This article analyses the Belgian law on certification and its application on company shares in combination with Dutch Foundation vehicles. Certification is a classic estate planning device splitting control with legal ownership from beneficial ownership

The main objectives of the present research are the identification of main regularities of the emergence of a new property rights system within privatization process in the conditions of transitional economy in Russia and its single regions (on the basis of evaluation of privatization models of...

Extensive commentary has established, by now, the obvious - that the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) is an important piece of legislation that radically alters our approach to secured transactions, and casts the net of 'security' far wider than at common law. While the...

Further to Pt 1 of this article published in (2011) 12(3) INSLB 56 addressing the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) and its implications for retention of title suppliers, this article focuses on some other common supplier transactions which, either as actual or as 'deemed'...

As is well-known, the Personal Properties Security Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) provides a 24-month grace period for 'temporary perfection' of 'transitional security interests', ie, those that derived from a security agreement which pre-dated the Registration Commencement Time (RCT) on 30 January 2012....

This month's column coincides with the six-month anniversary of the commencement of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA). The Australian courts have, apart from the very recent Federal Court consideration of unclaimed personal property owned or in the possession of a company...

The rapid growth of the securitization market was a primary factor in the 2008 global financial crisis. This article explores the emergence and explosive growth of asset securitization in the period leading up to the recent crisis. Understanding this basic and pressing issue is vital for future...

The use of greenhouse gas emission rights as financial collateral and the feasibility of their enforcement by sale or appropriation raise some issues, such as discerning the legal nature of emission rights under securities law, their suitability for the creation of limited rights and liens...

Trusts can be the solution to a tremendously varied and diverse set of problems, including, significantly, asset protection. It is well established in American law that a settlor may render a trust inalienable by including a spendthrift provision within a trust document. This prevents a...