The Law Relating to International Banking and Capital Markets

by Andrew Haynes

Overview

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 included in Bloomsbury Professional's Banking and Finance Law online service.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526527042
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/09/2026
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	768
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.76(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Professor Andrew Haynes is a leading authority on the law relating to banking and financial services regulation. After a career at Deloitte and two leading law firms he entered academia. He has written widely on these subject areas and advised governments and banking regulators in a number of countries. Andrew is a fellow at the School of Law, University of Birmingham, an Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Wolverhampton and a Visiting Professor of Law at BPP University.

Table of Contents

1. International Term Loan Agreements
2. Primary Syndication
3. Secondary Syndication - Loan Transfer
4. Primary Securitisation – Bond Issues
5. Secondary Securitisation
6. Derivatives
7. Performance Bonds, Contract Guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit
8. Contractual Remedies and Issues Arising
9. Governing Law
10. Jurisdiction
11. Sovereign Risk
12. Exchange Controls
13. Legal Opinions

Editorial Reviews

…written in a user-friendly and accessible style [The Law Relating to International Banking] provides a clear guide to the principles underlying common law financial transactions and the rules applied to them…” —Review of 1st edition, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation

“This is a first-class work of reference that will prove as useful to seasoned practitioners as aspiring students.” —Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation

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