European leveraged finance in 2023 was saddled with the negative effects of elevated interest rates. But as the market adjusts to the “new normal”, rate and price stability offer hope for a brighter 2024.
-Rising interest...more
1/30/2024
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Banking Sector ,
Buyouts ,
Debt ,
Debt Market ,
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Financial Institutions ,
Interest Rates ,
Investment ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Loans ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Refinancing
The past six months have seen difficult economic times in much of Europe, with governments and central banks seeking to respond to both the increases in costs of living and the need to curb inflation. Notwithstanding the...more
5/16/2023
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EMEA ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Italy ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Luxembourg ,
Popular ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Spain ,
UK
The recent conflict in Ukraine is affecting the entire global economy and causing severe consequences for many Italian companies. To address the current scenario, the Italian legislators introduced:
(i) a specific first...more
Borsa Italiana has released a new regulation, effective October 3, 2022, that simplifies the Euronext listing admission process.
Consistent with the listing rules of EU peer securities exchanges, the issuer and the...more
On 27 August 2022, the 2021 Annual Law for Competition (Law No. 118 of 5 August 2022) will enter into force.
The final law reflects the key provisions of the draft law issued by the Government on 4 November...more
The Italian Securities Commission (Consob) has enacted rules that allow the use of an English language prospectus for IPOs and rights issues in Italy and shorten the prospectus review period.
On August 1st, Consob...more
Consob initiated a public consultation concerning important new IPO rules aimed at simplifying and shortening the prospectus approval process and to reduce listing costs, which would bring Italian practice closer in line with...more
Since March 2020, the Italian Government has enacted a package of measures designed to help Italian businesses survive the dramatic effects of the coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic. The measures include guarantee schemes from...more
As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe.
Europe -
COVID-19 -
First and...more
As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more
12/4/2019
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Consumer Lenders ,
EU ,
EURIBOR ,
Foreign Entities ,
France ,
Germany ,
Insolvency ,
Italy ,
Leaseholds ,
Libor ,
Loans ,
Mortgage-Backed Securities ,
Poland ,
Real Estate Financing ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Rental Property ,
Residential Leases ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securitization ,
Spain ,
Special Purpose Vehicles ,
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) ,
UK ,
Withholding Tax
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
1/31/2019
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EU ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Investment Funds ,
Investor Protection ,
Italy ,
Member State ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Passporting ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK