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GIVEN THE RECENT NEWS REGARDING SILICON VALLEY BANK, RICHARD OMAN LOOKS AT THE IMPACT THAT LENDER INSOLVENCY HAS ON LOAN FACILITIES AND WHAT BORROWERS AND LENDERS NEED TO CONSIDER.


BACKGROUND

This article was first published in Digital Asset.

“Immutable” is a term that is frequently used when people talk about blockchain and the benefit of using this technology for record-keeping.

On 29 April 2016, the Australian Government Treasury released a proposal paper that, among other things, proposed reforms to introduce an ipso facto moratorium (Proposal). This reform was foreshadowed in as part of the Australian Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda.