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Looking Back To Navigate Forward: What The EU Supervisors’ 2025 Annual Reports Reveal For 2026
EU financial supervisory authorities have published their 2025 annual reports, revealing a fundamental shift from framework development to operational enforcement and implementation monitoring. The reports demonstrate how the European Banking Authority, ESMA, EIOPA, ECB-SSM, and Single Resolution Board are moving toward data-driven supervision, systematic DORA monitoring, and enhanced cross-sectoral coordination. What does this transition from rule construction to demonstrable, peer-comparable outcomes mean
Germany Finance
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PwC Legal Germany
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European Commission –Investigation Opened Into Possible Gun-Jumping In XXXLutz's Acquisition Of Porta
The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into potential gun-jumping violations by XXXLutz and Porta regarding XXXLutz's proposed acquisition of Porta, an Austria-Germany furniture retail transaction announced in January 2025. The investigation examines whether the parties may have implemented the merger before obtaining required regulatory approval, despite the transaction having an EU dimension requiring Commission notification.
Germany Anti-trust
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Nazali
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Part I: Managements Responsibility To Conduct Internal Investigations
German companies face a complex web of legal obligations when conducting internal investigations, spanning whistleblower protection, supply chain due diligence, market abuse regulations, and anti-money laundering requirements. This briefing examines the statutory foundations, trigger thresholds, and procedural timelines that determine when and how management must initiate, escalate, and document compliance inquiries.
Germany Commercial
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Mayer Brown
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Deepfakes, Chatbots, KI-Texte: EU-Kommission Konkretisiert Transparenzpflichten Der KI-Verordnung
The European Commission has published draft guidelines interpreting the AI Act's transparency obligations, establishing when and how organizations must disclose AI-generated content, deepfakes, and automated interactions. These guidelines clarify that deepfake labeling applies regardless of intent to deceive, that AI systems must identify themselves at the point of interaction, and that the editorial review exception for AI-generated text requires substantive human oversight with clear accountability.
Germany Technology
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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After The MiCAR Deadline: Enforcement, Liability And Legal Consequences For Non-Compliant CASPs From 1 July 2026
The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a definitive statement clarifying that the MiCAR transitional period expires on 1 July 2026, after which any entity providing crypto-asset services to EU clients without proper authorization will be in breach of EU law. This regulatory deadline represents a fundamental legal transformation of the EU crypto-asset market, affecting business models, contractual relationships, board exposure, and enforcement risk for crypto-asset service providers.
Germany Finance
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PwC Legal Germany
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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
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