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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

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

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its 2024 Annual Report in June 2025 (the Report), providing a comprehensive...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its 2024 Annual Report in June 2025 (the Report), providing a comprehensive overview...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

Regulatory Monitoring - May 2025

European Union Finance

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A&O Shearman

Investment Management Client Alert May 2025

Germany Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

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

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

Germany Commercial

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AlixPartners

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

Germany Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Regulatory Monitoring

Germany Finance

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A&O Shearman

European Court Of Justice Reviews Directors' Liability For Cartel Fines

Germany Anti-trust

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Kinstellar

Investitionen in die Verteidigungsindustrie – Herausforderungen und Chancen in einem hochregulierten Bereich

Germany Government

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Noerr

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

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

The Trouble With Trading App Outages

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Tax-Savvy Selling: Getting Exit-Ready The Right Way

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Alvarez & Marsal

Investment Management Update Germany–April 2025

On 14 March 2025, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht - BaFin) published a draft Guidance Note...

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Making Sense Of MAC And Force Majeure Clauses In The Time Of Tariffs

Turbulent market conditions, in particular as a result of uncertainty around tariffs and geopolitical tensions in 2025, are causing significant complexities in contractual...

Worldwide International

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PwC Legal Germany

ECB Opinion On A Shorter Settlement Cycle Regulation

On 31 March 2025, the European Central Bank (ECB) issued an opinion on the proposed regulation to amend Regulation (EU) No 909/2014...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

The Trouble With Trading App Outages

Not being able to access one's own brokerage account via an app or by other electronic means can be frustrating…even more so when speed may be of the essence especially when wanting...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Germany's 2025 Coalition Agreement – Key Takeaways For Financial Services Firms

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Revitalising The EU Securitisation Market

European Union Finance

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

ESMA Letter On Prioritisation Of 2025 Deliverables

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Regulatory Monitoring

Worldwide Finance

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A&O Shearman

The EU's 2025 Savings And Investments Union Strategy

European Union Strategy

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PwC Legal Germany

ECB Publishes Its SSM Annual Work Programme 2025

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Germany Creates Improved Framework Conditions For Investments In Infrastructure Funds

Germany Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Corporate Sustainability Reporting In The EU: Simplification, Decluttering, And Regulatory Burden Reduction Under Omnibus I Or Continued Uncertainty?

European Union Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

European Commission Publishes A "Competitiveness Compass" And Its Annual Work Programme – Key Aspects For Financial Services

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

The Evolution Of German Investment Regulation

Germany Commercial

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Germany Creates Improved Framework Conditions For Investments In Infrastructure Funds

Conditions for direct or indirect investment in infrastructure have significantly improved for German regulated investors covered by the Investment Ordinance (Anlageverordnung) in regard to the investment of their secured assets.

Germany Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Corporate Sustainability Reporting In The EU: Simplification, Decluttering, And Regulatory Burden Reduction Under Omnibus I Or Continued Uncertainty?

The keenly awaited details of the EU's proposed first omnibus package were published on 26 February 2025. The package includes amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

European Union Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

European Commission Publishes A "Competitiveness Compass" And Its Annual Work Programme – Key Aspects For Financial Services

Improving competitiveness, including by way of simplification plus regulatory burden reduction, and the strategic autonomy of the EU's Single Market...

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

The Evolution Of German Investment Regulation

In February 2025, the German investment landscape experienced a significant shift with the amendment of the German Ordinance Act, Anlageverordnung (AnlV)...

Germany Commercial

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Germany's Cannabis Market: Regulatory Growth And International Expansion Opportunities

Germany Cannabis

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Oppenhoff

Back To The Drawing Board? European Commission Rejects DORA Subcontracting RTS

The EU's Regulation, known as the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into effect on 17 January 2025. DORA sets out a comprehensive legislative, regulatory and supervisory framework for financial entities...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

German Obligors In Cross-Border Financing Transactions

This article, authored by international secondee Pascal Urban from Gleiss Lutz, was first published in the January 2025 issue of Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law.

Germany Finance

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Travers Smith LLP

Federal Court Of Justice Affirms That Claims For Information On Bank Fees May Be Assigned To Debt Collection Companies

The Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) (case no. XI ZR 111/23) has ruled that claims for information on banking fees agreed on and paid for in the past can in principle be assigned and that this applies...

Germany Finance

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Noerr

MiCAR – Final Guidelines On Systems Maintenance And Security Access Protocols For Crypto-Assets Other Than ARTs And EMTs

The EU's Market in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) became fully operational as of 30 December 2024.

European Union Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

MiCAR – Final RTS Published On Information Of A Proposed Acquisition Of Qualifying Holdings In Issuers Of ARTs

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

MiCAR – Final RTS Specifying Certain Requirements In Relation To The Detection And Prevention Of Crypto-Asset Related Market Abuse

European Union Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

MiCAR – Final Guidelines On Qualification Of Crypto-assets As Financial Instruments

European Union Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

MiCAR – Final Guidelines On Reverse Solicitation

European Union Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

ESMA Consults On Draft Guidelines On The Internal Control Systems Framework For Some Of Its Supervised Entities

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ESMA Consults On Technical Advice On Listing Act Implications

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ECJ Ruling On The Independence Of National Resolution Authorities – Strengthening Of Shareholder And Bondholder Rights

Germany Commercial

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PwC Legal Germany

New VAT Rules For Online Events: What Providers Now Need To Know!

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Flick Gocke Schaumburg

Ministry Of Finance Circular Of 8 October 2024: Daily Tax Table For Wage Tax De-duction Pushed Back To 2025

Germany Employment

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Flick Gocke Schaumburg

German Parliament Passes Act On The Digitalisation Of Financial Markets

Germany Technology

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Mayer Brown

AIFMD II Update: ESMA Consultation Paper On Open-ended Loan-Originating AIFs

Germany Finance

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Hengeler Mueller

Single Resolution Board Publishes Its Annual Work Programme 2025

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Corporate Loans And Real Estate In Germany (Podcast)

Germany Finance

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Mayer Brown

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) And Its National Transposition In The Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

EU Listing Act Package Goes Into Effect In Early December

European Union Finance

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Mayer Brown

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"Investment" And "Establishing A Newco" In Hungary

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Miran Legal

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

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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

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通过投资获得马耳他公民身份 (Video)

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CSB Group

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

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Byrne Wallace

One Step Ahead Insights Podcast: Episode 3 (Video)

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A&O Shearman

Krypto I Blokady Kont Bankowych – Bankowe Bezprawie

KHG Hupajlo Grzegorczyk & Partners

Sustainable Finance Week 2024 (Video)

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Arthur Cox

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