International Secured Transactions Law

The law of secured transactions has seen dramatic changes in the last decade. International organisations, particularly the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), have been working towards the creation of international legal standards aimed at the modernisation and harmonisation of secured financing laws (eg, the United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade, the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions and its Intellectual Property Supplement, the UNCITRAL Guide on the Implementation of a Security Rights Registry and the UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions). The overall theme of this book is international (or cross-border) secured transactions law. It assembles contributions from some of the most authoritative academic voices on secured financing law. This publication will be of interest to those involved in secured transactions around the world, including policy-makers, practitioners, judges, arbitrators and academics.

This book focuses on international harmonisation and the law of secured transactions by distilling and analysing the unifying principles of various significant international conventions and instruments such as the UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables, the Unidroit Convention on International Factoring, the EBRD Model Law on Secured Transactions, the Unidroit Convention on the International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions. International secured transactions conventions and instruments facilitate credit and promote economic activity through the creation of harmonised rules. Therefore, given the increasing globalisation of markets, international reform efforts for the harmonised modernisation of secured transactions law have gained pace over recent years. International Secured Transactions Law draws on experiences in both English and US laws in order to identify and illustrate the existing problems that need to be addressed, as well as identify potential solutions. International Secured Transactions Law will be of interest to scholars, students interested in international commercial law, corporate law or comparative secured transactions, and practitioners involved in international commercial transactions.

This book focuses on international harmonisation and the law of secured transactions by distilling and analysing the unifying principles of various significant international conventions and instruments such as the UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables, the Unidroit Convention on International Factoring, the EBRD Model Law on Secured Transactions, the Unidroit Convention on the International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions. International secured transactions conventions and instruments facilitate credit and promote economic activity through the creation of harmonised rules. Therefore, given the increasing globalisation of markets, international reform efforts for the harmonised modernisation of secured transactions law have gained pace over recent years. International Secured Transactions Law draws on experiences in both English and US laws in order to identify and illustrate the existing problems that need to be addressed, as well as identify potential solutions. International Secured Transactions Law will be of interest to scholars, students interested in international commercial law, corporate law or comparative secured transactions, and practitioners involved in international commercial transactions.

The latest release contains the following information. - CYPRUS: Introduction; Objectives of Secured Transactions Regime; Basic Approaches to Security; Creation of Security Interest; Filing System; Publicity; Priority; Pre-Default Rights and Obligations; Consumer Protection; Default and Enforcement; Insolvency; Conflict of Laws and Territorial Application; Conclusion - DENMARK: Introduction; Objectives of Secured Transactions Regime; Basic Approaches to Security; Creation; Filing System; Insolvency; Conclusion - GERMANY: Introduction; Basic Approaches to Security; Creation of Security Rights; Publicity and Filing Systems; Enforcement; Insolvency; Conflict of Laws and Territorial Application; Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards; Conclusion - POLAND: Introduction; Basic Approaches to Security; Creation; Filing System; Priority; Default and Enforcement; Insolvency - UKRAINE: Key Objectives of Secured Transactions Regime; Basic Approaches to Security; Creation of Security Interests; Priority; Pre-Default Rights and Obligations of the Parties; Default and Enforcement; Insolvency; Conflicts of Law and Territorial Application International Secured Transactions examines the UNCITRAL Draft Guide on Secured Transactions which is designed to promote increased access to low-cost credit by encouraging the introduction of effective and efficient domestic secured transactions laws around the world. This publication also offers an analysis of current secured transactions law in over 30 commercial jurisdictions. Many of the jurisdictions covered have laws that significantly track the UNCITRAL Draft Guide. Leading practitioners from major law firms in North and South America, Europe, and Asia provide insightful, practical commentary on their respective security interests' regimes, comparing them with the provisions of the UNCITRAL legislative guidelines and, ultimately, advising on the status of their implementation in their respective countries. About the Center for International Legal Studies The Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) is a non-profit research, training, and law publications institute, established and operating under Austrian law. Its international headquarters are in Salzburg, Austria, having operated from there since 1976. CILS cooperates internationally with numerous institutions of higher legal education, lawyers' professional associations and international organizations such as UNCITRAL, the ITU, and WIPO, and is participating - with a 16 member delegation in the United Nations' Information Technology Summits (WSIS) in Geneva and Tunis. The essential purpose of the Center for International Legal Studies is the promotion of the dissemination of information among members of the international legal community through legal research and publication projects, post-graduate and professional training programs, and annual legal education conferences. Countries covered include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, and Venezuela. Additional countries to be added are Austria, Belgium, Chile, China, Finland, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the Ukraine. The publication will include special reports on European Union aspects and UNIDROIT, an introductory chapter prepared by UNCITRAL, and appendices provided by UNCITRAL.

The UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions (the "Model Law") deals with security interests in all types of tangible and intangible movable property, such as goods, receivables, bank accounts, negotiable instruments, negotiable documents, non-intermediated securities and intellectual property with few exceptions, such as intermediated securities. The Model Law follows a unitary approach using one concept for all types of security interest, a functional approach under which the Model Law applies to all types of transaction that fulfil security purposes, such as a secured loan, retention-of-title sale or financial lease, and a comprehensive approach under which the Model Law applies to all types of asset, secured obligation, borrower and lender.

The UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions (the "Model Law") deals with security interests in all types of tangible and intangible movable property, such as goods, receivables, bank accounts, negotiable instruments, negotiable documents, non-intermediated securities and intellectual property with few exceptions, such as intermediated securities. The Model Law follows a unitary approach using one concept for all types of security interest, a functional approach under which the Model Law applies to all types of transaction that fulfil security purposes, such as a secured loan, retention-of-title sale or financial lease, and a comprehensive approach under which the Model Law applies to all types of asset, secured obligation, borrower and lender. In this way, the Model Law is intended to address the main problem of secured transactions laws around the world, that is, the multiplicity of regimes that creates gaps and inconsistencies.The Model Law includes a set of Model Registry Provisions (the "Model Provisions") that can be implemented in a statute or other type of legal instrument, or in both. The Model Provisions deal with the registration of notices of security interests in a publicly accessible Registry to make a security interest effective against third parties and to provide an objective basis for determining the priority of a security interest over the rights of competing claimants. By providing a transparent, comprehensive and rational legislative framework of secured financing, the Model Law is expected to have a beneficial impact on the availability and the cost of credit, in particular to small and medium-size enterprises in developing countries. This will not only assist in their market inclusion and alleviating poverty, but also contribute to achieving Goal 1 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals on ending poverty. The Model Law is based on the United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade, the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions, the Supplement on Security Interests in Intellectual Property and the UNCITRAL Guide on the Implementation of a Security Rights Registry. For the treatment of security interests in insolvency, the Model Law relies on the recommendations of the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law.

This collection of essays offers a unique insight and overview of the secured transactions law in many of the most important countries in Asia, as well as reflections on the need for, benefits of and challenges for reform in this area of the law. The book provides a mixture of general reflections on the history, successes and challenges of secured transaction law reform, and critical discussion of the law in a number of Asian countries. In some of the countries, the law has already been reformed, or reform is under way, and here the reforms are considered critically, with recommendations for future work. In other countries, the law is not yet reformed, and the existing law is analysed so as to determine what reform is desirable, and whether it is likely to take place. First, this book will enable those engaging with the law in Asia to understand better the contours of the law in both civil and common law jurisdictions. Second, it provides analytical insights into why secured transactions law reform happens or does not happen, the different methods by which reform takes place, the benefits of reform and the difficulties that need to be overcome for successful reform. Third, it discusses the need for reform where none has yet taken place and critically assesses the reforms which have already been enacted or are being considered. In addition to providing a forum for discussion in relation to the countries in question, this book is also a timely contribution to the wider debate on secured transactions law reform which is taking place around the world.

The overall objective of the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions (the Guide) is to promote low-cost credit by enhancing the availability of secured credit. In line with this objective, the Supplement on Security Rights in Intellectual Property (the Supplement) is intended to make credit more available and at a lower cost to intellectual property owners and other intellectual property rights holders, thus enhancing the value of intellectual property rights as security for credit. The Supplement, however, seeks to achieve that objective without interfering with fundamental policies of law relating to intellectual property.