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That’s Gold: Federal Court gives Gascoyne DOCA the green light
On 29 September 2020, the Federal Court of Australia published its much anticipated decision in Habrok (Dalgaranga) Pty Ltd v Gascoyne Resources Ltd …
2020 Global Bank Review: #disruption
The 2020 edition of our Global Bank Review: #disruption, explores the challenges and opportunities facing banks, with the emergence and impact of the …
Sustainable finance in Hong Kong: HKMA shares initial thinking on supervisory approach and range of practices by banks
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has recently published its White Paper on Green and Sustainable Banking, as well as a circular to share a range …
Negative interest rates – could financiers be required to pay interest?
The unprecedented economic impact of COVID-19 has seen the introduction of “quantitative easing” in Australia, raising the possibility of negative …
Pressure Points: A focus on security interests under the PPSA (Australia)
Like other crises that have come before it, both financial and otherwise, Covid-19 has impacted business revenue in almost all sectors. Government …
Pressure Points: Preparing for the ‘new norm’ of on and off restrictions
As most of Australia contemplates the ongoing easing of emergency measures taken by State, Territory and Commonwealth governments in response to …
Governance: Changes to UK insolvency law could impact secured and unsecured bank debt (UK)
Update; The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 commenced into effect on 26 June 2020. While the final provisions of the Act largely reflected …
COVID-19: Pressure points: The impact on development finance transactions (Australia)
Less than five months have passed since the existence of a new virus was reported to the World Health Organisation. The pandemic continues to expand, …
Directors and ESG disclosure – The risks will only get bigger
With activist investors and NGOs prowling, firms making flimsy ethical claims will increasingly end up in courtIn the context of BlackRock’s climate …
Responsible lending: ASIC publishes significant new guidance aimed at helping credit providers apply the law in practice
Consumer credit providers in Australia have been eagerly awaiting ASIC’s updated regulatory guide on the responsible lending laws (RG 209), which landed …
Herbert Smith Freehills advises EML Payments Limited on £226 million acquisition of Prepaid Financial Services
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised EML Payments Limited (EML) on its £226 million (A$423 million) acquisition of Prepaid Financial Services (Ireland) …
Herbert Smith Freehills supports LendInvest on £200 million facility from National Australia Bank
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised leading fintech company, LendInvest, on its strategically important securitisation warehouse facility from National …
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