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On March 9, the European Commission adopted a series of measures to foster investment and financing the transition to climate neutrality and a net-zero industry in the EU. To this end, the Commission has...more
La Loi de finances pour 2023 (LF 2023) a été publiée au Journal Officiel le 31 décembre 2022. Le présent bulletin décrit brièvement une sélection de mesures fiscales qu’elle contient. Veuillez consulter la publication...more
There are widely varying opinions on blockchain and cryptocurrency. Corporate and TMT expert Nicholas Kuria recently spoke to Africa Legal about the impacts of the technology on business, nations and lawyers. Originally...more
The German capital market needs to be modernized to remain efficient and competitive. Therefore, the German Government published a paper outlining a German Future Financing Act (Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz)1 on 29 June 2022,...more
È stato pubblicato sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale, Serie Generale n.38, del 15 febbraio 2021, il decreto del Ministro dello Sviluppo Economico di concerto con il Ministro dell’Economia e delle Finanze del 28 dicembre 2020 (il...more
The Minister of Economic Development in agreement with the Minister of Economy and Finance published the Decree December 28, 2020 which implements the incentives provided for by Article 38, paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 of...more
Corona-Matching-Facility Builds on Well-Established Structures In its recent statement, the German government recognized the innovative power that startups and young technology companies have and how important these...more
The Federal Government of Germany announced measures to support Start-Ups, smaller and growing businesses during the COVID-19 crisis....more
The global outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a significant impact on businesses globally. This is particularly true for the start-up industry as companies may be facing immediate cash-flow, debt and staffing...more
2019 was an interesting year, especially politically and legally. Yet Indonesia has made it to 2020 better and stronger. ...more
The lack of readily available funds that often exists within a growing small or medium technology enterprise (Tech-SME) can result in management having to juggle many competing priorities; unfortunately, this sometimes means...more
È stato pubblicato, nella Gazzetta Ufficiale del 5 luglio 2019, n.156 il Decreto del Ministero dello Sviluppo economico del 7 maggio 2019 recante le modalità di attuazione degli incentivi fiscali all’investimento in start-up...more
In recent years, in Italy a constant growth in investments to emerging Italian companies (i.e. the "start-ups") has taken place. ...more
With crypto-currencies on the rise and technological developments providing great opportunities in the financial services sector, Initial Coin Offerings ("ICO") provide an innovative way of raising capital. They are...more
Recently, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, announced the launch of a new regulatory framework (the Framework) for operators of Private Financing Platforms (PFPs). PFPs will...more
The new EU Prospectus Regulation (the “New Prospectus Regulation”), which entered into force on 20 July 2017 (although many of its provisions take effect on 21 July 2018 and 21 July 2019), aims to facilitate access to capital...more
On 1 August 2017, the Dubai Financial Services Authority ("DFSA"), the regulator of financial services and securities in the Dubai International Financial Centre free zone ("DIFC"), introduced a regulatory framework for loan...more
On June 15, 2017, the Italian Senate approved the conversion into law of Law Decree No. 50, dated April 24, 2017, whereby small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) are given recourse to equity crowdfunding that was...more
How do private equity funds typically obtain their funding? Private equity funds continued to have a diverse investor base in 2015. Although with a significant decrease from the 2014 figure of 68%, about 48% of the...more
On 11 September, TeliaSonera and Telenor have abandoned the proposed merger of their business units in Denmark. The contemplated transaction would have resulted in the establishment of a joint venture active in the provision...more
On September 30, the European Commission (EC) launched the Capital Markets Union (CMU) Action Plan as the initial blueprint to help build a single market for capital within the European Union. The intention of the CMU is to...more
On 30 September, the European Commission released its Action Plan for a Capital Markets Union (the “Action Plan”). The Capital Markets Union (“CMU”) is one of the key elements of the broader Investment Plan for Europe...more