European Union: Asset Finance

From January 2027, non-EU credit institutions providing core banking services to Irish aviation borrowers must navigate new Article 21c requirements under CRD VI. This guidance examines transaction-level analysis...

The Malta Financial Services Authority has published a second consultation paper introducing a comprehensive draft rulebook for aircraft financial leasing companies operating under a notification-based regime. This framework establishes detailed requirements covering eligibility thresholds, governance structures, due diligence protocols, and ongoing compliance obligations that will shape Malta's position in the international aviation finance market.

EU-headquartered credit institutions lending to Irish aviation and asset finance sectors through non-EU branches face questions about whether new CRD VI authorisation requirements apply to their operations. This analysis examines the regulatory framework's impact on cross-border lending structures and explores whether the location of a branch affects compliance obligations for institutions whose head offices remain within the European Union.

The National Growth Fund finances projects that contribute to sustainable economic growth in the Netherlands.

The scale of the challenge faced by the financial services industry as a result of the COVID-19 crisis is enormous. Regulators have indicated that they will be willing to show some flexibility...

The term ‘green loan' has become increasingly omnipresent in economic and market discourse. What is a ‘green loan' and what distinguishes it from your typical ‘loan'?

On 31 May 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published an opinion ("Opinion") which sets out general principles on supervisory approach in relation to relocations of entities...

Although most Brexit related media coverage of the financial services sector has focused to date on banking, on insurance and on market infrastructure issues post-divorce...

On 13 September 2016, the Cyprus Government approved the new Scheme for the Naturalisation of Investors in Cyprus by Exception. The said scheme is based on subsection (2) in section 111A...