Europe: Finance and Banking

Specializing early can be a career risk—or a launchpad. For alumnus Jean Morice, who chose securitization, it's been the latter, as his latest promotion attests.

The ESG Ratings Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/3005, the "ESG Ratings Regulation") will apply from 2 July 2026 (having been published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 December 2024).

UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its Quarterly Consultation Paper 50 (CP 25/35), which includes proposals that aim...

Progress made on the Level 2 measures required to fully implement the EU Listing Act package but some key measures have not yet been published.

This article provides an introduction to listing private equity acquisition debt on The International Stock Exchange (TISE) as well as a summary of Appleby's listing agent services in the Channel Islands.

Despite progress under the Capital Markets Union (CMU) – relaunched as the Savings and Investments Union (SIU)Show Footnote –, European capital markets still face...

This means crypto ETNs that are traded on an FCA-recognised investment exchange are now allowed for professional investors. Are these crypto ETNs be MiFIR reportable?

In this podcast, Alberto Claretta-Assandri, head of Italy Funds and Financial Regulatory, and Tommaso Paltrinieri, senior associate from the restructuring team, provide an overview of the proposed reform of the Italian Financial Act with reference to the new insolvency-related measures applicable to Italian funds and their implications to the long-debated issue of their legal status.

The 1958 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention); The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and The Protocol to the Convention on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment (the Cape Town Convention);

Aviation Finance Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Germany, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

In this In Practice article we consider what comes next, after the Supreme Court judgment on secret commission payments in motor vehicle finance transactions.