In our second installment, we examine the standard legal opinions that are typically included in Australian law legal opinions (and the issues to be mindful of).
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Alex Chernishev
Head of Banking and Finance, Practical Law Australia, Thomson Reuters Legal Australia
Alex Chernishev is the head of Banking and Finance at Practical Law Australia. He has more than 12 years’ banking and finance experience at leading international and domestic firms in Australia and the United Kingdom, including Clayton Utz and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Alex has extensive experience in a wide range of banking and finance transactions including corporate finance, project finance, debt capital markets, securitisation and derivatives.
Posts by Alex Chernishev
Legal Opinions in Australian Finance Transactions 101: Part 1
In most large banking and finance transactions, where the bank (or banks) have engaged an external law firm to draft the financing documents, the bank will almost always require a legal opinion.
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Taking Security Over Bank Accounts Under the PPSA
Taking security over a bank account is a common element of many security structures. The Personal Properties Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) creates a new regime applicable to bank account…
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