics less appealing than those from another lender. Are the loan and hedging set on an IBOR basis (eg EURIBOR) or on a risk free rate (eg SONIA or SOFR)? Does the lender require a zero floor in its loan? If acting for a borrower, ensure the borrower understands the consequences of any mismatch between this and the hedging documentation. ...

Manolete Partners Plc v Howarth [2025] EWHC 2294 (Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment marks a significant victory for company directors and a sharp reminder to office‑holders and those pursuing claims on their behalf: contemporaneous records are paramount. The court condemned the failure to retain and produce meeting notes, emails and working papers, noting that gaps in the paper trail can justify adverse inferences. Insolvency practitioners should, therefore, keep meticulous files of the advice provided and the decisions taken. The court also affirmed that directors are entitled to place reliance on insolvency specialists’ guidance. Where a director behaves openly and follows the directions of a CVA supervisor, later accusations of preference or undervalue are harder to sustain. The evidential onus accordingly returns to the applicant, who must prove misconduct with cogent evidence. Further, the ruling indicates that salary‑for‑loan‑swap arrangements can be valid and commercially rational where structured to minimise PAYE/NIC and where they substitute, rather than add to, salary. Finally, the decision sounds a...

Banks and payments firms in the UK could see 'confirmation of payee' functionality expanded to include payment transaction data as their regulator looks to shore up defences against APP fraud. Under the proposed enhancement, banks may swap indicators such as how long an account has been open and how frequently it is used, helping both sending and receiving institutions judge the risk of a payment, according to the PSR’s new policy chief, Claire Simpson, speaking in her first interview since taking the role. Since 7 October 2024, the PSR has required banks and payment firms to reimburse most APP fraud cases, capped at £85,000. ‘Confirmation of payee’ is a compulsory name-check intended to cut misdirected transfers. When a customer pays a new recipient, their bank verifies that the name provided for the payee matches the name on the receiving bank’s account. Simpson added that the same capability could support sharing further details. She said the regulator is particularly focused on transaction-level data sharing to curb risks...

CASE HUB NOTE—appeals lodged before the General Court in Case T- 53/21, T- 55/21, T- 56/21, T- 58/21, T- 59/21, T- 60/21, T- 61/21, T- 62/21, T- 63/21, T- 64/21 and T- 65/21 ARCHIVED –this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 17 September 2019; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline and related cases. Case facts European Commission merger probe into E.ON’s planned acquisition of RWE’s subsidiary Innogy (Case M.8870). The Commission raised competition concerns in retail electricity and gas in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Slovakia. Latest developments On 17 September 2019, the Commission cleared the transaction subject to commitments, including structural remedies. Parties E.ON SE (E-ON), based in Germany, is an energy group active along the energy chain. After the RWE asset swap, E.ON will focus on distribution and retail supply of electricity and gas across several European countries. Innogy SE (Innogy), based in Germany, and is currently controlled by...

This Practice Note This Practice Note outlines the principal documents needed for a commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) deal, identifying the principal parties to each, the salient issues to assess in them, and the stage in the process at which they ought to be executed. As with any financing method or transaction, there are many variations in how the detailed terms of any given transaction may function, which fall outside the remit of this Practice Note. Furthermore, unless expressly stated, the requirements of specific jurisdictions—most notably the United States—in relation to a CMBS transaction are not addressed in this Practice Note. This Practice Note should be read alongside Practice Note: Key parties, documents and terms of a commercial mortgage-back securities transaction. It focuses on documents, participants and timing considerations, rather than prescribing structures or variations, and is intended as guidance for reference purposes only...

What does this Practice Note cover? This Practice Note sets out how the three settlement approaches—auction settlement, cash settlement and physical settlement—work within a credit derivative transaction. It also outlines a fallback settlement mechanism and explains why it might be adopted and the circumstances in which it is used in practice. What are the settlement methods in credit derivative transactions? After a credit derivative transaction has been triggered, the parties will wish to complete settlement so that each receives any sums due to it. The parties may choose which settlement method will govern that transaction from the following options: auction settlement cash settlement, or physical settlement The 2014 ISDA Credit Derivative Definitions (the 2014 Definitions) provide for settlement once the conditions to settlement have been met. For additional detail, see Practice Note: Triggering and settling credit derivatives. Since 2009, auction settlement has become the favoured settlement route, following its insertion (or ‘hard-wired’ adoption) into the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivative...