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Investment Management Update Germany July 2025

On 26 June 2025, the German Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen, or BMF) published a new draft bill (following the formation of a new government) for an act to implement the DAC 8 Directive...

European Union Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

From Vision To Action – AMLA Publishes Its First Annual Work Programme

At the start of July 2025, AMLA - the EU's new "Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism" published its Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2025.

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ESRB Annual Report On Activities In 2024: Key Developments, Supervisory Priorities And Regulatory Implications

The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published its Annual Report on its activities in 2024 (the Report) in July 2025. The Report assesses the impact of external shocks—including heightened geopolitical tensions...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

European Accessibility Act Compliance: What Businesses In The EU Market Need To Know

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) establishes a unified regulatory framework for a broad range of products and services in the EU. The EAA aims to ensure that offerings are accessible to people...

European Union Finance

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Increased Liability For Board Members? Munich Regional Court I Re. Wirecard

Germany Finance

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Glade Michel Wirtz

EIOPA Releases 2024 Annual Report – Key Developments, Regulatory Initiatives And Strategic Priorities

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ESMA Releases 2024 Annual Report – Key Developments, Regulatory Initiatives And Strategic Priorities

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

EBA Releases 2024 Annual Report – Key Developments, Regulatory Initiatives And Strategic Priorities

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Regulatory Monitoring - May 2025

European Union Finance

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A&O Shearman

Regulierung der Barrierefreiheit, vor allem für Internetauftritte (E-Commerce-Webseiten)

Germany Finance

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Hengeler Mueller

ECB Publishes Guide To Consultation Of ECB By National Authorities Regarding Draft Legislative Provisions

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Annual Report On Sanctioning Activities In The SSM 2024: ECB-SSM Sets Out Key Findings And Regulatory Implications

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

The Emergence Of Request To Pay (RTP) From A Financial Services Legal And Regulatory Perspective

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

From Competitor To Competitor

Germany Employment

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A&O Shearman

EU Commission Approves French Winemakers' Sustainable Cooperation Agreement Under Antitrust Exemption

European Union Anti-trust

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Jones Day

FCO Tightens Grip On Cartels With Increasing Number Of Dawn Raids And Court Proceedings

Germany Anti-trust

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Luther S.A.

IP Quick Tip: How To Protect UPC Patent Litigation With An Anti-Anti-Suit Injunction (2025) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Focus IT&C – 2nd Quarter 2025

European Union Privacy

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Oppenhoff

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A Practical Guide On Debt Financing For A Luxembourg Holding Company: 10 Tax Situations To Monitor

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

Carry Forward Losses And Advance Tax Clearance Regarding A Financing Activity

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

Luxembourg EuVECA Managers And Luxembourg EuVECA Funds (European Venture Capital Funds)

Luxembourg Finance

CS

Chevalier & Sciales

ELTIFs (European Long-Term Investment Funds) And Luxembourg ELTIF Structures

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

A New Legal Landscape: A Close Look At Luxembourg's Arbitration Law Reform

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II Timeline - Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Investor Protection – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Activities And Services Performed By AIFMs – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Depositaries – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Distribution And National Private Placement Regimes – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

Capital Adequacy/BASEL

EBA Releases 2024 Annual Report – Key Developments, Regulatory Initiatives And Strategic Priorities

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its 2024 Annual Report in May 2025 (the Report), providing a comprehensive overview of its regulatory, supervisory and policy activities throughout 2024.

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

On 7 May 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its Final Report on, among other things, technical advice concerning EU Market Abuse Regulation...

Germany Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Regulatory Monitoring

The EBA has published its updated methodology for the assessment of regulatory and supervisory frameworks of non-EU countries.

Worldwide Finance

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A&O Shearman

EBA Publishes Its Annual Work Programme 2025 And Sets Out The Path To 2027

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Two CJEU Cases Provide Clarity On Supervision Of Credit Institutions And Cooperation On Deposit Guarantee Schemes

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

European Commission – Legislative Proposals For Reform Of The Crisis Management And Deposit Insurance (CMDI) Framework

European Union Insolvency

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PwC Legal Germany

ECB-SSM: Expert Group Report – Recommendations On European Banking Supervision

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ECB-SSM And EBA Update ECON On Recent Bank Failures – Focusing On The Outlook Ahead

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

EBA Publishes Report On Diversity Practices And The Gender Pay Gap At The Level Of The Management Body Of Banks

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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Debt Capital Markets

ESRB Annual Report On Activities In 2024: Key Developments, Supervisory Priorities And Regulatory Implications

