Offshore Financing: Security and Insolvency, 2 vols.

by David Harvey

In the wake of the Barings debacle and with the Asian crisis, banks seek certainty whenever financing against security.

Offshore Financing: Security and Insolvency contains essential information, in one source, for anyone seeking to ensure they are obtaining bulletproof security in transactions involving offshore jurisdiction. It also explains how insolvency regimes operate in the principal offshore centers and the circumstances in which these can overturn or, through a moratorium, frustrate a lender's security.

The guide provides a detailed source of reference to the relevant rules and regulations of the offshore jurisdiction. Each jurisdiction has an explanation of the types of company that can give security and how they operate. The types of security available in each offshore jurisdiction for different kinds of assets are set out, and the commentary then provides practical guidance on the procedure and formalities for taking and perfecting security under each jurisdiction's own system of the law and for...