Réglementation des cryptoactifs, la France pionnière

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The European Commission's (Commission) clarifications, published on ESMA's Q&A tool in December 2025, deliver the most authoritative guidance to date on the operation of ELTIF 2.0 and the ELTIF RTS.

The European Commission has released a comprehensive report outlining its reform agenda to address fragmentation in the EU banking market, simplify regulatory frameworks, and strengthen the international competitiveness...

On April 9, 2026, the French legislator published Ordinance No. 2026-255 of April 8, 2026 transposing Directive (EU) 2024/1619 (CRD VI) into French law (available here—French only)...

Le 2 février 2026, le projet de loi de finances pour 2026 (le « PLF 2026 ») a été considéré comme définitivement adopté dans le cadre de la procédure de l'article 49.3 de la Constitution

L'equity bridge est un financement octroyé à des fonds d'investissement, dont l'originalité est d'être couvert à tout moment par les engagements non appelés des investisseurs du fonds.

CRD VI introduces new EU-wide branch requirements for non-EU lenders providing banking services to European borrowers, with a critical July 2026 deadline approaching.

The EU Market Integration and Supervision Package represents a comprehensive overhaul of European financial services regulation, amending 19 separate pieces of legislation including MiFIR, MiFID II, EMIR, and MiCAR. Born from the 2024 Draghi Report and 2025 Competitiveness Compass, this sweeping reform seeks to address regulatory fragmentation across Member States while fostering deeper capital market integration and broader retail investor participation.

La Loi de finances pour 2026 (LF 2026) a été publiée au Journal Officiel le 20 février 2026. Le présent bulletin décrit brièvement une sélection de mesures fiscales qu'elle contient.

On September 18, 2026, President Donald Trump signed into law the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (Act), a significant package of sanctions, trade restrictions and related measures...

In this edition we round up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 11 September 2026.

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a letter from its Chair and Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.

On January 12, 2026, President Trump announced via Truth Social: "[e]ffective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay...

On 9 September 2026, the European Commission (the “Commission”) presented its proposal for a new Public Procurement Act, a significant reform of the EU public procurement framework...

China has a VAT rebate system that reduces the 13% domestic value-added tax (VAT) on certain exported goods.

In recent years, China's biotech scene has risen in prominence with its innovative R&D and promising pipelines commanding big pharma's attention. In this blog, we take a look at this trend, which sees China-related deals and investment continuing to flow, as well as the recent developments in the US, with draft legislation being proposed that seeks to impose restrictions which would impact transactions between US pharma companies and Chinese biotechs. 

Colombia has elected Abelardo De La Espriella as President, marking a pronounced shift to the right following the administration of Gustavo Petro. De La Espriella defeated left-wing senator Iván Cepeda in the June 2026 runoff by a narrow margin of less than 1%.

In this post we bring you a round-up of recent developments relating to the enforcement of UK trade sanctions breaches, together with news of further Russia-related designations

The decision makes it very clear that the consequences for lawyers who breach their professional obligations by misusing AI are likely to be serious.