The Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), has published guidance regarding procedures to be followed by non-EEA firms when providing certain investment services in...more
The Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), and the Luxembourg government recently have taken measures to prepare for Brexit. In other developments, the Law of the...more
Europe is the largest market for fund products after the United States. However, despite the advances of the European single market, there remains a confusing combination of pan-European and country specific rules governing...more
As summarized in previous Dechert OnPoints, Germany has introduced a framework for direct lending funds in March 2016 by enacting the UCITS V Implementation Act (the "Act"). The changes implemented by the Act also allowed...more
The implementation of the AIFM Directive has afforded the French legislature the opportunity to simplify its range of regulated investment vehicles, with the aim of making France’s financial markets more attractive – both to...more
The voters have spoken. Britain will (absent any new deals) leave the EU. Under the EU Treaty, the exit process should take at least two years. During this two-year period, UK-based asset management entities, including...more
Federal Ministry of Finance Guidance on Tax for Closed-Ended AIFs - The Federal Ministry of Finance has issued guidance on 12 February 2015 that broadens the favorable tax regime for investment partnerships applicable to...more
Recap of popular updates covering latest developments in the European Union....more
Following up on our Client Alert as of 18 February 2014 which covered the implications the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) will have on US fund managers in general, this Client Alert sets out the...more
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is due to take effect in member states of the European Economic Area (EEA) on July 22, 2013. Some EEA member states (including Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg,...more
The Luxembourg Parliament passed the law on the transposition of the AIFMD (the “AIFM Law”) on 10 July 2013. The AIFM Law will become effective on the day it is published in the Luxembourg official gazette, which will take...more
Our Investment Funds group has received an update on the changes to the private placement rules for marketing of alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) in Germany following the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund...more