Jul 21, 2023 Understanding the definition of investment advice under MiFID – ESMA revises 13-year-old guidance By Marius Raetz Alicia Hildner It has been a while since the CESR guidelines on “Understanding the definition of advice under MiFID” were published. To be precise, 13...
Jun 19, 2023 Reliability of ESG ratings? How the EU plans to regulate ESG rating providers By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Natalie Pettinger Kearney Elisabeth Schemmer +1 more... Show less On 13 June 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for regulating ESG rating providers. This draft EU Regulation (the...
May 25, 2023 UK-EU MoU on regulatory cooperation in financial services By Andrew Marsh Agreement The European Commission has given its consent to the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the UK and the...
Apr 18, 2023 Law and Politics in Brussels: Discussing the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive By Christoph H. Seibt Lea Bareil Marlen Vesper-Gräske Natalie Pettinger Kearney +1 more... Show less On 28 March 2023, an expert roundtable with Freshfields and global companies from different sectors met in Brussels with the responsible...
Jan 18, 2023 Financial industry fears inducement ban By Marius Raetz Alicia Hildner It’s that time of the year again. With the festive season behind us, initiatives blossom and produce another evergreen: the European...
Jun 28, 2022 Green Power v Spain: the first decision to ever uphold the intra-EU objection. Is this a turning point for ECT arbitrations? By Nathalie Colin Carsten Wendler Alexandra van der Meulen Gregorio Pettazzi +1 more... Show less Executive summary For the first time an investor-State tribunal upheld the intra-EU objection, holding that the ECT does not include a...
Jul 20, 2021 EU publishes legislative package to overhaul anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing legislation By Marcel Michaelis Daniel Travers Marius Raetz Janina Heinz Victor Garcia Lopez Eugene McQuaid +3 more... Show less Combating money laundering has long been high on the EU’s legislative agenda. In our May 2020 blogpost, we outlined the European...
Jul 19, 2021 Whistleblowing in the EU – less than six months to go before the directive’s implementation deadline! By Jean-Francois Gerard Holly Insley Thomas Granetzny Laura Llangozi +1 more... Show less 2021 is an important year for speak up culture in Europe as member states are due to implement the 2019 EU directive on whistleblower...
Mar 12, 2018 Brexonomics - how bad are the numbers? By Rupert Macey-Dare The UK government’s latest economic analysis of the potential cost-benefits of Brexit for Britain, the so-called “EU Exit Analysis Cross...
Dec 27, 2017 Rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU after Brexit By Nicola Squire An agreement on citizens’ rights was reached on 8 December following negotiations between the UK Government and the EU (the Agreement)....
Jul 13, 2017 Whistleblowing: three recent developments By Chantelle Nicholas It’s been a busy few weeks for whistleblowing news. Here is a round-up of three key developments: FCA whistleblowing reports: The number...
Jun 07, 2017 EU Commission consults on database law By Michael Haynes The European Commission has launched a public consultation on whether to change the Database Directive, which gives legal protection to...