In Australia and internationally, commercial parties are starting to execute documents electronically using cloud-based platforms, both in volume retail transactions and in bespoke wholesale transactions. The market is increasingly interested,…
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E-Signed – and Sealed? Executing Deeds in the Digital Age [Webinar]
Not sure when a document can be executed electronically, or finding that the law hasn’t caught up with technology? You’re not alone: 62.6% of our webinar attendees said that they found…
Read moreThe Need for a Common Sense Approach to Executing Documents
There are a few situations that still cause uncertainty for lawyers and their clients when signing documents due to the murkiness of the law surrounding their execution, particularly when it…
Read moreTaking 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…
Read moreMarshalling: What’s Mine is Yours and What’s Yours is… Mine?
Finance documents will often include a provision that excludes a junior secured creditor’s right of marshalling, although the reasons for doing so aren’t always understood or appreciated. What’s marshalling? Marshalling…
Read moreSet-Off in Financing Transactions [Toolkit]
Set-off allows one party to apply a debt owed to it by its counterparty to discharge all or part of a debt that it owes to that counterparty. Parties to…
Read moreSubmitting Evidence to the Royal Commission: Volunteer at Your Peril!
Volunteering is generally a laudable exercise to be encouraged. But when it comes to the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Royal Commission),…
Read moreThe Royal Commission: Beware its Teeth
As news breaks of the banking and financial services industry deceiving customers and regulators, we chat to Dr Tom Middleton, author of ASIC Corporate Investigations and Hearings, about the powers…
Read moreElectronic Signatures: A Guide for Lawyers
When I began my career in corporate law, signing and exchange of contracts involved a certain ceremony and spectacle. Junior lawyers printed and clipped the requisite number of counterparts and…
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