Finance Law and Banking Law

Our Asset Finance partner Donna Ager joined the latest ISTAT Chats session where she explored key legal and strategic trends impacting aviation leasing.

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

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

Yesterday, ESMA has published a discussion paper on key concepts of the AIFMD (the "Discussion Paper") and invited comments to specific questions raised.

A recent decision of the German High Tax Court ("Bundesfinanzhof", in short BFH) is causing a major uproar among the German private equity houses and is likely to have a substantial impact - far beyond the tax implications for current fund structures - on the future of the German private equity business.

P+P has been assisting the European Venture Capital Association in drafting answers to the Consultation Papers.

In the context of secured financings, lending banks often require a pledgor to issue a sale power of attorney for the asset pledged (ie, shares, real property or other assets).

Ireland offers an attractive regime in which to establish regulated investment funds and is a preferred location for fund administration, custody and management.

On 22 July 2011, ESMA issued a discussion paper setting out policy orientations on possible guidelines for structured UCITS.

On 17 June 2025, the European Commission (the "Commission") published its proposed measures to revive the securitisation framework in the European Union ("EU"), with a view to making it simpler and more fit for purpose.

On 5 June 2025, the European Commission published a consultation regarding a draft Delegated Decision on the renewal of the equivalence...

The European Banking Authority's (EBA) consultation on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the list of minimum information to be provided to the relevant competent authority at the time of the notification of the proposed acquisition of qualifying holdings in a credit institution closes on 18 September 2025.