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MISP Moves Into Political Negotiation: What More Than 1,900 Amendments Mean For The EU’s Future Market Architecture

The European Parliament has tabled over 1,900 amendments to the Market Integration and Supervision Package, transforming it from a straightforward proposal into a complex negotiation between competing models for European market supervision and infrastructure. As the Commission's original December 2025 proposal becomes obsolete and multiple parliamentary drafts emerge with conflicting visions, financial firms face critical questions about which supervisory architecture will ultimately govern their licenses

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Investment Management Client Alert August 2026

Germany's implementation of the EU AI Regulation assigns BaFin as the market surveillance authority for AI systems in financial services, while new guidance clarifies investment product classifications under PRIIPs and establishes transitional rules for ESG rating providers. BaFin also provides supervisory guidance on the Payment for Order Flow ban affecting investment firms and neo-banks.

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Bafin Consolidates Administrative Practice On Takeover Law In New Circular

Germany's financial regulator BaFin has issued comprehensive guidance consolidating its administrative practices for corporate takeovers under the WpÜG.

Germany Commercial

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McDermott Will & Schulte

ESMA Bestätigt Anwendung Bestehender Verbote Für Binäre Optionen Auf Event Contracts

Die ESMA hat klargestellt, dass Event Contracts mit binärem Auszahlungsprofil als Derivate unter bestehende EU-Produktinterventionsmaßnahmen fallen und deren Vertrieb an Retail-Kunden EU-weit verboten ist. Unternehmen, die solche Produkte oder vergleichbare Prediction-Market-Instrumente anbieten, müssen ihre Produktklassifizierung, Vertriebskanäle und MiFID-II-Zulassungsstatus dringend überprüfen und dokumentieren.

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Deutschlands PFOF-Verbot ist nun vollständig in Kraft: BaFin benennt drei unzulässige Umgehungsstrukturen und vieles mehr

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Investment Management Client Alert July 2026

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Germany’s PFOF Ban Is Now Fully In Force: Bafin Names Three Impermissible Circumvention Structures And Much More

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

PFOF Is Gone, The Conflict Of Interest Isn’t

Germany Finance

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A&O Shearman

Looking Back To Navigate Forward: What The EU Supervisors’ 2025 Annual Reports Reveal For 2026

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Examining The June 2026 Rapporteur Reports On MISP

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Prediction Markets Under The Regulatory Spotlight: ESMA’s Public Statement Confirms That Existing Binary Options Prohibitions Apply To Event Contracts

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

From Option To Obligation: ESMA’s Messaging Consultation Makes T+1 Operational Readiness A 2026 Priority

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

After The MiCAR Deadline: Enforcement, Liability And Legal Consequences For Non-Compliant CASPs From 1 July 2026

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Scope, Stablecoins, CASPs And More – MiCAR’s Dual Consultations Chart The Course For EU Crypto Regulation’s Next Chapter

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Local Division Düsseldorf, September 1, 2026, Decision On Infringement Action, UPC_CFI_307/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Incongruent Coverage (Section 131 Inso) – When Payments Made Under Pressure Backfire

Germany Insolvency

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Mayer Brown

Funding Solutions For GP Commitments In The German Market – With A Particular Focus On Defense Tech And Dual-Use Funds

Germany Finance

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Dechert

Lengthy Jail Terms For Machinery Exports To Russia

Germany International

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Duane Morris LLP

MISP Moves Into Political Negotiation: What More Than 1,900 Amendments Mean For The EU’s Future Market Architecture

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Investment Management Client Alert May 2026

European financial regulators are advancing major reforms across sustainable finance disclosure, investment firm risk management, and ESG ratings oversight. From stricter sustainability reporting requirements under SFDR 2.0 to streamlined fund reporting frameworks and new endorsement rules for third-country ESG ratings, these developments signal a significant shift in regulatory expectations for asset managers, investment firms, and rating providers operating in EU markets.

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Direct Payments Within The Supply Chain – Financial Support Of Suppliers In Crisis

When a contractor faces financial distress, companies often make direct payments to the contractor's upstream suppliers to maintain supply chain continuity.

Germany Insolvency

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Mayer Brown

Mind Your Messaging: Bafin Sets New Boundaries With Landmark Order On Advertising In Public M&A

A major European credit institution's public takeover offer has triggered unprecedented regulatory intervention by Germany's BaFin, which issued a landmark order prohibiting sensationalist advertising on social media platforms.

