Standard Forms / Documentation / Guidelines
Cross-Product Master Agreement
Cross-Product Master Agreement, Cross-Affiliate Version 2
Legal Opinions and Memoranda on CPMA 2
- Legal opinion from Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton addressing the enforceability of the CPMA 2 under New York law. (pdf)
- Legal memoranda from Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton addressing the potential impact of the operation of the CPMA 2 on certain standard agreements published by the Association if subject to the CPMA 2 under New York and U.S. law. (pdf)
- Legal opinion from Clifford Chance LLP addressing the enforceability of the CPMA 2 under the laws of England and Wales. (pdf)
- Legal opinion from Clifford Chance LLP addressing the potential impact of the operation of the CPMA 2 on certain standard agreements published by the Association if subject to the CPMA 2 under the laws of England and Wales. (pdf)
2000 Cross-Product Master Agreement
- Cross-Product Master Agreement, February 16, 2000
- Cross-Product Master Agreement Guidance Notes(pdf), February 16, 2000. Note: if you have difficulty printing this document, send it to your printer a few pages at a time.
- Communique(pdf) from participants
- Memo on legal opinions relating to the agreement
- Bankruptcy Reform Legislation and the Cross Product Master Agreement
Memoranda from Clifford Chance LLP and Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP on the CPMA
- Legal opinion of Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP as the enforceability of the netting provisions of the CPMA under the U. S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (pdf)
- Legal opinion of Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP as to the enforceability of the CPMA under U.S. Federal and New York state law (pdf)
- Legal Opinionof Clifford Chance LLP as to the validity of the netting provisions of the CPMA under the laws of England and Wales (pdf)
- Legal Opinion of Clifford Chance LLP as to the enforceability of the CPMA under the laws of England and Wales (pdf)
- Memorandum from Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton on The Effect of the February 2000 Cross-Product Master Agreement on Rights under The Bond Market Association Principal Agreements (pdf)
In addition, the Association obtained enforceability and netting opinions for four Caribbean jurisdictions. The jurisdictions are the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Bermuda. These opinions may be viewed by Association's members here. Of course, if you are an Association member, and need signed copies of any of the above mentioned opinions, please contact Assistant General Counsel Eric L. Foster.