Legal
UCC
status: draft
Uniform Commercial Code. The US legal framework governing many secured transactions and perfection rules.
What to watch
For many ABF assets, UCC filings and control steps determine whether the capital provider has the expected perfected security interest.
Referenced in 49 topics
Account control agreements documentation Accounts and cash management mechanics Amendments and waivers lifecycle-events Auto loans and leases asset-classes Bank balance sheet capital-sources Container leases asset-classes Credit funds and private capital capital-sources Deal autopsy: why deals fail playbooks Deal timeline matrix appendix Document coordination documentation Due diligence question bank documentation Enforcement and liquidation playbooks Equipment leases and loans asset-classes Forward flow agreements structures Legal counsel counterparties Legal opinions and third-party reports documentation Navigating the deal process playbooks Other counterparties counterparties Participation structures structures Pool formation and onboarding operations-lifecycle Preparing your data room playbooks Primary market process market-landscape Protecting your position in distress playbooks Questions to ask your legal team playbooks Rail cars and rolling stock asset-classes Reps, warranties, and enforcement documentation Revenue-based financing asset-classes Security and pledge agreements documentation Selecting and working with trustees playbooks Selecting your law firm playbooks Small business loans (including SBA 7(a)) asset-classes Solar / renewable energy (PACE, PPA, solar loan) asset-classes Term securitization (ABS/MBS) structures Term sheet anatomy documentation The ABF ecosystem (players, roles, and how they interact) foundations Top deal process mistakes playbooks Top originator mistakes playbooks Transaction agreements documentation Transitioning between capital providers playbooks True sale and perfection legal Trustees counterparties Understanding deal fees playbooks Upsizing and facility expansion lifecycle-events Waiver, amendment, or acceleration playbooks Warehouse facilities structures What capital providers care about playbooks When things go wrong playbooks Whole loan sales structures Wind-down lifecycle-events