On January 12, 2022, Skadden partners Greg Norman and Anna Rips led the webinar “Challenges for Cross-Border Distribution of Private Funds in 2022,” which considered recent changes to the rules and regimes governing the...more
2/22/2022
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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Investment Adviser ,
Private Funds ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SFDR
The negotiations that culminated in the establishment of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) at the end of 2020 concluded with no meaningful agreement in relation to the provision of financial services between the...more
The list of events for which 2020 will be remembered continues to grow and we are only two thirds of the way through the year. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have come into focus in the financial community,...more
9/15/2020
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Climate Change ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Fund Managers ,
Fund Sponsors ,
Institutional Investors ,
Pollution Control ,
Popular ,
Private Funds ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy ,
UK ,
United Nations
In the middle of February 2019, Brexit continues to be debated between Westminster and Brussels, despite the rapidly approaching deadline for the United Kingdom (U.K.) to leave the European Union (EU) on March 29, 2019. With...more
2/14/2019
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AIFs ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
CSSF ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Fund Managers ,
Luxembourg ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Passporting ,
Private Funds ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
In our August 2015 client alert, we reported on the European Union's tentative efforts to extend the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) marketing passport to managers and funds established in non-EU...more
On July 30, 2015, the pan-EU securities regulator, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), published two papers covering the application of the marketing “passport” under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers...more
The U.K. Treasury recently published its response to its January 2013 consultation on transposing the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). A revised draft version of the Alternative Investment Fund...more