Debt issuance linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics has accelerated at an unprecedented pace in 2021, as issuers move to position their credits to meet swelling investor demand for green and...more
The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit presents for different...more
The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit presents for different...more
Brexit: Fresh Perspectives -
The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that...more
The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit presents for different...more
8/3/2021
/ Data Protection ,
Dispute Resolution ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Germany ,
Italy ,
Member State ,
State Aid ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Agreements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Withdrawal Agreement
The efficiency of the debt capital markets runs on a high degree of homogeneity and standardisation, which enables market participants to make time-sensitive and informed decisions based on a high degree of comparability...more
The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit presents for different...more
The Government's proposed Internal Market Bill has prompted much debate regarding the UK's approach to international law, as well as the internal constitutional architecture of the UK. The EU has raised the prospect of a...more
9/23/2020
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Customs ,
Dispute Resolution ,
EU ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Northern Ireland ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Subsidies ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Withdrawal Agreement
Economic and fiscal challenges of implementing debt relief in Africa -
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose unprecedented challenges to countries worldwide, the impact is even more critical on developing countries...more
9/23/2020
/ Africa ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Creditors ,
Debt Relief ,
Default ,
Developing Countries ,
DSSI ,
Financial Distress ,
Foreign Sovereigns ,
G20 ,
Private Funds ,
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) ,
World Bank
The European Central Bank has launched a EUR 750 billion bond purchase programme designed to mitigate the enormous economic and financial risks to the Eurozone caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The creation of the "Pandemic...more
European Leveraged Finance Client Alert Series: Issue 7 -
The term "private placement", while having a relatively settled meaning in US financings, can have a variety of meanings in Europe. White & Case's European...more
The EU sustainable finance market has developed organically, guided by voluntary but universally accepted principles. According to recent research, climate change could cost up to 19 per cent. of Global GDP by the end of...more
6/5/2019
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Benchmarks ,
Carbon Off-Set Credits ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Credit Ratings ,
Economic Action Plan ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Green Bonds ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
MiFID II ,
Paris Agreement ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Structured Finance ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy ,
UCITS ,
United Nations
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
4/5/2019
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EU Prospectus Regime ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Investor Protection ,
National Competent Authorities (NCA) ,
New Rules ,
Prospectus ,
Prospectus Regulation (PR3) ,
Public Offerings ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Factors
Essential features of bank capital regulation across Europe in one handy wall chart.
Regulatory capital requirements for prudentially supervised financial services companies across Europe are complex and changing rapidly....more
3/26/2019
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Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CRD IV Directive ,
Credit ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Insolvency ,
MREL ,
TLAC
The EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 requires Parliament to pass a motion approving the withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future relationship between the UK and the EU. This so-called 'meaningful vote' was due to take...more