BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICESINTERNATIONAL LOANS,BONDS, GUARANTEESAND LEGAL OPINIONSLAW AND PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONALFINANCE SERIESVOLUME 32ND EDITIONPhilip R Wood, QC (Hon)This work provides a comparative overviewof the law and practice of international loans,bonds, guarantees and legal opinions in thekey jurisdictions of the world.• Covers topics such as syndicated bank creditagreements and loan transfers, equity-linkedbonds, note programmes and high yieldnotes, bondholder trustees and collectiveaction clauses, bank guarantees and comfortletters, formal transaction legal opinions• Supplies outlines for guarantees and legalopinions enabling documents to bestructured correctly• Features extensive snapshot precedents tohelp with draftingJURISDICTION: InternationalJun-2007 978 1 847 03208 9<strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong> Product ID: 223583Hardback £240.00/€305.00PROJECT FINANCE,SECURITISATIONS ANDSUBORDINATED DEBTLAW AND PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONALFINANCE SERIESVOLUME 52ND EDITIONPhilip R Wood, QC (Hon)This work gives practical guidance on thesethree aspects of financial law showing howthey are applied in commercial situations.• Reviews project finance structures so it isclear how agreements should be set up• Examines project finance contracts andfinancial agreements, explaining the termsand how to draw up watertight agreements• Compares securitisation in the world's keyjurisdictions• Reviews securitisation documentation• Contains a global comparative survey of thelaw of subordinated debt• Discusses the different classes of subordinationagreement so they can be used appropriately• Supplies document outlines to help structuredocuments correctlyJURISDICTION: InternationalJun-2007 978 1 847 03211 9<strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong> Product ID: 223589Hardback £200.00/€254.00REGULATION OFINTERNATIONAL FINANCELAW AND PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONALFINANCE SERIESVOLUME 7Philip R Wood, QC (Hon)This work provides in-depth analysis of thesubstantive areas affecting the regulation ofinternational finance, from authorisation of banksand investment firms to capital adequacy. Itcontains a large number of snapshot surveysof regulatory regimes.• Reviews the regulation of banks, investmentfirms, broker dealers, investment managersand advisers and exchanges• Deals with the conduct of business byfinancial firms, including conflicts of interestand client assets• Examines the regulation of prospectuses• Covers collective investment schemes andhedge funds• Deals with market manipulation, insiderdealing and other market abuse• Provides commentaries on relevantdocumentationJURISDICTION: InternationalAug-2007 978 1 847 03212 6<strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong> Product ID: 223591Hardback £268.00/€341.00SET-OFF AND NETTING,DERIVATIVES, CLEARINGSYSTEMSLAW AND PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONALFINANCE SERIESVOLUME 42ND EDITIONPhilip R Wood, QC (Hon)This work gives practical guidance on thesethree topics in virtually all the world’sjurisdictions, so they can be used to reduceexposure to risk and transaction costs incross-border financial contracts.• Provides outlines of set-off and nettingagreements including group account netting,together with commentary• Covers all types of derivatives and derivativemarkets and the legal risks that may arise• Supplies clear outlines for swaps andderivatives transactions• Discusses the legal risks of derivatives• Analyses the ISDA Master Agreement givingexpert guidance on its meaning and how itcan be used in practice• Deals with the law of securities andsettlement systemsJURISDICTION: InternationalJun-2007 978 1 847 03213 3<strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong> Product ID: 223593Hardback £240.00/€305.00CONFLICT OF LAWS ANDINTERNATIONAL FINANCELAW AND PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONALFINANCE SERIESVOLUME 6Philip R Wood, QC (Hon)This book examines conflict of law issues ininternational finance, giving practical guidanceon topics ranging from the governing law ofcontracts to areas such as financial regulation,financial torts, trusts and insolvency.• Helps decide which legal system to adoptand how to resolve issues• Explains jurisdiction over financial contracts• Looks in detail at conflict of laws for securityinterests and title finance• Discusses the conflict of laws for regulationof international finance and regulatoryjurisdiction• Provides coverage of sovereign immunity inthe UK, US and EU as well as the recognitionof states, state succession and internationalorganisationsJURISDICTION: InternationalJul-2007 978 1 847 03207 2<strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong> Product ID: 223581Hardback £268.00/€341.00To order any of these titles please visit www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk 11
BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICESLAW OF GUARANTEESNEWEDITION6TH EDITIONGeraldine Andrews, QC and Richard Millett, QC"An essential addition to many practitioners'libraries ... this work is going from strength tostrength". – Journal of International BankingLaw and RegulationThe Law of Guarantees provides acomprehensive explanation of the law andpractice of guarantees and surety. It coverseverything required for work in this area,from analysis of definitions and the generalcontract requirements, through the elementsand construction of a guarantee, to itsenforcement.It is considered the pre-eminent work onguarantees in the UK and has beencontinuously cited in court since the firstedition.• Provides detailed analysis of the statutoryand contractual requirements relating tothe law of guarantees• Looks at the elements of a guarantee,its construction, and its enforcement• Covers guarantees for loans, consumercredit, hire purchase, landlord and tenant,building contracts and commercialcontracts• Examines the guarantor's liability andrights against both creditors and debtors• Discusses revocation of contracts anddischarge of the surety• Deals with insolvency in relation toguarantees• Provides workflow solutions – checklists,specimen pleadings, and 14 precedentsfor use in draftingCONTENTS: Requirements; FormalRequirements; Construction; Vitiating Elementsin the Contract; The Liability of the Surety;Enforcement of Contracts of Suretyship;Revocation of Contracts of Suretyship;Discharge of the Surety; Rights of the SuretyAgainst the Principal; Rights of the SuretyAgainst the Creditor; Rights of the SuretyAgainst Co-Sureties; Insolvency; BankGuarantees and Related Transactions;International Commerce; Performance Bonds;Consumer Credit Transactions; Landlord andTenant; Precedents; Appendix Legislation.JURISDICTION: United Kingdom, European Union,CommonwealthJan-2012 978 0 414 04471 5<strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong> Product ID: 431565Hardback c. £235.00/c. €299.00Available as an eBook during 2012 – see page viTHE LAW ONFINANCIALDERIVATIVES5TH EDITIONProfessor Alastair HudsonNEWEDITION"An impressive work, especially given the vastlegal landscape the author has to traverse" –Journal of International Banking Law andRegulationThis work supplies an in-depth explanationof the legal principles underlying over-thecounter(OTC) derivatives in the UK. Drawingtogether concepts from many areas of law –including contract, tort and trusts – it showshow they relate to the day-to-day practice offinancial derivatives markets.• Deals with all the key aspects ofderivative products – creating andstructuring derivatives contracts,performance, security and collateral,set-off and netting• Covers the regulation and taxation ofderivatives in the UK and the EU• Considers real-world problems faced bypractitioners working in-house or inprivate practice, and suggests solutions• Discusses conflict of laws issues• Considers the impact of the Markets inFinancial Instruments Directive onderivatives• Includes analysis of recent cases andregulatory changes• Features new coverage of collateraliseddebt obligations• Examines the legal and regulatorydevelopments arising from the creditcrunchCONTENTS: Introduction. The Products. StandardMarket Documentation. Structuring DerivativesContracts. The Creation of Derivatives Contracts.The Validity of Derivatives Contracts. Liability inSelling Financial Derivatives. Performance ofFinancial Derivatives Contracts. Termination ofFinancial Derivatives Contracts. Conflict of Laws.Taking Security in Financial Derivatives Contracts.Collateral and Standard Credit SupportAgreements. Set-off and Netting. Taxation ofFinancial Derivatives. Regulation of FinancialDerivatives. Appendices.JURISDICTION: InternationalMar-2012 978 1 847 03889 0<strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong> Product ID: 332689Hardback c. £220.00/c. €280.00THE LAW OF LOANSAND BORROWING1 RELEASE A YEAREditor: Struan ScottThe Law of Loans and Borrowing considersevery aspect of the subject from domesticmortgages and consumer credit to raisingmoney on the quoted Eurobond market,including a comprehensive account ofthe institutional framework within whichborrowing takes place.• Considers in detail the regulation andsupervision of banks, building societies,the securities market, the wholesale moneymarket, and consumer credit transactions• Examines the tax consequences of interestand dividends• Considers the Consumer Credit Act 2006• Includes commentary on the FinancialOmbudsman ServiceJURISDICTION: United Kingdom978 0 421 35780 8<strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong> Product ID: 5952Looseleaf £635.00/€837.00Updating releases charged for on publicationLEGAL ASPECTS OFSOVEREIGN DEBTRESTRUCTURINGDr Rodrigo Olivares-CaminalThis work provides detailed analysis of the legalproblems surrounding sovereign debt defaultand presents a toolkit for dealing with them. 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