Getting the documentation right is critical for lenders and their customers.
Not everything goes according to plan and having the right documentation in place can be the difference between recovery or loss for a lender.
Take a look at insights from our experts below.
Considering Guarantees
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Guarantee or indemnity - does the name matter?
The legal distinction between guarantees and indemnities can sometimes be hard to understand for a lawyer, let alone for someone without a legal background. They sh…
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Guarantees, interest free loans and distributions: latest update
Companies can return value to shareholders by making distributions, the most widely recognised form of which is a dividend. The legal definition of a distribution includes a ‘distribution of a company’s assets to its members, whether in cash or otherwise’ – so very wide.
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Buying or selling your business: warranty and indemnity insurance
In this podcast, Stephen Roberts, Partner in our Corporate team, sits down to talk about warranty and indemnity insurance and what business owners and managers should be considering when looking to buy or sell a business.
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UNDERSTANDING BOILERPLATES
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Powers of attorney: the requirements for a deed
If a document containing a power of attorney does not satisfy these requirements for a deed, it will not be valid. This means that the attorney will have no authori…
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How to get an 'entire agreement' clause right
Negotiations can be lengthy and laborious (just ask Theresa May), but they are an important part of any legal transaction. However, it is unlikely that everything s…
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What's the difference between best endeavours and reasonable endeavours?
We often see the terms ‘reasonable endeavours’, ‘best endeavours’ and ‘all reasonable endeavours’ in contracts. We often see the terms ‘reasonable endeavours’, ‘bes…
CROSS BORDER ISSUES
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Governing law and jurisdiction clauses: Brexit implications
They may not be clauses which automatically grab your attention, but almost every loan agreement will contain governing law and jurisdiction clauses. These will rar…
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Business across borders: how does a foreign company sign?
We recently looked at some of the common issues that arise when it comes to signing documents. The normal rules for execution will, however, vary where a document i…
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Legal documents during the Brexit implementation period
At 11pm on Friday 31 January the UK left the EU. Whilst attention is now on the negotiations around our future relationship, what changes need to be made to legal d…
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