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As of January 2024, France, Germany and Poland have officially withdrawn from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Their decision to withdraw from the treaty follows a recent European Commission proposal for a mass exodus from...more
On October 25, 2023, the European Council adopted the European Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), a new voluntary regime for green bonds that aims to solidify the EU's position as a leader in sustainable finance, reduce...more
On 30 June 2022, the European Council (Council) and the European Parliament (Parliament), announced that they had reached a provisional agreement on the proposal for regulation on markets in cryptoassets (MiCA), which covers...more
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ("BaFin") has published a consultation on draft guidelines for sustainable investment funds containing specifications on what UCITS and AIF management companies must include...more
The Principality of Liechtenstein lies at the centre of Europe, nestled between Switzerland and Austria, next to the river Rhine. The form of government is a constitutional monarchy established on democratic parliamentary...more
EMIR: ESMA report on post-trade risk reduction services - The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a report on post-trade risk reduction (PTRR) services under the European Market Infrastructure...more
A new landmark free trade agreement between Vietnam and the European Union entered into force on 1 August 2020. The agreement provides expansive preferential treatment for both goods and services, recognition and protection...more
Vietnam's executive body, the National Assembly, has ratified key investment treaty agreements with the European Union ("EU") and passed a number of other laws relevant to foreign investors. The ninth session of the 14th...more
- After four years of negotiations, the EU and Mexico announced on April 28, 2020, the finalization of an updated free trade agreement between them. This is expected to further boost the significant bilateral trade and...more
Yesterday, 8 April 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced a series of measures in response to the coronavirus crisis designed to help issuers raise new capital while retaining an appropriate degree of investor...more
The EU watchdog, The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), which coordinates securities market supervision across the 27 countries of the European Union, announced on March 11 that it was prepared to use its...more
On Tuesday, a U.S. federal tax court began hearing arguments regarding Facebook’s 2010 tax bill. The IRS valued Facebook at $13.8 billion, while Facebook reported only $6.5 billion. The final tally could potentially cost...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its Strategic Orientation for 2020-2022, setting out its longer-term objectives for regulating financial markets. The previous Strategic Orientation covered the...more
The last few weeks have seen a raft of new investor-state arbitrations under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), including the first known investor-state claim against the European Union (EU) itself. These claims largely arise...more
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities has published its 2020 work program, outlining revisions to the Joint Committee’s scope of work and the matters it will focus on in 2020. The Joint Committee...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its Annual Work Programme for 2020. The Work Programme sets out ESMA’s focus areas for 2020 and provides details of expected outputs within each of the areas. In...more
Cov-lite loans can leave lenders with limited restructuring options, but creative lenders will still find ways to bring debtors to the table - Recent data shows that investor protection in loan documents has fallen to its...more
On 20 July 2017, the EU Prospectus Regulation (the “Prospectus Regulation”) entered into force. The Prospectus Regulation was created as part of a group of proposals identified in the European Commission’s Capital Markets...more
Bond Connect applications - The Central Bank of Ireland confirmed on 21 March 2019 that it would begin to accept applications from Irish authorized investment funds to participate in China Bond Connect ("Bond Connect")....more
After its entry into force on 20 July 2017, the new Prospectus Regulation ("PR3") will become fully applicable from 21 July 2019. It will replace the previous EU Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive"). The change...more
European Leveraged Finance Alert Series: Issue 3, 2019 - Investors in high yield debt expect protections to be included in documentation in order to prevent bond issuers from taking certain actions that deteriorate credit...more
On January 24, 2019 the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance ("MEF") published a press release announcing that the Italian government has readied a set of measures necessary to ensure full continuity for financial markets...more
AIFMD – updated ESMA Q&A - ESMA published updated Q&As on the application of the AIFMD on October 4. ESMA has added a new Q&A clarifying the application of the AIFMD notification requirements with regard to AIFMs managing...more
Commons Treasury Committee report on crypto-assets - The House of Commons Treasury Committee published its report on crypto-assets. The report relates to the digital currencies inquiry the Committee launched earlier this...more