Dr Orkun Akseli is a Senior Lecturer at the Durham University, UK. His primary research areas are Secured Transaction, Corporate Law, and Commercial Law. He has published research in each of these areas.

This book focuses on international harmonisation and the law of secured transactions by distilling and analysing the unifying principles of various significant international conventions and instruments such as the UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables, the Unidroit Convention on International Factoring, the EBRD Model Law on Secured Transactions, the Unidroit Convention on the International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions.

Introduction 1. Secured Credit and Fundamental Principles of International Instruments 2. Harmonisation of Secured Transactions Law in Context 3. Scope of Applicability and Party Autonomy 4. Creation of Security Rights 5. Effectiveness of Security Interests against Third Parties 6. Priority of Security Interests 7. Acquisition Financing Devices 8. Choice of Law Issues. Conclusion