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This guide contains legal opinions from King and Wood Mallesons on the following topics.

Legal opinions have been provided with respect to the enforceability of close-out netting as follows:

Separate legal opinions have also been provided with respect to the following:

  • Close-out netting: Summary of the Australian Netting Legislation and Insolvency Proceedings ([4.4.3]); and
  • Opinions on the following master agreements, which cross-refer to the summary opinion above:
    • GMRAs governed by Australian law and AFMA Annexes ([2.2.5.30]);
    • ISDA Master Agreements governed by Australian law ([4.3.3] and [2.1.3.20.1]); and
    • GMSLAs governed by Australian law and AMSLAs ([2.3.4])
       
  • ICOM Agreements, IFEMA Agreements and FEOMA Agreement ([6.2.1.1]);
  • 2009 ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees and Auction Settlement Supplement to the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivative Definitions ([3.4.1]);
  • 2009 ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees and Auction Settlement CDS Protocol (also referred to as the “CDS Big Bang Protocol”) ([3.4.2]);
  • 2009 ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees, Auction Settlement and Restructuring Supplement to the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions (also referred to as the “CDS Small Bang Protocol”) ([3.4.3]);
  • 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions ([3.4.4]);
  • 1996 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions and 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions ([3.5.1]);
  • 1993 ISDA Commodity Derivatives Definitions (supplemented by the 2000 supplement), 1997 ISDA Bullion Definitions, 1997 ISDA Short Form Bullion Definitions and 2005 ISDA Commodity Definitions ([3.10.1]);
  • GST and derivatives ([4.2.1]);
  • ISDA 2005 Novation Protocol ([4.5.5.10]);
  • EMU Protocol ([4.7.4]);
  • Application of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (“PPSA”) to OTC derivative master agreements ([4.8]); and
  • Review of ISDA Definitions and Australian Addenda ([6.1.2]).