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Email On 15 June 2017 the English Court of Appeal handed down a significant judgment in Dexia Crediop S.p.A. v Comune di Prato. The Court’s unanimous judgment confirmed that the nature of an agreement made pursuant to an ISDA Master Agreement will be sufficiently international in character to prevent the application of any mandatory rules of local law. The ISDA Master Agreement in question, contained an English law choice of law clause and a clause conferring jurisdiction on the English courts. The decision follows a series of challenges made by several European public authorities in the English courts, arguing that notwithstanding the choice of law adopted by parties to an ISDA Master Agreement, Article 3(3) of the Rome Convention permits the application of mandatory local rules. This decision builds on the Court of Appeal’s decision in Banco Santander Totta SA v Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa SA leaving only limited scope for such choice of law challenges in the English courts. https://www.cadwalader.com/resources/clients-friends-memos/english-court-of-appeal-confirms-primacy-of-choice-of-governing-law-clause-in-isda-master-agreements