The Legal Opinion Contacts Distribution List provides a forum to discuss and exchange ideas relating to the scope of ISDA Legal Opinions as well as other related topics. Involvement in the distribution list is not mandatory and can be used as a means to stay updated on the work related to ISDA Legal Opinions.

The purpose of this group is to identify opportunities for further standardization and digitization of legal documentation and to support the development of technology-enabled contract delivery solutions and common legal agreement data standards. This Working Group will collaborate with the ISDA Smart Contracts/ DLT Legal Group in working to build the legal foundation upon which new technologies such as DLT and smart contracts can be developed and adopted for use in the derivatives industry.

Discussion with ISDA and other trades on CCPs’ provision of required data for capital calculation, especially for default fund contributions.

The objective of the Margin and Collateral Processing Working Group is to design and develop an operating framework to support collateral management efficiencies. This workstream will focus on identifying and implementing operational and technology solutions industry-wide to support a holistic collateral management ecosystem. Work products will include ISDA Margin InfoHub UMR and Suggested Operational Practice resources.

The ISDA Japan ESG Working Group provides a forum for industry participants to discuss regulatory, legal and documentation issues of ESG-related derivatives products in Japan.

The Japan Regulatory Distribution List discusses the proposed or necessary changes to the laws and regulations affecting the Japanese members and/or the local derivatives market. The Committee also covers the international and local issues as to tax & accounting.

The goals of Collateral Committee are to enhance the use of collateralization as a credit risk protection tool, to resolve unique problems in collateral management that may occur only in Japanese derivatives business, and to establish guidelines for collateral management in Japan.

The Task Force focuses on the EMIR Intragroup transaction exemptions, specifically seeking to make them of more practical benefit, or at least, to extend the existing time-limited derogation from clearing of intragroup exemptions, which expires in December 2018.

General distribution list for legal aspects relating to Interest Rates documentation and other legal issues.

This distribution list is a spin-off from the existing WG whose role is to address industry compliance and implementation issues related to transaction reporting under Japanese regulatory requirements to focus on implementation readiness, which consists solely of member firms from financial institutions.