The transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other IBORs is unlike any previous regulatory reform – underpinning loans, debt and derivatives contracts estimated at $350 trillion globally, its scale is potentially larger, it will involves a great number of granular moving parts and is technically challenging.

ISDA Create is a new platform that allows firms to negotiate and execute derivatives documentation online. Developed by ISDA and Linklaters Nakhoda, ISDA Create dramatically reduces the time it takes to negotiate documentation and allow firms to digitally capture, process and store the data within those documents.

With 2022 now upon us, we examine the key topics we expect to be relevant to derivatives and structured products over the coming year. Explore the tabs below to see our high level guides on the CLO market, CSDR, EMIR, ESG, fintech, interest rates and the new risk-free rate environment, retail structured products developments and synthetic securitisations.

As we settle into 2021, we look at the key topics we expect to be relevant to derivatives and structured products over the course of the year. Explore our high-level horizon scanner on interest rate reform, sustainable finance, the CLO market, EMIR/UK EMIR, CSDR/UK CSDR, Capital Markets Recovery Package and PRIIPs, the work under way on the UK’s future regulatory framework and reform to the Retail Prices Index.

Linklaters has prepared a guide to assist with an understanding of, and key considerations relating to, the ISDA 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol and the Supplement to the 2006 ISDA Definitions which are some of the key documents ISDA has prepared to assist market participants in managing the transition away from IBORs.

Linklaters has been named “Global Law Firm of the Year” at the GlobalCapital Global Derivatives Awards, “Americas Law Firm of the Year” at GlobalCapital’s Americas Derivatives Awards and “Derivatives Law Firm of the Year” at the Asia Risk Awards.

Sustainable finance remains a firm priority for the regulators, and we expect to see this keeping the derivatives and structured products world busy over the coming months. This note explores in more detail what to think about in the context of EU ESG regulation and its impact on derivatives and structured products.

On Thursday 2 April 2020, we held a cross-practice client webinar covering the legal framework, some practical considerations of electronic and virtual signing from an English perspective, German perspective and US perspective.

On Friday 20 March 2020, DSP hosted a lunchtime client webinar on Covid-19. The webinar is a follow-up to the recent cross-practice publication DSP contributed to: Covid-19: A UK guide to significant commercial and legal issues and video which focused specifically on derivatives and structured products.

Our global derivatives team regularly host webinars and forums. Swap shop, Repackaging Unpacked and Index Insights are all regular forums.

If you want to find out more or be added to in the invite list please email DSPmailbox@linklaters.com.

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