ISDA’s French law and Irish law versions of the 2002 Master Agreement and related regulatory and non-regulatory credit support documents are intended to provide choice to firms that wish to trade under an EU member state law, enabling them to opt for whichever ISDA documents best suit their needs.
In the above video, ISDA’s general counsel Katherine Tew Darras speaks with Alban Caillemer du Ferrage, partner at Jones Day, and Judith Lawless, partner at McCann FitzGerald LLP, on the benefits of the documents and how they provide market participants with a choice if they wish to trade under an EU member state law.
Click here to download a factsheet providing an overview of the variety of reasons market participants may opt to use the French or Irish law versions of ISDA documents.
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ISDA In Review – August 2026
A compendium of links to new documents, research papers, press releases and comment letters published by ISDA in August 2026.
Remove Bureaucracy from Cross-margin Approvals
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Joint Response on CCP Resolution
On September 7, ISDA and FIA responded to a Bank of England (BOE) discussion paper on central counterparty (CCP) resolution. The associations support greater clarity on valuation capabilities prior to a crisis scenario and the boundary between recovery and resolution,...
Expanding Legal Agreement Coverage in the CDM
This paper examines the recent extension of the Common Domain Model (CDM)1 to represent two of the most significant, and previously undeveloped, areas of its legal agreement model: umbrella agreements and contract amendments. Umbrella agreements are widely used to document...