Question 1

Asset Finance and Leasing

Accepted Answer

Aircraft Leasing (Japanese Operating Leases with and without call options (JOL and JOLCO)
Rail Rolling Stock
Payment Undertaking Agreements as debt defeasance structures (PUA)
Equipment Trust Certificates (ETC) and Enhanced ETC (EETC)

Question 2

Capital Markets (Debt and Equity)

Accepted Answer

Corporate Stand-Alone Bond Issues
Corporate Medium Term Note Programmes (MTN)
High Yield Bond Issues
Equity Capital Markets 
Contingent Convertible Bonds (CoCo)
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
Share Trading

Question 3

Commodities (Physical and Synthetic)

Accepted Answer

Oil
Natural Gas
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)
Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
Coal
Agricultural Commodities
Metals Trading (Precious and Base)
Electricity
Uranium
Wind Farms
Solar Energy
Carbon Emissions Trading
Shipping
Mining
Collateralised Commodity Obligations (CCO)
Commodity Linked Notes

Question 4

Custody

Accepted Answer

Trust Custodial Receipts (TCR)
American Depositary Receipts (ADR)

Question 5

Derivatives and Swaps

Accepted Answer

Interest Rate Swaps (IRS)
Currency Swaps (FX)
Total Return Swaps (TRS)
Credit Default Swaps (CDS)
Equity Swaps
Longevity Swaps
ITraxx Swaps
Weather Derivatives
Earthquake Derivatives
Equity Derivatives

Question 6

Digital Assets

Accepted Answer

Blockchain Technology
Digital Bonds
Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
Cryptocurrency
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT)

Question 7

Ecommerce and Trading Venues

Accepted Answer

Algorithmic Trading platforms
High Frequency Trading (HFT) platforms
Single Dealer Platforms (SDP) (Reuters (RET) and proprietary models)
Multi Dealer Platforms (MDP) (360T, FXALL, Currenex, FXCM, Gain and Hotspot)
Proprietary Trading Platforms (Website Terms and Privacy Notices)
Trading Venue Memberships (Rulebooks and Membership Agreements)

Question 8

Financing

Accepted Answer

Asset Finance
Project Finance
Film Finance (equity and debt funding)
Trade and Supply Chain Finance (Factoring, Letters of Credit, Tolling and Offtakes)
Loans (Non-Performing Loans (NPLs), Leveraged, Revolving, Bi-lateral, Syndicated and Hotel Financing)
Structured Commodity Finance (Pre-Export Credit, Warehousing, Base Loans and Revolving Loans)

Question 9

Funds

Accepted Answer

Undertakings for the Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS)
Qualifying Investor Alternative Investment Funds (QIAIF)
Open Ended Investment Companies (OEIC)
Mutual Funds
Private Funds
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)
Fund Linked Notes Issuances

Question 10

Prime Brokerage

Accepted Answer

Securities Borrowing and Lending
Repos
Collateral Management Agreements

Question 11

Real Estate

Accepted Answer

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS)
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)
Property Assessed Clean Energy Bonds (PACE)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)
Social Housing in the private residential property market for Local Authorities and/or Social Renters (i.e. Charities and Community Interest Companies (CIC) and Registered Providers) in the Third Sector

Question 12

Securitisation

Accepted Answer

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS)
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)
Trade Receivables
Auto Loans
Property Assessed Clean Energy Bonds (PACE)
Non-Performing Loans (NPLs)
Diversified Payment Rights (DPR)
Risk Retention Structures (e.g. Capital Manager Vehicle (CMV), Majority Owned Affiliates (MOA) and Capitalised Majority Owned Affiliates (C-MOA))

Question 13

Sharia Products

Accepted Answer

Murabaha
Tawarruq
Bai Al Ina
Mudaraba
Ijara Sukuks
Takaful
Wakala
Compliant Cross Currency Swaps
Tahawwut Master Agreement

Question 14

Structured Products

Accepted Answer

Asset Swaps
Repackaging Note Issuance via Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV Notes)
Credit Linked Notes (CLN)
Constant and Variable Proportional Portfolio Insurance Notes (CPPI and VPPI)
Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLO)
Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDO)
Structured Investment Vehicles (SIV)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)

Question 15

Technology

Accepted Answer

Digitalisation Projects on Workflows
Financing and Implementing Fintech Solutions
Application Programming Interface (API) integration (Open Banking)
Software as a Service (SaaS) Agreement Reviews
Automation of Legal Documentation, Contract Reviews and E-Discovery as part of Legal Managed Services

OUR EXPERTISE

PRODUCT EXPERTISE

We have expertise in transactions for the following products ("Products") for
Transactional Legal Services and Collaboration Services:

Asset Finance and Leasing

Capital Markets (Debt and Equity)

Commodities (Physical and Synthetic)

Custody

Derivatives and Swaps

Digital Assets

Ecommerce and Trading Venues

Financing

Funds

Prime Brokerage

Real Estate

Securitisation

Sharia Products

Structured Products

Technology

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

We have expertise in the following areas for GC Legal Services and Collaboration Services:

Commercial Contracts

Distressed Assets and Special Situations

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Sustainability and Impact Investing

Litigation

M&A, Direct Investments, Venture Capital and Private Equity

Regulatory and Brexit

Restructuring and Insolvency

STRATEGIC EXPERTISE

We have the following strategic expertise for Advisory Services and GC Legal Services:

Strategic Advice and Management

OUR EXPERTISE

PRODUCT EXPERTISE

We have expertise in transactions for the following products ("Products") for Transactional Legal Services and Collaboration Services:

Asset Finance and Leasing

Capital Markets (Debt and Equity)

Commodities (Physical and Synthetic)

Custody

Derivatives and Swaps

Digital Assets

Ecommerce and Trading Venues

Financing

Funds

Prime Brokerage

Real Estate

Securitisation

Sharia Products

Structured Products

Technology

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

We have expertise in the following areas for GC Legal Services and Collaboration Services:

Commercial Contracts

Distressed Assets and Special Situations

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Sustainability and Impact Investing

Litigation

M&A, Direct Investments, Venture Capital and Private Equity

Regulatory and Brexit

Restructuring and Insolvency

STRATEGIC EXPERTISE

We have the following strategic expertise for Advisory Services and GC Legal Services:

Strategic Advice and Management

We have expertise in transactions for the following products ("Products") for
Transactional Legal Services and Collaboration Services: