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Two EU Directives Aim to Shape European Legal Framework for Green Claims and Greenwashing

The European legislator has initiated two directives with the intent of clarifying and unifying the EU’s legal framework on environmental claims, the EmpCo Directive and Green Claims Directive. Environmental, social, and...more

AIFMD II - A Moderate Reform After More Than 10 Years of Application of the AIFMD

The Alternative Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD - Directive 2011/61/EU) came into effect in Germany on July 22, 2013 when the AIFM Implementation Act came into force and brought about fundamental changes to German investment...more

Germany’s New Financial Market Integrity Strengthening Act

The Financial Market Integrity Strengthening Act includes a large number of innovations aimed at strengthening confidence in the German financial market by placing more comprehensive obligations on auditors when auditing...more

Germany Introduces Restructuring Procedure Outside Insolvency

The German Act on the Further Development of the Restructuring and Insolvency Law (Sanierungs- und Insolvenzrechtsfortentwicklungsgesetz – SanInsFoG) took effect on January 1, 2021, transforming the European Restructuring...more

Sovereign Wealth Funds Update: A Buyers’ Opportunity – the European Market and Key Considerations for Distressed M&A Transactions

Economic turmoil as a result of political instability and from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, together with unallocated capital and low interest rates, means that non-core, but potentially profitable, operations or...more

Germany Makes Substantive Amendments to Insolvency Act Amid COVID-19

In order to avoid a large number of corporate insolvencies, the German Parliament adopted a law on March 25 to mitigate the consequences of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in civil, insolvency, and criminal procedural...more

Future Marketing Rules for Non-EU Fund Managers in Germany

Germany’s private placement rules for funds will change again. On 19 July, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its advice on applying the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)...more

ESMA Advice on Extending the AIFMD Passport to Non-EU Countries

ESMA sees no significant obstacles to extending the AIFMD passport to nine key countries. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published advice to the European Commission, the European Parliament, and...more

Amendments to the German Voting Rights Notification Rules

New European transparency requirements have been transformed into German law. On 27 November, Germany will implement the Amendment Directive to the Transparency Directive (2013/50/EU, the Amendment Directive). The...more

Implementing Measures of European Market Infrastructure Regulation Take Effect

New clearing, risk mitigation, and reporting obligations imposed on certain derivative contracts. On 15 March, the first six implementing measures of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) entered into...more

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