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Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses Recent Legal Developments on Voluntary Carbon Credits

By James M. McDonald, James M. Shea Jr., Marc Treviño, Samuel E. Saunders and Harshil Bansal November 22, 2023 by renholding

A large number of companies globally have announced net zero greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions targets, most of which are likely to require some form of carbon offsetting. Many consumers are also interested in offsetting their carbon footprint. The development of …

SEC Chair Gensler Talks Security-Based Swaps Market to ISDA

By Gary Gensler May 12, 2022 by renholding

Thank you for the kind introduction. It’s good to be back with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) again.

As is customary, I’d like to note that I’m not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners or the SEC

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Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses the State of the LIBOR Transition

By Ramya Tiller, Jeff Ross, Paul Brusiloff, Emilie Hsu and Courtney Bradford Pike August 11, 2021 by renholding

On March 5, 2021, LIBOR’s administrator, ICE Benchmarks Administration (the “IBA”), and LIBOR’s regulator, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”), announced that LIBOR will no longer be provided (i) for all sterling, euro, Swiss franc and Japanese yen settings, …

Latham & Watkins Discusses IBOR Fallbacks Protocol and Supplement from ISDA

By Yvette D. Valdez, Becky Critchley, Adam Bruce Fovent, J. Ashley Weeks, Deric Behar and Anna Lewis-Martinez November 16, 2020 by renholding

On October 23, 2020, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) published its IBOR Fallbacks Protocol (Protocol) and Supplement to the 2006 ISDA Definitions (Supplement) in anticipation of the expected discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) at …

Considering the Transformation of the OTC Derivatives Market, 1984-2015

By David McCaffrey October 19, 2015 by ilyabeylin

In my recent paper, “Private and Public Controls in the Over-the-Counter Derivatives Market, 1984-2015”, I study how private and public controls operated jointly in OTC derivatives over the period. A main conclusion is that private incentives especially shaped …

Paul Weiss discusses ISDA’s March 2013 Dodd-Frank Protocol

By Manuel Frey June 25, 2013 by Jason Parsont

Since the effectiveness of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) has finalized many of the rules that implement the detailed regulatory regime outlined by the

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