Thinking and Assessing - Charge and Assignment Under English Law

Alessia Frisina, Chief Legal and Compliance Counsel, De Lage Landen Leasing Limited, United Kingdom

I have been working as a lawyer for several years in Europe, in countries governed by different legal systems. I have learned to love English law because of its practical approach: rights precede the law, not the other way around as is the case in most civil law systems. Proponents of English law argue that one of its main strengths is its flexibility and its approach to not “pre-judge” any situation. The intention is that one takes a specific situation and arrives at a legal decision based on the specific circumstances, as opposed to codified regimes which aim to “fit” a specific situation into existing codes. In practice, things are vastly more complicated under both approaches but, for the sake of this article, I will try and stay with my simple intent of English law

Alessia is the chief legal and compliance counsel for the UK.

De Lage Landen is a global provider of leasing, business and consumer finance solutions, including vendor finance and factoring. It was founded in 1969 as a fully-owned subsidiary of the Rabobank Group to meet a growing need among larger agricultural operations for more sophisticated and far-reaching financial services. De Lage Landen moved its first international steps in 1987, when it began offering services in neighbouring European countries. De Lage Landen international network has been growing since then and it now present in more than 30 countries around the world. In 2013. De Lage Landen has been named “European Lessor of the Year” at the Leasing Life Conference and Awards in Berlin.