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EBA Publishes Report On Exemption Of Third Country Entities From The Requirement To Set Up A Branch For The Provision Of Banking Services To EU Financial Sector Entities

EBA publishes report on exemption of third country entities from the requirement to set up a branch for the provision of banking services to EU financial sector entities...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

AMLA Signs MoUs With ECB-SSM And ESAs On Cooperation And Information Exchange In The Performance Of Their Respective Tasks

On 27 June 2025, the EU's new Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the European Central Bank (ECB)...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

At the start of July 2025, AMLA - the EU's new "Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism" published its Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2025.

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ESRB Annual Report On Activities In 2024: Key Developments, Supervisory Priorities And Regulatory Implications

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

Court Of Justice Of The European Union Clarifies Obligations Of Bankruptcy Courts To Assess Unfair Contract Terms In Consumer Insolvency Proceedings

Germany Consumer

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PwC Legal Germany

Verschärfte Organhaftung? LG München I I.S. Wirecard

Germany Commercial

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Glade Michel Wirtz

Increased Liability For Board Members? Munich Regional Court I Re. Wirecard

Germany Finance

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Glade Michel Wirtz

Court Of Justice Of The European Union Clarifies Expectations On Consumer Protection And Mortgage Enforcement

Germany Consumer

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PwC Legal Germany

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

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

Ensuring „Accessibility" – New Legal Requirements For Many Products And Services From June 29, 2025

Germany Commercial

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SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz

EU Commission Signs-off On ESG Related Competitor Collaboration

Germany Anti-trust

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Jones Day

IP Quick Tip: How To Protect UPC Patent Litigation With An Anti-Anti-Suit Injunction (2025) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

EU AI Act: Wichtige Compliance-Anforderungen ab August 2025

European Union Technology

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

International Arbitration Comparative Guide

Germany Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Regulatory Monitoring - May 2025

Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding German and European regulatory law in English language. Furthermore, we produce detailed briefings to cover key developments in the field of financial regulatory law.

European Union Finance

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A&O Shearman

Investment Management Client Alert May 2025

On 15 April 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final reports on the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and the Guidelines on Liquidity Management Tools (Guidelines).

Germany Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Regulierung der Barrierefreiheit, vor allem für Internetauftritte (E-Commerce-Webseiten)

Nach dem Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (BFSG) müssen Produkte und Dienstleistungen für Menschen mit Behinderungen in der üblichen Weise, ohne besondere Erschwernis und grundsätzlich ohne fremde Hilfe auffindbar...

Germany Finance

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Hengeler Mueller

ECB Publishes Guide To Consultation Of ECB By National Authorities Regarding Draft Legislative Provisions

The European Central Bank (ECB) has during April 2025 updated and on 6 May 2025 published an updated Guide to consultation by national authorities...

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

Investment Management Update Germany–April 2025

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

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

Worldwide International

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PwC Legal Germany

ECB Opinion On A Shorter Settlement Cycle Regulation

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

The Trouble With Trading App Outages

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

ECB Publishes Its SSM Annual Work Programme 2025

Every year, usually during the fourth quarter, the Banking Union relevant supervisory authorities, comprised of the European Central Bank (ECB), acting at the helm of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM)...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

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

ESMA Publishes Consultation Paper On Draft Guidelines On "Product Supplements"

Germany Finance

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Mayer Brown

Time Is An Illusion. Lunchtime Doubly So*

Germany Finance

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A&O Shearman

Regulatory Monitoring Newsletter, January 2025

Worldwide Technology

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A&O Shearman

ESMA Publishes Its Programming Document 2026-2028

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

German Obligors In Cross-Border Financing Transactions

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

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

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

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Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

Carry Forward Losses And Advance Tax Clearance Regarding A Financing Activity

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Luxembourg Finance

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Bernitsas Law

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CSB Group

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Byrne Wallace

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A&O Shearman

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