U.S. UCC Filing Essentials for EMEA Practitioners
Upcoming: Explore U.S. secured transactions under Article 9, key UCC filing requirements, and how they compare with EMEA security regimes. Learn how common filing errors can have significant consequences.
Webinar Details
U.S. secured transactions bring filing and search requirements that may be unfamiliar to EMEA practitioners. This webinar introduces Article 9 and examines how its framework compares with company charge registration and other international security regimes. It covers filing jurisdiction, debtor-name accuracy, UCC1 preparation, UCC3 amendments, and post-filing searches, with case examples showing why small preparation errors can have significant consequences.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand attachment, perfection, and priority under UCC Article 9.
- Recognise differences between Article 9 and UK, other common-law, and civil-law regimes.
- Identify filing-jurisdiction considerations and source documents for debtor names.
- Review the information needed to prepare UCC1 financing statements and maintain filings through UCC3 amendments.
- Explore case examples involving spacing, abbreviations, and individual name placement.
- Understand the purpose of post-filing searches and the limits of registry search results.
Meet the Hosts
Pushkala Sivaramakrishnan
Pushkala Sivaramakrishnan is the Vice President of Product Management, International Services at Cogency Global (UK) Limited. She has extensive experience in global corporate services, having worked in Europe, Asia and the United States. She was instrumental in Cogency’s expansion in the United Kingdom and managed the company’s operations in the region for nearly a decade.
Ms. Sivaramakrishnan specializes in international corporate formation, corporate governance, subsidiary management and corporate compliance for various business entities around the globe. At Cogency Global, she is now responsible for assisting clients in bringing their business to the UK or expanding their business from the UK to the rest of the world. She takes keen interest in understanding the complexity of doing business in various jurisdictions given the regulatory framework and the corporate landscape, particularly in Europe.
Despina Shields
Despina Shields is Vice President of UCC Product Management at Cogency Global Inc. Ms. Shields has extensive secured transactions experience and has been in the UCC service industry since 1988. She has provided Article 9 seminars for financial institutions, law firms and paralegal associations and has been a featured speaker on UCC issues for the Pittsburgh Paralegal Association, the National Public Records Research Association and the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA). Ms. Shields served on three Secured Transactions Section (STS) committees of the International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA): The Search Logic Committee, Trademark Committee and Hip-Pocket Amendments (addressing bogus UCC filings) Committee. Ms. Shields knowledge of the conceptual framework of Article 9 combined with her practical experience ensures a valuable learning experience for those who attend her seminars.
Pushkala Sivaramakrishnan
Pushkala Sivaramakrishnan is the Vice President of Product Management, International Services at Cogency Global (UK) Limited. She has extensive experience in global corporate services, having worked in Europe, Asia and the United States. She was instrumental in Cogency’s expansion in the United Kingdom and managed the company’s operations in the region for nearly a decade.
Ms. Sivaramakrishnan specializes in international corporate formation, corporate governance, subsidiary management and corporate compliance for various business entities around the globe. At Cogency Global, she is now responsible for assisting clients in bringing their business to the UK or expanding their business from the UK to the rest of the world. She takes keen interest in understanding the complexity of doing business in various jurisdictions given the regulatory framework and the corporate landscape, particularly in Europe.
Despina Shields
Despina Shields is Vice President of UCC Product Management at Cogency Global Inc. Ms. Shields has extensive secured transactions experience and has been in the UCC service industry since 1988. She has provided Article 9 seminars for financial institutions, law firms and paralegal associations and has been a featured speaker on UCC issues for the Pittsburgh Paralegal Association, the National Public Records Research Association and the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA). Ms. Shields served on three Secured Transactions Section (STS) committees of the International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA): The Search Logic Committee, Trademark Committee and Hip-Pocket Amendments (addressing bogus UCC filings) Committee. Ms. Shields knowledge of the conceptual framework of Article 9 combined with her practical experience ensures a valuable learning experience for those who attend her seminars.
FAQs
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