Trans-Jurisdictional Transactions
May 01, 2016
This three-part series has analyzed the complex issues that arise throughout the dispute resolution process of cross-border transactions. In this final installment, we look to the beginning and discuss how proper planning and effective drafting of the dispute resolution provisions can infuse predictability and reliability into cross-border business deals.
Insurance for Projects
April 01, 2016
By using various insurance products now available in the market, many project finance developers have been able to change previously sub'investment-grade risks into more highly rated transactions, thus opening them up to classes of lenders that otherwise would not be able to provide the debt for such transactions.
Court Watch
April 01, 2016
Court Declines to Issue Preliminary Injunction Notwithstanding Franchise Agreement Properly Terminated <br>Noncompetition Covenant Not Enforced Where Franchisor Will Not Open Again in Area
Leasing Can Make Your Information Security Processes Bullet Proof
April 01, 2016
Security issues are cited repeatedly as the number one concern for law firms and most recently topped all other current trends. This year, firms are estimated to spend more than $6.9 million or 1.92% of their gross annual revenues on information security.
A Perfected Lien Is Trumped: Must It Be 'Use It or Lose It'?
April 01, 2016
As creditors well know, a lien holder must be vigilant in both perfecting and maintaining the perfection and priority of its lien. But even a creditor that properly maintains its lien may find that enforcement of (or more specifically, failing to enforce) that lien can affect priority.
Drone Financing Opportunities Emerge As FAA Creates New Drone Regulations
February 29, 2016
Is financing or leasing drones a flight of fancy or a real business opportunity for lenders and lessors? In this article, we show that, properly structured, opportunities for financing and leasing commercial drones exist today, but will grow rapidly in the foreseeable future for lenders and lessors ("financiers") as the drone industry produces ever more sophisticated equipment and services.
ELFA Schedule
February 29, 2016
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association has released its 2016 calendar of events.
Financing Statement Filed Without Debtors' Authorization
February 29, 2016
Under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), a secured party can perfect its lien on certain of a debtor's assets by the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement. However, Section 9-509 of the UCC provides that a party may file such a financing statement only if the debtor authorizes the filing: either expressly in an authenticated record or, more commonly, by executing a security agreement.