The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published its Annual Report on its activities in 2024 (the Report) in July 2025. The Report assesses the impact of external shocks—including heightened geopolitical tensions...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Annual Report On Sanctioning Activities In The SSM 2024: ECB-SSM Sets Out Key Findings And Regulatory Implications

The European Central Bank (ECB) on 8 May 2024 published its Annual Report on Sanctioning Activities in the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) for 2024 (the Report). Report provides a comprehensive account...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

AlixPartners' 2025 DACH Debt Report: Commercial Headwinds Meet Maturity Walls

AlixPartners' 2025 DACH Debt Report provides an in-depth analysis of the changing financial landscape across the region, as companies respond to shifting economic conditions and new challenges.

Germany Commercial

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AlixPartners

Regulatory Monitoring

Germany Finance

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A&O Shearman

Investment Management Update Germany–April 2025

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

ECB Opinion On A Shorter Settlement Cycle Regulation

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Regulatory Monitoring

Worldwide Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

ECB Publishes Its SSM Annual Work Programme 2025

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ESMA Publishes Its Annual Work Programme 2025

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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Corporate Finance

New Insolvency Culture In Germany?

New insolvency culture in Germany? The Act for the Further Facilitation of the Restructuring of Companies (ESUG) provides for significant changes to German insolvency law

Germany Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Purchasing a Shelf Company After the GmbH Reform: Problems and Practice

So-called shelf companies are frequently used in connection with various corporate transactions.

Germany Commercial

JD

Jones Day

New Tax Reporting Obligations for German Investors in US/Offshore Private Funds

The German Ministry of Finance issued on 15 April 2010 a Tax Circular ("Tax Circular") clarifying the tax reporting obligations of German investors holding shares or similar interests in non-German partnerships and in other (corporate) entities.

Germany Finance

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Dechert

The legal form of a European Stock Corporation is an interesting alternative for mid-sized partnerships and also for large corporations

Germany Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

Bona Fide Transfers Of GmbH Shares Under The MoMiG

Germany Commercial

JD

Jones Day

Pooling Permitted: MoMIG Facilitates Cash-Pooling Agreements For German GmbHs

Germany Commercial

JD

Jones Day

Management Liability Based On Inadequate Due Diligence In Corporate AcQuisitions

Germany Commercial

JD

Jones Day

New Rules For Shareholder Debt Financings : Reform Of The Law Governing The Equitable Subordination Of Shareholder Loans By The Limited Liability Company Modernization Act

Germany Finance

JD

Jones Day

Problems In Integrating German Companies In Group Structures

Germany Commercial

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Jones Day

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Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

Court Of Justice Of The European Union Clarifies Expectations On Consumer Protection And Mortgage Enforcement

On 24 June 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its judgment in Case C-351/23 (GR Real) (the Judgment). The case arose from a Slovak context...

Germany Consumer

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PwC Legal Germany

Securitisation 2024

The Securitisation 2024 guide features over 20 jurisdictions. The guide covers the latest developments in insolvency laws, special-purpose entities, the construction of bankruptcy-remote transactions...

Germany Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

The EU's New Credit Servicers Directive – Where Are We Now?

The EU's new Credit Servicers Directive is well on its way to becoming a reality. As part of the process, the European Parliament's ECON committee recently published two reports...

European Union Consumer

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Dentons

Vereinigung von Grundstücken – Voraussetzungen und Verfahren

Germany Real Estate

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SKW Schwarz

Making Wells Fargo A Major UK Market Player Through Europe's Largest-Ever Loan Trade

Germany Finance

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Dechert LLP

ESMA Calls For Common EU Harmonized Legal Framework For Loan-Originating Funds

European Union Finance

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POELLATH

Most Recent Changes To The German Regulatory Situation For Debt Funds

Germany Finance

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Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Loan Origination And Loan Restructuring By German AIFs – New Administrative Practice Of The BaFin

Germany Finance

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Allen & Overy LLP

Standard Confidentiality Agreement For German Loan Transactions

Germany Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

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Latest Videos

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Central Bank Of Ireland Issues Modernised Consumer Protection Code 2025 (Video)

BW

Byrne Wallace

One Step Ahead Insights Podcast: Episode 3 (Video)

AO

A&O Shearman

Sustainable Finance Week 2024 (Video)

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Arthur Cox

Cyprus Investment Firms - Capital Adequacy Reports (COREP) Mistakes To Avoid (Video)

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CYAUSE Audit Services Ltd

What Are The Key Developments In Malta's Fund Management Sector? (Video)

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LINDEMANNLAW

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