Security

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This chapter considers the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions, including the Guide's purpose, terminology, scope, key objectives and fundamental policies. For a full list of recommended finance lawyers and law firms, please visit PLC Which lawyer? This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to finance. For a full list of contents visit www.practicallaw.com/finance-mjg.

An update on the cross-border content within the PLC Cross-border Finance multi-jurisdictional guide, which answers key questions on finance law from the perspective of practitioners in 29 jurisdictions.

An update on the publication of the PLC Cross-border Finance Handbook, which answers key questions on finance law from the perspective of practitioners in 29 jurisdictions.

A Q&A guide to finance in Finland. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the lending market, forms of security over assets, special purpose vehicles in secured lending, quasi-security, negative pledge clauses, guarantees, and loan agreements. It covers creation and registration requirements for security interests; problem assets over which security is difficult to grant; risk areas for lenders; structuring the priority of debt; debt trading and transfer mechanisms; agent and trust concepts; enforcement of security interests and borrower insolvency; cross-border issues on loans; taxes; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Lending and taking security in country Q&A tool. This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to finance. For a full list of contents visit www.practicallaw.com/finance-mjg.

A Q&A guide to lending and taking security in Bermuda. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the lending market, forms of security over assets, special purpose vehicles in secured lending, quasi-security and guarantees. It covers creation and registration requirements for security interests; problem assets over which security is difficult to grant; risk areas for lenders; structuring the priority of debt; debt trading and transfer mechanisms; agent and trust concepts; enforcement of security interests and borrower insolvency; cross-border issues on loans; taxes; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Lending and taking security in country Q&A tool. This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to finance. For a full list of contents visit www.practicallaw.com/finance-mjg.

A Q&A guide to lending and taking security in Nigeria. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the lending market, forms of security over assets, special purpose vehicles in secured lending, quasi-security and guarantees. It covers creation and registration requirements for security interests; problem assets over which security is difficult to grant; risk areas for lenders; structuring the priority of debt; debt trading and transfer mechanisms; agent and trust concepts; enforcement of security interests and borrower insolvency; cross-border issues on loans; taxes; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Lending and taking security in country Q&A tool. This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to finance. For a full list of contents visit www.practicallaw.com/finance-mjg.

A Q&A guide to finance in the UK (England and Wales). The Q&A gives a high level overview of the lending market, forms of security over assets, special purpose vehicles in secured lending, quasi-security, guarantees, and loan agreements. It covers creation and registration requirements for security interests; problem assets over which security is difficult to grant; risk areas for lenders; structuring the priority of debt; debt trading and transfer mechanisms; agent and trust concepts; enforcement of security interests and borrower insolvency; cross-border issues on loans; taxes; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Lending and taking security in country Q&A tool. This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to finance. For a full list of contents visit www.practicallaw.com/finance-mjg.

In Stellar Shipping Co LLC v Hudson Shipping Lines [2010] EWHC 2985 (Comm), the Commercial Court considered an application under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 challenging an arbitration award on the basis that the tribunal lacked substantive jurisdiction because no arbitration agreement had been entered into between the parties.