Saad Tharwat

An advanced summer semester concerning the International Financial Law with total of 70 credit hour at the University of Oxford covering the below aspects: International Lending • Term Sheets • The most common structure of Loan Transactions • LIBOR and bank funding • Loan transfers • The loan agreements review • Workshop – glossary terms • Due diligence English Law & Contracts for International Lawyers • Introduction to English contract law • Formation of Contract & Pre-Contractual Negotiations in English law • Workshop: Contract formation • The contents of the contract under English law • Variation & Transfer of Contractual Rights & Obligations • Workshop: Variation and discharge • Termination of contract • International enforcement of financial obligations Project Finance • How the financing documents interact with the project documents • The loan agreement in project finance transactions • Guarantees and letters of credit • Multi-source finance • Bond issues • Mezzanine or subordinated debt • Lease and vendor finance • Intercreditor issues • The security package in project finance • Structuring the security package International Securities Documentation • The classic Eurobond issue • Disclosure • Subscription Agreements Security Documentation • Introductions: - Why take security? - Mortgages, charges, pledges and Liens • Some general principles - Legal & equitable title - Legal & equitable charges, assignments and mortgages - Fixed and floating charges • Anatomy of a Security Document - Fixed and floating charges revisited - Charges over book debts; the spectrum decision - Receivers and administrators - Floating charges – disadvantages - Key clauses and key issues • Cross-border issues • Guarantees An Introduction to International Trade Finance • An introduction to International Trade Finance • Bankers’ Documentary Credits • Workshop: Autonomy, fraud and illegality • Guarantees in International Trade • Workshop: Identifying the nature of the obligation Corporate Finance & International M&A • Structuring the detail – M&A • Understanding the pre-contractual issues • Confidentiality agreements • Workshop : Due Diligence Asset Securitisation • Transferring the portfolio of assets from the originator to the SPV/Issuing vehicle. Methods of transfer typically used and the importance of the ‘true sale’ analysis. • Commercial drivers to the structure: liquidity support techniques: credit enhancement: profit extraction techniques: senior/junior/subordinated structures. • Intercreditor related issues: security structures: control: and enforcement. • Comprehensive overview of the form and content of the documentation typically used in securitisation transactions. Lessons to be learned from the global credit crisis: new world/”mark II” securitisation structures.

I have cleared the assessments and exams conducted by Kaplan and SRA to become a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and I am processing my registration