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French Court Rules on Safe Harbor of Netting Agreements in Insolvency

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For the first time ever, a court in France has examined the compatibility of the statutory netting safe harbor with the French Constitution. The French High Court of Justice (Cour de cassation) addressed the preliminary...more

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French Brexit-Related Legislation—A Safe Harbor for ISDA Master Agreements

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The Situation: In the event of a "hard Brexit," establishing a new contractual framework with EU-based clients will be a protracted and costly task for investment service providers based in London. The Result: The French...more

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Brexit and derivatives: France issues measures in case of no deal

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On 23 June 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU. The exit procedure was triggered under Article 50 of European Union Treaty, with the departure date set to 29 mars 2019. After Brexit, the UK will become a third country...more

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AFG Supports New ISDA French Law Documentation

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The endorsement of Europe's largest asset management association should promote use of the new 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (French law) on the European OTC derivatives market....more

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SIDRU Judgment: Hedging Transaction Not Rendered Speculative Even if It Exposes Party to Unlimited Risk

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The Context: In the wake of the Saint-Leu-la-Forêt decision of May 28, 2018, France's Court of Cassation issued an important decision on structured swaps concerning legal actions brought by public authorities against banks...more

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Brexit for Derivatives? New Irish and French Law ISDA Master Agreements for the Derivatives Market

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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association ("ISDA") has published two new ISDA Master Agreements in a Brexit prompted update for the European OTC Derivatives market. What has happened? On 28 June 2018, new...more

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New ISDA Master Agreement (French Law) Brings Changes for EU OTC Derivatives Market

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The Situation: English law-governed documents have largely dominated the European swaps and derivatives markets since the landmark ISDA Master Agreement was published in 1987. The Development: The International Swaps and...more

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Investment Funds Update Europe - Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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AMF Public Consultation on ICOs - The AMF launched a public consultation on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) on 26 October 2017 in order to assess how these fundraisings could be regulated. Out of the three regulatory options...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

France Welcomes Foreign and Alternative Capital Providers with Latest Reform of Finance Sector - Long a cornerstone of the French banking system, the "French banking monopoly" largely prevents non-bank entities from...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Banking, Finance and Insurance Letter - Mai-Juin 2017

Publication du règlement dit « Prospectus » abrogeant la directive Prospectus - Le 30 juin 2017 a été publié au Journal officiel de l’UE le règlement n° 2017/1129 du 14 juin 2017 concernant le prospectus à publier en cas...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Priorités de l’AMF dans le cadre de la revue d’EMIR

This alert examines the priorities of the AMF (French SEC) regarding the amended EMIR regulation. ...more

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