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High Court hands down first ever merits judgment on international banking transfer rights under Lebanese law - Vatche Manoukian v...

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Following the recent decision of the High Court, in which specific performance was ordered against two Lebanese banks in favour of our client, Vatche Manoukian, the Court has now handed down its fully reasoned judgment. ...more

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Funds held in Lebanon: UK consumer laws may help release them

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The financial and humanitarian crisis in Lebanon continues to hit the headlines. Our commercial disputes team has been assisting English domiciled families with funds held in Lebanese banks to take expedited legal steps in...more

A&O Shearman

Important Arbitration Decision for Lenders

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Project Finance Lender Can Claim Directly Against State Under Investment Treaty - A recent decision of an arbitral tribunal constituted under the auspices of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes...more

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Foreign bank resolution: effect on loan enforcement in England and Wales

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This Court of Appeal ruling considers the effect of bank resolution measures on an English law governed facility agreement. The question of whether the claimant was able to recover under the facility agreement depended on...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume IX, Issue 43

In this issue: - ISS Announces Launch of QuickScore 3.0 - SEC Provides Relief to GSEC From Rule 204 Close-Out Requirements - CFTC Extends Relief to FCMs from Certain Commingling Requirements -...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - July 2014

Welcome to the July 2014 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This month on the anticorruption front, two Noble Corporation executives settle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Council of the EU Adopts Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive - On May 6, the Council of the EU adopted at first reading the text of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). The BRRD seeks to harmonize...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

UK Government Backs "Transparency & Trust" Paper Recommendations - The UK government has published a response paper largely in agreement with the controversial "Transparency & Trust" discussion paper published by its...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"UK Banking Regulators and Foreign Banks: A Vision of Future Supervision"

The U.K.’s banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) recently published a consultation paper on its approach to supervising international banks (the Draft Supervisory Approach). ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Separation Anxiety: Structural Reform of EU Credit Institutions

The march towards structural reform of the EU banking sector has taken another step forward, as the EU Commission’s (the “Commission”) legislative proposals (the “Proposals”) for a Regulation implementing certain...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - July 29,2013

FHFA Statement on Freddie Mac Risk-Sharing Transaction - On July 24, the FHFA announced that Freddie Mac is nearing completion of its first risk-sharing transaction, a direct debt issuance, that will assist Freddie Mac...more

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