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1 Sovereign Debt

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3 Mauro Megliani Sovereign Debt Genesis - Restructuring - Litigation

4 Mauro Megliani Catholic University Milan, Italy ISBN ISBN (ebook) DOI / Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (

5 Nations are wading deeper and deeper into an ocean of boundless debt Edmund Burke Aequum autem est id ipsum, quo lex corrigitur Hugo Grotius

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7 Contents Part I Sovereign Indebtedness 1 Introduction Sovereign Debt and Sustainability Sovereign Debt and International Financial Law The Structure of the Work References A Historical Outline of Sovereign Indebtedness Preliminary Remarks Diplomatic Protection and Intervention in Financial Matters The Role of the National State of the Lenders The System of International Financial Controls The Use of Force and the Drago-Porter Convention War Debts: The Settlement of the German Debt Sovereign Debt and Financial Crises The Latin American Countries Crisis The Least Developed Countries Crisis The Emerging Countries Crisis The Russian Crisis The Argentine Crisis The Global Financial Crisis References Part II Genesis 3 General Problems Preliminary Remarks The Capacity of the Debtor to Borrow Territorial Entities with Limited Personality Questionable Governments vii

8 viii Contents 3.3 The Legal Nature of Loans Loans with Public Lenders Loans with Private Lenders Guaranteed and Secured Loans Guaranteed Loans Secured Loans The Right to Development Development Cooperation Development Assistance Responsible Financing Human Rights and Sovereign Debt References Bilateral Debt Preliminary Remarks Treaties and Contracts An Alternative Approach: The Grundlegung The Governing Law The Law Applicable to the Agreement as a Treaty The Law Applicable to the Agreement as a Contract The Legal Framework of Loan Agreements as Treaties The Internal Limits to Financial Agreements References Multilateral Debt Preliminary Remarks The Legal Framework of Loan Agreements The International Monetary Fund Resources Financial Facilities Conditionality The Legal Value of Letters of Intent The World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Development Association The Bank for International Settlements The Regional Development Banks The European Context The Inter-American Development Bank The African Development Bank The Asian Development Bank References

9 Contents ix 6 Syndicated Debt Preliminary Remarks Types of Loan Syndicates Participation Syndicates Direct Syndicates The Lead Manager The Role of the Agent Bank The Terms of the Loan Agreement The Relationship Between Syndicate Members Regulatory Aspects The Applicable Law References Bonded Debt Preliminary Remarks The Formation of the Syndicate and the Issue Process The Issue Documents The Subscription Agreement The Agreement Between Managers The Selling Agreement Regulatory Aspects TheTermsoftheLoan Monetary Terms Non-monetary Terms Bondholders Protection Trustee Fiscal Agent The Applicable Law The Law Applicable to the Loan The Law Applicable to the Relationship Between Issuer and Bondholders The Law Applicable to the Trust References Part III Restructuring 8 General Problems Preliminary Remarks Default and Credit Events The Consequences of a Default Restructuring Process and Legal Obligations The Obligation to Restructure The Obligation to Negotiate The Principles of Restructuring The Issue of Economic Capacity

10 x Contents 8.5 The Methods of Restructuring Debt Conversions Restructuring and Policy References Bilateral Debt Preliminary Remarks Multilateral Restructurings Outside the Paris Club The Origins of the Paris Club: The Hague Club The Birth of the Paris Club and Its First Operations The Juridical Nature of the Paris Club The Procedural Rules The Substantive Principles The Agreed Minutes and Their Legal Value The Constant Clauses The Variable Clauses The Classic Terms The Terms for the Poorest Countries The HIPC Initiative The Lower-Middle Income Countries The Conclusion of Bilateral Agreements References Multilateral Debt Preliminary Remarks The International Monetary Fund Sanctions Precautionary and Cooperative Measures The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Cooperative Measures Safeguarding Measures The International Development Association Other Multilateral Financial Institutions The Bank for International Settlements The European Banks Other Regional Development Banks References Syndicated Debt Preliminary Remarks The Default The Negotiation Process The London Club The Fundamental Elements of Restructuring The Terms of the Restructuring Agreement

