Regulatory Reform, Compliance and Repapering

Cognia Law's Regulatory Reform, Compliance and Repapering service supports banks, investment firms, and in-house legal teams with the preparation, review, negotiation, and remediation of a broad range of financial agreements. Operating through onsite, offsite, and offshore team configurations, the service is structured to handle both business-as-usual documentation workflows and large-scale regulatory repapering programmes.

Key features and functions include:

Regulatory Remediation and Repapering Management of end-to-end regulatory reform programmes, including client outreach, negotiation, and execution of final documentation. Past programmes have included LIBOR transition, MiFID II compliance, GDPR data privacy notices, JIBAR-ZARONIA transition, and DORA repapering across multiple jurisdictions and governing laws.

Global Markets Documentation Drafting, review, and negotiation of ISDA Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes (VM and IM), OTC clearing agreements, listed derivatives clearing agreements, give-up agreements, and commodities trading agreements.

Banking and Finance Documentation Preparation and negotiation of Global Master Repurchase Agreements, Global Master Securities Lending Agreements, prime brokerage agreements, and loan and financing documentation.

Structured Products Documentation Support for equity linked notes, credit linked notes, third-party issuances, and stand-alone issuances.

Banking Agreements Drafting and negotiation of non-disclosure agreements, terms of business, engagement letters, brokerage agreements, and distribution agreements.

Scalable Resourcing Model Teams range from a single on-site resource to fully managed, multi-skilled offsite and offshore operations. The service is designed to scale up quickly to address surge capacity requirements while maintaining cost efficiency.

Tech-Enabled Delivery Specialist legal teams are supported by digital and AI tools integrated into workflows to improve turnaround times and documentation quality across high-volume, contract-intensive projects.

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