Because standbys and demand guarantees often contain automatic extension clauses, ICC Opinion TA954 offers important lessons for practice and the need for sound drafting of such clauses.
The ICC Banking Commission’s quarterly meeting, held via Zoom on 5 August 2025, covered three draft opinions, updates on Technical Advisory Briefings, and the status of the ISBP Revision and ISBP Education Project.
How are LC specialists to understand UCP600 Article 38(k) in situations where a second beneficiary bypasses the transferring bank and presents documents directly to the issuing bank? Scenarios, fundamental issues, and a proposal for revising this UCP sub-article are addressed here.
