DCW Updates
DCW Monthly: September 2025
From London to New Delhi to New York, this issue brings together the latest laws, rulings, and rule-set debates in
Independence
6 articles
DCW Feature
Sanctions Clauses in Trade Finance Instruments
Sanctions clauses that are wisely or imprudently constructed continue to be inserted into trade finance instruments and may heavily impact the legal rights and transactional obligations of involved parties.
DCW Litigation Digest
UBAF (Hong Kong) Ltd. v. CAMA (Luoyang) Aviation Protective Equipment Co. & Luoyang Aviation Engineering Construction Co. [2020]
Local Guarantor petitioned for rehearing from the Supreme People’s Court of order for Counter Guarantor to terminate payment to Local Guarantor for having committed guarantee fraud and not acting in “good faith”.
DCW Articles
To What Extent is a Confirming Bank’s Undertaking Independent of the Issuing Bank’s Undertaking to the Beneficiary?
Confirmation to any modern-day documentary credit is an essential risk mitigation tool for a beneficiary that enables it to deal
Standby LC
Lexon Insurance Co. v. FDIC [2021]
Beneficiary argued that LCs are not contracts or leases and that FDIC as Receiver of closed Issuer lacked the authority to repudiate.
DCW Updates
LC Use in Commercial Real Estate Lease Transactions
Most issuers of, and beneficiaries under, letters of credit are familiar with the impact a tenant bankruptcy has on the
