DCW: Most Read in 2025
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September 2025
A Comparison of URDG 758 and UN Guarantee Convention
URDG 758 and the UN Guarantee Convention both address independent guarantees and in many respects their content is similar, but differences exist in their areas of focus.
DCW Conference Report
2023 Americas Standby Forum: Executive Summary
For the 17th consecutive year, the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice conducted its Americas Standby & Guarantee Forum on 11 October 2023. This summary provides an overview of topics discussed and debated at the program hosted by Hogan Lovells in New York and held as a hybrid event.
DCW Conference Report
2023 ICC Banking Commission Technical Meeting: Executive Summary
Summary takeaways from the ICC Banking Commission Technical Meeting, 24-25 October 2023.
DCW Articles
Bank Guarantees in Egypt
Amr KAMAL explores integrating ICC's URDG758 into Egypt's commercial law for demand guarantees, emphasizing the advanced nature of Egyptian law in recognizing demand and suretyship guarantees, drawing comparisons with global practices.
DCW Feature
Originality of Paper and Electronic Documents (Part 3)
Pavel Andrle's exploration of the originality of paper and electronic documents - Part 3 of a three part series.
DCW Feature
Modifications and Exclusions of URDG758 Articles in Demand Guarantees
The provisions of URDG can be modified, overridden, or excluded by inserting suitable replacement wording in the text of the guarantee.
DCW Articles
Originality of Paper and Electronic Documents (Part 2)
Pavel Andrle's exploration of the originality of paper and electronic documents - Part 1 of a three part series.
DCW Articles
What Are We Supposed to Do? A Practical Approach to Sanctions Clauses
The position of a banker in the trade finance environment includes trying to reconcile opposite demands of a buyer and a seller.
Demand Guarantees
ISDGP and Advising Banks: For a Flexible, Pragmatic Interpretation of Control on Behalf of the Issuer
On 31 March, 2021, the long-awaited International Standard Demand Guarantee Practice (ISDGP) Publication No. 814E, a complement to URDG758 documenting
