Banking and Finance Law is a single session course which examines the law and practice concerning the provision of finance. The course is of particular relevance to those seeking to strengthen professional skills and will be taught primarily by specialist practitioners, principally by leading banking and finance law partners of Mallesons Stephen Jaques. A transactional approach will be adopted in appropriate classes. The focus is on the raising of debt finance, including secured transactions, subordinated and unsecured lending, bank finance and capital market borrowings, and syndicated loan financing. While topics considered may vary from year to year they will include many of the following : negotiable instruments; stamp duty considerations; project and infrastructure financing; security and guarantees; insolvency issues in banking and finance, including voluntary administration; securitisation; leasing; selected lending techniques including syndication, transferable loan facilities and co-financings; international capital markets and derivatives. Equity capital raising will not be covered in this course but will be dealt with in LAWS8092 Securities and Financial Market Regulation.

Main Topics
• Everyday issues and common pitfalls in finance law
• Nature of security
• Fixed and floating charges
• Insolvency issues in finance law
• Securitisation
• Derivatives, netting and set off
• Aspects of syndicated lending
• International capital markets
• Project and infrastructure financing
• Structured financing

LLM Specialisations
Corporate and Commercial Law
Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law

More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.