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NPL players rethink strategy in a changing market

White & Case LLP on 9/5/2024

Elevated interest rates have led to an increase in European NPL volumes, but levels remain far below the peaks during the financial crisis period. NPL investors and servicers are rethinking their business models to adjust to...more

English High Court Enforces Asymmetric Jurisdiction Clause in a Syndicated Loan Facility Agreement

McDermott Will & Emery on 8/19/2024

On 24 May 2024, the English High Court granted final injunctive relief to Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays), both in the form of an anti-suit injunction and an anti-enforcement injunction, arising out of a syndicated loan...more

Revised Central Bank of Ireland’s Prospectus Regulatory Framework Q&A | Expansion of Euronext’s GEM to retail debt

Walkers on 3/21/2024

Revised Prospectus Regulatory Framework Q&A - On 7 March 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published its Prospectus Regulatory Framework – Questions & Answers 2nd Edition (the "Revised Q&A"). This...more

ELTIF 2 Chancen und Defizite

King & Spalding on 2/7/2024

BaFin veröffentlicht einen FAQ zur überarbeiteten ELTIF-Verordnung - Am 1. Februar 2024 hat die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) ein FAQ zur am 10. Januar 2024 in Kraft getretenen, überarbeiteten...more

Slovak FDI regime: what does it mean for your M&A and banking deals?

A&O Shearman on 10/20/2023

The Slovak FDI regime applies from 1 March 2023. What are the first impressions? The FDI Act dramatically expands the powers of certain Slovak authorities to scrutinise investments from the perspective of national security...more

Subdued macro conditions shelve major loan activity

White & Case LLP on 8/16/2023

Loan issuance across all major jurisdictions saw year-on-year double-digit declines during the first half of 2023, as high inflation and rising interest rates continued to weigh on loan activity The first half of 2023 has...more

UK Investment Research Review Signifies Further EU-UK Divergence on Unbundling Research Rules

A&O Shearman on 8/8/2023

The report and recommendations of the UK Investment Research Review were published on July 10, 2023. The recommendations have been accepted by the government and the Financial Conduct Authority has committed to prioritizing...more

European Commission Publishes Retail Investment Strategy

A&O Shearman on 6/6/2023

On May 24, 2023, the European Commission published a Retail Investment Strategy package aimed at enhancing retail investor protections across the EU and encouraging participation in the EU capital markets. The package...more

Financial institutions M&A: Payments

White & Case LLP on 9/24/2021

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: payments — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic drove e-commerce to levels never seen before—payment rail, service and solution providers responded with an...more

Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR): What To Expect

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/11/2021

As recently confirmed, the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), becomes effective on 10 March 2021. The SFDR imposes sustainability-related disclosure requirements on financial services institutions such as...more

We’ve Got You Covered: New European Covered Bond Framework

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/23/2019

The new framework should simplify the path for issuers seeking to market European covered bonds to investors in the US. Key Points: ..The new framework will create minimum product and technical standards for covered...more

Will Regulatory Reform Make Cryptoassets the Next Buyout Boom for Private Equity?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/13/2019

Recent and upcoming regulatory guidance on cryptoassets and the regulation of companies engaged in digital currency, such as issuers, crypto-exchanges, crypto-custodians, crypto-brokers, and other service providers, could...more

Quarterly Investment Update - 3rd Quarter 2018

Perkins Coie on 10/31/2018

Economic Commentary - The U.S. economy continues to show signs of improvement. Unemployment fell to 3.7 percent, and second quarter GDP grew to an annualized rate of 4.2 percent, which is the highest rate of growth since...more

European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Distributed Ledger Technologies

A&O Shearman on 10/17/2018

The European Parliament has adopted a non-legislative resolution entitled "distributed ledger technologies and blockchains: building trust with disintermediation." Of particular relevance to the financial services sector, the...more

The Growth of European Covenant Lite

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/18/2018

In 2016, global sponsors and their advisers were successful in continuing to export their experiences from financing transactions in the US leveraged loan and global bond markets to the European leveraged loan market and this...more

Proskauer’s Second Annual Survey on Trends in Private Credit Markets

Proskauer Rose LLP on 4/18/2018

We are delighted to share with you the results from our second annual Trends in Private Credit survey. This year’s survey was conducted via web from January 9th to February 9th 2018. In this report, we will share...more

Regulation Round Up - February 2017

Proskauer Rose LLP on 2/28/2017

The FCA and PRA announced changes to enforcement process with the aim of strengthening the transparency and effectiveness of enforcement decision-making processes. Some of the changes have already come into force, the rest...more

Bankers' poll: TLAC and the future of bank debt

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/3/2016

To say bank bonds had a rocky start to 2016 would be an understatement. Over the first weeks of January, the market’s significant gains from last year were essentially wiped out, with European issuers hit particularly hard....more

UCITS V Directive—Overview and Practical Implications

K&L Gates LLP on 10/15/2015

Changes to the UCITS Directive (known as “UCITS V”) were published in the Official Journal of the European Union and came into force on 17 September 2014. EU Member States are required to transpose UCITS V into national law...more

Securitisation: Keeping it Simple?

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 10/2/2015

On 30 September 2015, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”)1 intended to harmonise existing EU laws applying to securitisations (including proposed...more

International Sovereign Bonds Issuance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/22/2015

The increasing dynamism of the Sub-Saharan African economy coupled with the continent’s large financing needs have led Sub- Saharan African countries to consider alternative sources of external funding to finance their local...more

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