Germany Commercial

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PwC Legal Germany

Do I Have To Report Income From Abroad On My German Tax Return?

German tax residents must report worldwide income on their tax returns, including rental income from foreign properties and investment earnings from abroad.

GGI Global Alliance

Investment Management Client Alert April 2026

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

News From The SFDR 2.0 Engine Room – An Update On The Current Status Of The Process As Of Mid-April 2026

European Union Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Investment Management Client Alert March 2026

European Union Wealth Mgt

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K&L Gates LLP

ESMA's Record Fine On Governance And Control Failings Signals New Era Of Supervision

Germany Commercial

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PwC Legal Germany

Investment Management Client Alert January 2026

Germany Strategy

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K&L Gates LLP

Regulatory Monitoring - December 2025

Germany Finance

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A&O Shearman

Simplified Holder Control Procedures: New Regulation Effective From 25 November 2025

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

European Commission Publishes Package For Further Capital Market Integration

European Union Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Public Takeovers In Germany - How To Acquire A Publicly Listed Company In Germany

Germany Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Latest Information Regarding The Changes To The Foreign Trade And Payments Ordinance (AWV) Pursuant To Sections 63-73 AWV

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Simplified Holder Control Procedures: New Regulation Effective From 25 November 2025

On 25 November 2025, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) published the Regulation on the Simplification of Ownership...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

European Commission Publishes Package For Further Capital Market Integration

On 4 December 2025, the European Commission published proposals for the further development of capital market integration and supervision within the European Union.

European Union Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Public Takeovers In Germany - How To Acquire A Publicly Listed Company In Germany

For the successful acquisition of a publicly listed company in Germany, a bidder must carefully consider legal and strategic implications at each stage of the takeover process.

Germany Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Latest Information Regarding The Changes To The Foreign Trade And Payments Ordinance (AWV) Pursuant To Sections 63-73 AWV

Reducing unnecessary bureaucracy is an ongoing task for the German government. In the Coalition Agreement of the 20th legislative period, the governing parties agreed to reduce...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Investment Management Client Alert November 2025

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Digitalisierung des Kapitalmarkts: Der europäische Rechtsrahmen im Umbruch

Digitale Wertpapiere und Blockchain-Technologien gewinnen international an Fahrt. In Europa bremst jedoch ein restriktiver Rechtsrahmen.

Germany Finance

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Mayer Brown

ESMA Publishes Final Report On Technical Advice Concerning The Prospectus Regulation

On October 8, 2024, the EU Council adopted the Listing Act – a regulation amending, among other things, the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

Germany Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Regulatory Monitoring - May 2025

Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding German and European regulatory law in English language. Furthermore, we produce detailed briefings to cover key developments in the field of financial regulatory law.

European Union Finance

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A&O Shearman

Investment Management Client Alert May 2025

On 15 April 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final reports on the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and the Guidelines on Liquidity Management Tools (Guidelines).

Germany Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

ESMA Publishes Final Report And Final Draft RTS On Investment Firms' Order Execution Policies

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ESMA Publishes Final Report On Changes To MAR Inside Information Disclosure Rules

Germany Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Investment Management Update Germany–April 2025

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Revitalising The EU Securitisation Market

European Union Finance

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Transitioning Securities Settlement To T+1 In The EU

European Union Commercial

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PwC Legal Germany

Obligations Convertibles Inverses Et Abus De Droit

European Union Tax

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Mayer Brown

Employment Law Newsletter Issue 3 2024

Germany Employment

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Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Employment Law Newsletter Issue 4 2024

Germany Employment

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Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

ESMA Publishes Consultation Paper On Draft Technical Advice Concerning The Amended Prospectus Regulation As Part Of The Listing Act Package Focusing In Particular On Format, Content And ESG Information In EU Prospectuses

European Union Commercial

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Mayer Brown

EU's Final Adoption Of The Listing Act Package

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

BaFin Publishes Expectations On Minimum Number Of Directors Under German Securities Institutions Act (WpIG)

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Revisiting ESMA's 2023 CRA Market Share Report – What Now In 2024 And Beyond?

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

EU's DLT Pilot Regime – Where Do We Stand One Year On And What's The Outlook Ahead?

Germany Commercial

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PwC Legal Germany

Germany Improves Tax Benefits For Employee Share Plans

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Alvarez & Marsal

ESMA Publishes Five Consultations On Draft Delegated Regulations To Harmonise And Simplify The Fees It Charges Repositories, Certain Benchmark Administrators And Credit Rating Agencies

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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