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Investment Management Client Alert September 2025

On 9 September 2025, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin)...

Germany Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Digitalisierung des Kapitalmarkts: Der europäische Rechtsrahmen im Umbruch

Digitale Wertpapiere und Blockchain-Technologien gewinnen international an Fahrt. In Europa bremst jedoch ein restriktiver Rechtsrahmen.

Germany Finance

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Mayer Brown

FinTech Comparative Guide

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

Germany Technology

DMR Legal

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

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

European Union Finance

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Germany's Federal Ministry Of Finance On Cryptocurrencies And Tax: New Circular Answers Individual Questions (Part II)

Germany Technology

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Flick Gocke Schaumburg

Germany's Federal Ministry Of Finance On Cryptocurrencies And Tax: New Circular Answers Individual Questions (Part I)

Germany Technology

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Flick Gocke Schaumburg

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

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

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard Advises NxtAssets On Listing Of Bitcoin And Ethereum ETPs On SIX Swiss Exchange

Germany Technology

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Kellerhals Carrard

Effective And Legally Secure Government Regulation In Shaping Key Future Transformation Themes – Challenges And Solutions Approaches

Germany Commercial

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PwC Legal Germany

Aviation Finance Comparative Guide

Germany Transport

activelaw Offenhausen.Wolter PartmbB

CJEU Clarifies Scope Of Personal Data In EDPS v SRB Decision

European Union Privacy

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Jones Day

Cooperation And Outsourcing In The Financial Sector: Practical Lessons For Complex Contract Negotiations

Germany Finance

DMR Legal

Strengthening Employee-Driven Innovation At Munich Airport

Germany Employment

innosabi

Die erweiterte Gewerbesteuerkürzung – Urteil zu dem verdeckten Treuhandmodell als gewerbesteuerschädliche Tätigkeit

Germany Real Estate

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Regulatory Monitoring Newsletter, January 2025

BaFin has published its annual report on the risks it will focus on throughout the year in English and German. It sets out the main risks that BaFin...

Worldwide Technology

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A&O Shearman

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

The EU's Market in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) became fully operational as of 30 December 2024. As explored in PwC Legal's EU RegCORE' series...

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Blockchain Generation Method: Non-technical

This decision concerns an invention that relates to a blockchain generation apparatus and a blockchain generation method that generates blockchain data. Since the distinguishing features were considered non-technical.

Germany Technology

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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 Reverse Solicitation

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

German Parliament Passes Act On The Digitalisation Of Financial Markets

Germany Technology

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Mayer Brown

New EBA Guidelines On Restrictive Measures Key Take-Aways

European Union Finance

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Hengeler Mueller

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

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Demystifying DeFi In MiCAR

Germany Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

BaFin Publishes Expectations On Minimum Number Of Directors Under German Securities Institutions Act (WpIG)

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ESMA Delivers Opinion To Support The Convergent Application Of MiCAR

European Union Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

EBA Publishes Final Report On Draft RTS On Information Of A Proposed Acquisition Of Qualifying Holdings In Issuers Of ARTs Under MiCAR

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Demystifying DeFi In MiCAR

The EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR)Show Footnote, which becomes fully operational from 31 December 2024, is designed to regulate crypto-asset issuers (CAIs) and crypto-asset service providers (CASPs).

Germany Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

BaFin Publishes Expectations On Minimum Number Of Directors Under German Securities Institutions Act (WpIG)

On 11 September 2024, Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority published an Information Sheet (01/2024 (WA)) specifying its expectations when a securities institution must appoint at least two people as its management i.e. as managing directors.

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ESMA Delivers Opinion To Support The Convergent Application Of MiCAR

As discussed in extensive Thought Leadership coverage from our EU RegCORE as well as wider coverage across the PwC Network, the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) marks...

European Union Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

EBA Publishes Final Report On Draft RTS On Information Of A Proposed Acquisition Of Qualifying Holdings In Issuers Of ARTs Under MiCAR

On 7 May 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published three sets of final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) and one set of final draft implementing technical standards ..

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

EBA Publishes Final Report On Draft RTS And ITS On Information For Authorisation As Issuers For ARTs Under MiCAR

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

A Guide To Cryptocurrency Assets

Around the world, blockchain technology is developing at a rapid pace, and has the potential to significantly reshape market infrastructure. The EU has introduced new rules for a harmonized regulatory...

European Union Technology

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Rimon

EU's Revised Wire Transfer Regulation Published In Official Journal

On 9 June 2023, the EU's recastShow Footnote Wire Transfer Regulation (WTR II)Show Footnote (also sometimes referred to as the Transfer of Funds Regulation) was published in the EU's Official Journal.

European Union Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

Digital Products In The Metaverse: How NFTs Enable The Attribution And Distribution Of Digital Products And What Legal Aspects Distributors Must Consider

As described in our first article in our series on the metaverse (LINK), the metaverse is primarily used by companies to promote their own products and also to sell digital products.

Germany Technology

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Oppenhoff

ECB-SSM Set Enhanced Supervisory Focus On Digital Transformation Strategies And The Use Of FinTech

On 15 February 2023, the European Central Bank's (ECB) acting in its role as the head of the Banking Union's Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) published a document setting out...

Germany Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

In The (European) Eye Of The Storm – Securing Clarity And Certainty In Times Of Crisis And Market Turmoil

Worldwide Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

German Federal Fiscal Court: Capital Gains On Cryptocurrencies Are Taxable

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Oppenhoff

Key Impacts For EU Traditional And Cryptoasset Based Financial Services Following FATF's Publication Of Its February 2023 Plenary Session

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

German Authority And EU Bodies Target "Dark Patterns" In Trading Apps And Online Interfaces

Germany Technology

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Mayer Brown

EU Markets In Crypto-Assets Regulation Enters Into Force Soon

European Union Technology

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Mayer Brown

Tokenization, Ownership And Intellectual Property Rights

Germany Technology

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Mayer Brown

Revisiting The ECB-SSM's Supervisory Guides On License Applications For Various Banking Union Supervised Institutions

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Final Administrative Decree On Crypto Assets & Decision In ECJ Case C-641/17 & "CPP" & Federal Tax Court On Cum-/ex-transactions

Germany Technology

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WTS Global

Financial Services: EU Agrees New Financial Crime Tracing And Prevention Rules For Cryptoassets

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Economic Ownership And Securities Lending & WHT On Crypto Fund Units

Germany Technology

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WTS Global

Germany Introduces New Rules On Crypto Funds

Germany Technology

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Goodwin Procter LLP

BaFin Updates Its Warnings On Investments In Crypto-Assets

European Union Technology

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PwC Legal Germany

BaFin To Focus On Six Main Risks And Two Future Risks In 2022

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

BaFin Issues Warning For Investment Advice And Tips Using Social Media Or Messenger Services

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Final Version Of German Circular On Taxation Of Crypto Assets Published

Germany Technology

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