
Derivatives Deskbook: Close-Out Netting, Risk Mitigation, Litigation (Second Edition) is a comprehensive resource for all users of swap agreements and derivatives, from financial institutions to corporate end-users. This treatise defines the key terminology and identifies the major players, discusses the full range of required documentation, highlights the best practices for the legal risk management of derivatives and includes numerous practice-tested legal forms.
The new release includes the following updates:
- Chapter 1, Introduction, explains that statistics illustrate that in spite of the complete regulatory overhaul of the OTC derivatives market since the 2008 financial crisis, the use of OTC derivatives continues to grow rapidly (Section 1:1).
- Chapter 7, U.S. Bankruptcy Implications of Close-Out Netting, examines the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that section 546(e) does not protect transfers made through a financial institution to a third party as an intermediary (Section 7:2.3).
- Chapter 8, Best Practices Recommendations, advises parties to carefully consider forum and jurisdictional issues in the drafting of what are considered boilerplate provisions in an OTC derivatives contract, but which may impact the entire outcome of the transaction (Section 8.8).
- Chapter 9, U.S. Regulatory Summary, explores the availability of judicial remedies for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) by foreign counterparties (Section 9.1).
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