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Bénédicte Kurth

Bénédicte Kurth is a counsel in the banking and finance department at Allen & Overy, Luxembourg. 

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Preserving security interests and guarantees in key EU jurisdictions when the underlying obligation is varied

This article examines the position on the jurisdiction’s approach in France, Germany, Italy and Luxembourg to preserve security interests and guarantees when the underlying obligation (governed by English law) is varied, for example when the maturity date of an existing facility is extended. We think a brief analysis may be useful to understand if and how security interests and/or guarantees, provided by overseas parties incorporated in the abovementioned jurisdictions, still continue to be in force and whether additional formalities will need to be performed to avoid the additional obligations not being covered by the security or guarantee in case of an amendment or variation of the underlying obligation. 

1 FEB 2023