11 Contents xi 11.5 The Relationship Between Creditors The Sale of Credits and The Restructuring Process The Baker Initiative and the Brady Initiative References Bonded Debt Preliminary Remarks The Role of the Trustee The Amending Process The English Style The US Style Collective Action Clauses The Negotiating Committees Private Committees Quasi-Official Bodies The Current Situation Restructuring Techniques The Cooperative Method: The Greek Workout The Induced Method: Exit Consent The Unilateral Method: The Argentine Case The Bond Exchange and the Restructuring Agreement Diplomatic Intervention: The Restructuring of the Czarist Debt References Part IV Litigation 13 General Problems Preliminary Remarks Procedural Defences Sovereign Immunity The Act of State Doctrine The Comity Doctrine Forum Non Conveniens Substantive Defences Necessity Force Majeure Unjustified Enrichment Inequality of Obligations Estoppel Abuse of Rights Corruption Exchange Control The Odious Debt Doctrine Peremptory Norms References

12 xii Contents 14 Bilateral Debt Preliminary Remarks The Forum The Case Law Costa Rica and Italy Grenada and China References Multilateral Debt Preliminary Remarks Arbitral Clauses The Validity of the Agreement References Syndicated Debt Preliminary Remarks Waiver of Immunity and Jurisdiction Forum Selection Clauses The United States England The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements The Absence of a Forum Selection Clause The United States England Arbitral Clauses The Right to Sue The Relationship with the Restructuring Process The Vulture Funds Champerty Pari Passu Set-Off References Bonded Debt Preliminary Remarks Jurisdiction The Trustee and the Right to Sue The Class Action The Relationship with the Restructuring Process The Pari Passu Clause Bonds and Arbitration The ICSID Arbitration The Arbitration on the Argentine Bonds Diplomatic Intervention The Serbian and Brazilian Loans Cases

13 Contents xiii The Norwegian Loans Case The Young Loan Arbitration References Part V The Way Forward 18 Evolving Scenarios Preliminary Remarks Towards an International Restructuring Forum A Substantive Model The IMF Proposals The Krueger Proposal The Statutory Approach The Contractual Approach Subsequent Proposals The IIF and UNCTAD Proposals The Lender of Last Resort The Idea of Lender of Last Resort The IMF as International Lender of Last Resort The European Picture References Conclusion Reference

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15 Abbreviations A 2d AC AD AFDI AJCL AJIL All ER Am Econ Rev Am Jur 2d Am U Int l L Rev Annuaire Ann dir int Arb Int l Asian J WTO ASIL Proc AYIL Banking L J BC Int l & Comp L Rev BCLC B C Third World L J Berkley J Int l Law Bibliotheca Visseriana BJIBFL Boston U L Rev Brooklyn J Int l L Bus Lawyer Atlantic Reporter Second Series The Law Reports Appeal Cases Annual Digest and Reports of Public International Law Cases Annuaire français de droit international American Journal of Comparative Law American Journal of International Law All England Law Reports The American Economic Review American Jurisprudence Second Edition American University International Law Review Annuaire de l Institut de droit international Annuario di diritto internazionale Arbitration International Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy Proceedings of the American Society of International Law African Yearbook of International Law Banking Law Journal Boston College International and Comparative Law Review Butterworths Commercial Law Cases Boston College Third World Law Journal Berkeley Journal of International Law Bibliotheca Visseriana Dissertationum Ius Internationale Illustrantium Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law Boston University Law Review Brooklyn Journal of International Law The Business Lawyer xv

16 xvi Bus L Int l BYIL Calif L Rev Cam L J Can Bus L J Cap Mark L J Case W Res J Int l L Cd, Cmd CFR Ch, Ch D Chi J Int l L C int CLC CMLR Collected Cours Colo J Int l Envl L & Pol y Colum Bus L Rev Colum J Trans L Colum L Rev Cornell Int l L J Cornell L Q Cornell L Rev Creighton L Rev CTS Current Leg Probs CYIL D Dalhousie L J DCI Denv J Int l L & Pol y Duke L J EBLR EBOLR Econ J ECR EJIL ELR Emory L J Encyclopedia Eq ER Eu Const L Rev Ex D Abbreviations Business Law International The British Yearbook of International Law California Law Review The Cambridge Law Journal Canadian Business Law Journal Capital Markets Law Journal Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law Command Papers Code of Federal Regulation The Law Reports Chancery Division Chicago Journal of International Law La Comunità internazionale Commercial Law Cases Common Market Law Review Collected Cours of the Academy of European Law Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy Columbia Business Law Review Columbia Journal of Transnational Law Columbia Law Review Cornell International Law Journal Cornell Law Quarterly Cornell Law Review Creighton Law Review Consolidated Treaty Series Current Legal Problems Canadian Yearbook of International Law Digesta Iustinianii Augusti seu Pandectae The Dalhousie Law Journal Diritto del commercio internazionale Denver Journal of International Law and Policy Duke Law Journal European Business Law Review European Business Organization Law Review The Economic Journal European Court Reports European Journal of International Law European Law Review Emory Law Journal Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law The Law Reports Equity English Reports European Constitutional Law Review The Law Reports Exchequer Division

