Insights

11 Jan 2023
D2LT – Swap Connect / Opening up China Market
Swap Connect Swap Connect is the first initiative to open up the onshore China swap market to offshore investors and traders. China has grown into the world’s second largest bond ... Read More
6 Jun 2022
The Reality of Legal, Self-Driving Cars
The UK government is eagerly anticipating the arrival of self-driving cars. Predictions thus far have been optimistic: in 2017 the then UK Chancellor, Philip Hammond, promised that driverless cars would ... Read More
18 May 2022
Global Crises Reinforce Calls for LNG Contract Standardisation
D2 Legal Technology Opinion Errol Bong – D2 Legal Technology Ltd. Events of the past two years, including COVID-19 and the current conflict in Ukraine, have highlighted the importance of ... Read More
6 May 2022
UK Government to clamp down on Cryptoasset Promotions
Jake Pope – D2 Legal Technology Ltd. As Cryptoassets become increasingly more commonplace in global financial systems, regulators across the world face many challenges of regulating an asset which is ... Read More
22 Mar 2022
Comic Contracts: delivering greater utility and legal understanding through visual means
By Claudia Blofeld, Consultant, D2LT If contracts are essential to the functioning of modern societies[1], then why are they so dense, complex, and difficult to read? They are generally written ... Read More
9 Mar 2022
Contractual Standards for
Digital Asset Derivatives
D2 Legal Technology CEO and Founder Akber Datoo has commented on Contractual Standards for Digital Asset Derivatives in an article publised by Lexis Nexis. Article can be viewed on this ... Read More
17 Mar 2021
Industry utility for Counterparty Due Diligence / Netting Determinations
Close-out netting offers enormous regulatory capital benefits by reducing mark-to-market exposures.ISDA and BIS analysis detailed a reduction of “79.3% at mid-year 2020 as a result of close-out netting”, areduction that ... Read More
9 Mar 2021
A Beginner’s Guide to AI: Part Two
A Beginner’s Guide to AI: Part Two How might legal services be impacted by the development of AI? Robert Peat, D2LT Consultant, unpacks what you need to know about AI ... Read More
5 Mar 2021
The next (or first?) evolution of contracts
Click HERE to read the article Banking & Finance analysis: Akber Datoo, Our CEO and Founder of D2 Legal Technology (D2LT), as well as PRIME Finance Expert and Chair of ... Read More
3 Mar 2021
Legal Clause Library & Legal Data Standards
See ISLA’s latest publication – “Legal Clause Library & Legal Data Standards”.   This is a joint D2LT / ISLA whitepaper which focuses on digital data standards created by the clause ... Read More
27 Jan 2021
LEI: Not a garland from Hawaii but a foundational risk management component
What is a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)? Introduced under a mandate by the Financial Stability Board in November 2011 following the credit contraction of 2008, the LEI is a 20-character, ... Read More
30 Dec 2020
A Beginner’s Guide to AI: Part One
A Beginner’s Guide to AI: Part One What is AI and what are its applications in financial services? Rachel Scanlon, D2LT’s Asia Pacific Lead, unpacks what you need to know ... Read More