In our annual financial services Horizon Scanning webinar, our regulatory team provided an overview of upcoming and expected changes for UK firms.
Partners from our UK team considered regulatory updates on the horizon for...more
The second issue of our newsletter focuses on some recent developments that have affected different areas of the EU and Italian regulatory framework over the last few months.
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On 17 February 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance Decree (the MEF Decree) entered into force and lays out the procedure which entities acting as virtual asset service providers (VASPs) and e-wallet service providers...more
On 1 December 2021, Legislative Decree No. 193 of 8 November 2021 (the Decree) implementing Directive 2019/879/EU (the BRRD II) into domestic law entered into force. Below is a short summary of some key issues to consider....more
As part of the proposed Banking Package (CRDVI), the European Commission has proposed a harmonised EU regulatory framework for third country bank branches.
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A high-level timeline summarising key dates and expected publications for the EU and UK MiFID Review.
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In our publication of 16 December 2020, we gave an overview of Italian case law in 2020 on the nullity of Interest Rate Swap (IRS) contracts: the majority of the decisions published at that time declared such contracts null...more
Serious risks of invalidity, restitution effects and possible defences.
Italian Courts issued numerous rulings on derivatives in the last decade: but the year 2020 has been particularly dense of judgments and could mark a...more
On January 10, the Council of Ministers adopted the legislative decree implementing delegated law no. 155 of 19 October 2017 (Delega al Governo per la riforma organica delle discipline della crisi di impresa dell’insolvenza),...more
Earlier today, the Italian Parliament approved the Italian Budget Law for the year 2018 (the 2018 Budget Law), which provides, inter alia, for amendments to Italian Legislative Decree no. 385 of 1 September 1993 (the Italian...more