{"id":5676,"date":"2025-12-04T12:21:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/law\/?page_id=5676"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:15:23","slug":"development-financial-institutions-transactions-law-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/law\/development-financial-institutions-transactions-law-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Development Financial Institutions Transactions Law (in Latin America and the Caribbean)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2195\" data-end=\"2231\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong data-start=\"2202\" data-end=\"2231\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"153\" style=\"font-family: 'DM Serif Display', Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; text-align: center;\">LAW 6911: Development Financial Institutions Transactions Law <\/strong><\/span><\/strong><strong data-start=\"2202\" data-end=\"2231\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"153\" style=\"font-family: 'DM Serif Display', Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; text-align: center;\">(in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; 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_module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Learning Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Understand the legal nature and purpose of DFIs<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examine the legal frameworks governing DFIs in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Grasp the concept of privileges and immunities for DFIs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Content Blocks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Status of DFIs under Public International Law (e.g., distinction from commercial banks and other financial institutions)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">An overview of DFIs in the region (e.g., IDB Invest, World Bank Group)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Introduction to Privileges and Immunities for DFIs (e.g., purpose, common immunities granted under international law)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; 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_module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Learning Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Grasp the legal frameworks underpinning supply chain finance mechanisms.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Analyze risk allocation structures in cross-border trade finance.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Understand legal enforceability of supply chain contracts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Content Blocks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overview of Supply Chain Finance Instruments (Factoring, Reverse Factoring, Inventory Finance).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Structuring Supply Chain Transactions: Receivables Financing &amp; Payment Terms.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Legal Instruments: Guarantees, Letters of Credit, Performance Bonds.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jurisdictional Risks &amp; Trade Barriers in International Supply Chains.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">DFIs Role in Facilitating Trade Finance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Session 4:<\/strong><strong> Loan Operations: Secured Lending<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; 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Enforcement scenario: what happens in an event of default?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Session 5:<\/strong><strong> Capital Markets<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; 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global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Learning Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Understand the legal structuring of technical cooperation agreements.<\/li>\n<li>Analyze blended finance structures and conversion mechanisms.<\/li>\n<li>Explore the role of technical cooperations in development finance.<\/li>\n<li>Understand and compare the legal structuring of investment instruments for early-stage companies, including convertible instruments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Content Blocks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Introduction to Technical Cooperations (Purpose, scope, and linkages with blended finance).<\/li>\n<li>Legal Documentation of Technical Cooperation Agreements.<\/li>\n<li>Contingent Recovery Investment Grants (CRIGs): Structure, recovery mechanisms, and legal implications.<\/li>\n<li>DFIs Considerations in Structuring Technical Cooperation Projects.<\/li>\n<li>Investments Instruments in Early-Stage Companies (Convertible instruments such as SAFEs, KISS, and other hybrid mechanisms.)<\/li>\n<li>Role of incubators and accelerators for early-stage companies, support mechanisms and their interaction with DFIs.<\/li>\n<li>DFIs Considerations in Investments in early-stage companies (Legal, financial, and developmental impact perspectives)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; 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