As the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) rarely intervenes in the discussion of current legal topics, its latest statement published on March 30, 2023 in its BaFinJournal under the (here translated) title...more
The Morgan Lewis Takeover Monitor documents public tender offers in Germany for Morgan Lewis clients and interested persons. This issue covers published and announced current offers as of October 12, 2022. The takeover offer...more
Current offers are driven by a number of objectives, ranging from a strategic investment to increase the target company’s future dividend capacity (voluntary takeover offer for shares of Deutsche EuroShop AG) to the...more
Herzlich willkommen zur fünften Ausgabe unseres Newsletters “Öffentliche Übernahmen in Deutschland”. Er gibt einen Marktüberblick über die im zurückliegenden Jahr 2021 in Deutschland nach dem Wertpapier- und Übernahmegesetz...more
Welcome to the fifth edition of our “Public Takeovers in Germany” newsletter. It provides an overview of public takeovers carried out in Germany in 2021 under the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG) and of...more
Overview of the German public M&A market in 2020 - While the COVID-19 pandemic also had an impact on the German takeover market in 2020 due to the mood of uncertainty that dominated stock market activity, it did not slow...more
BaFin, the German financial regulator, has recently begun to review performance fee calculation clauses in fund documents filed by non-German UCITS for marketing in Germany in a more systematic manner. In a number of...more
Germany is one of the most resilient economies in Europe and therefore very interesting for international investors. In the last few years, many investors from various jurisdictions have invested in Germany and in German...more
Despite a year of continued global political uncertainty and increasing enforcement, shareholder activism and foreign investment control activity, the 2018 outlook for Europe is positive overall. Skadden partners in the U.K.,...more
For the benefit of our clients and friends investing in European distressed opportunities, our European Network is sharing some current developments...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
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