The Law Relating to International Banking

Addressing the key legal issues associated with international banking and capital markets, this title also examines derivative contracts along with the contractual issues arising with consideration being given to how to complete the Schedules to the ISDA Master Agreement.

Covering choice of law, jurisdiction, sovereign risk, contractual remedies, exchange controls and legal opinions, it provides a detailed analysis of the legal issues relating to the lending of money, whether by way of:

- term loans
- syndicated lending
- the transferring of a bank's interest in a loan
- bond issues
- asset backed securitisation

Updates for the Third Edition include:

- explanation of how letters of credit law should be applied to electronic bonds
- blockchain with particular reference to the new Blockchain based system in Singapore
- cryptoassets and cryptocurrency
- numerous changes to international regulation, including the EC's MiFID II 'Quick Fix' Directive and AMLD5 (Anti-Money Laundering Directive 5 and The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2022
- the implications of Brexit

This title is also included in Bloomsbury Professional's Banking and Finance Law online service.