Extraordinary rendition

Legal drafting that is so convoluted as to violate the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of an Innocent Language.

Thje first identified violation was Clifford Chance’s non-definition of Companies in its 2021 GMRA Netting Opinion.

For the purpose of this opinion, the word “companies” shall neither refer to economic interest groups (groupements d’interêts économiques) nor European economic interest groups (groupements d’interêts économiques européens). It shall furthermore not encompass any entities listed hereafter or any entities which are subject to a specific legislative framework or any specific licensing requirements, such as, without limitation, reinsurance undertakings, pension funds, investment companies in risk capital, securitisation vehicles, alternative investment fund managers subject to the Luxembourg law of 12 July 2013 on investment fund managers (as amended) (the “AIFM Law”), alternative investment funds subject to the AIFM law other than UCI or reserved alternative investment funds (fonds d’investissement alternatrives reserves (“RAIF”) which are additionally subject to the Luxembourg law of 2016 on RAIF (as amended) (except the extent such entities are specifically covered in Appendix 2 part 1).