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18 xviii Int l J Soc of Law Int l Lawyer Int l Lit Pr Int l Org Int l Org L Rev Int l St Persp Iowa L Rev Iran US CTR IYIL JBL J-Cl dr int JCMS J Comp Bus & Cap Mark L J Comp Leg JDI J Econ Hist J Econ Liter JIBL JIBLR JIEL J Int l Arb J Int l Money & Fin J Legal St Jour Off J Pol Econ Jurid Rev J WIT JWT JWTL Kansas L Rev KB L & Bus Rev Ams L & Contemp Probs L & Pol Int l Bus LJIL Lloyd s Rep LNTS Loy LA Int l & Comp LRev LPICT LQR Md J Int l L & Trade Michigan J Int l L Abbreviations International Journal of the Sociology of the Law The International Lawyer International Litigation Procedure International Organization International Organizations Law Reviews International Studies Perspectives Iowa Law Review Iran United States Claims Tribunal Reports The Italian Yearbook of International Law Journal of Business Law Juris-Classeur de droit international Journal of Common Market Studies Journal of Comparative Business and Capital Market Law Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law Journal de droit international The Journal of Economic History Journal of Economic Literature Journal of International Banking Law Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation Journal of International Economic Law Journal of International Arbitration Journal of International Money and Finance The Journal of Legal Studies Société des Nations Journal Officiel Journal of Political Economy Juridical Review The Journal of World Investment & Trade Journal of World Trade Journal of World Trade Law Kansas Law Review Law Reports King s Bench Law and Business Review of the Americas Law and Contemporary Problems Law and Policy in International Business Leiden Journal of International Law Lloyd s Law Reports League of Nations Treaty Series Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals The Law Quarterly Review Maryland Journal of International Law and Trade Michigan Journal of International Law

19 Abbreviations Michigan L Rev NC J Int l L & Com Reg Ned TIR New Eng J Int l & Comp L NILR Nord TIR North Am Rev NW J Int l L & Bus NY NYIL NYS NYS 2d NYU J Int l L & Pol NYU LQR NYU L Rev NZLR OJ OJLS Pasicrisie PCIJ Series A PCIJ Series A/B PCIJ Series B PCIJ Series C Penn St Int l L Rev Philippine L J Pol Sc Q QB, QBD Rass dir pub RBDI RDAI RDI RDIPP Recueil des Cours Rev arb Rev crit xix Michigan Law Review North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation Nederlands Tijdschrift voor International Recht New England Journal of International and Comparative Law Netherlands International Law Review Nordisk Tidsskrift for International Ret North American Review Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York Netherlands Yearbook of International Law New York Supplement New York Supplement Second Series New York University Journal of International Law and Politics New York University Law Quarterly Review New York University Law Review New Zealand Law Reports Official Journal of the European Communities/European Union Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Pasicrisie belge Permanent Court of International Justice, Collection of Judgments Permanent Court of International Justice, Judgments Orders and Advisory Opinions Permanent Court of International Justice, Collection of Advisory Opinions Permanent Court of International Justice, Pleadings, Oral Statements and Documents Pennsylvania State University International Law Review Philippine Law Journal Political Science Quarterly The Law Reports Queen s Bench Division Rassegna di diritto pubblico Revue belge de droit international Revue de droit des affaires internationales Rivista di diritto internazionale Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale Recueil des Cours de l Academie de Droit International de La Haye Revue de l arbitrage Revue critique de droit international privé

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