Welcome to our newest edition of Schoenherr's quarterly to the point: finance newsletter (read online)! Every quarter we present a selection of legal developments in finance, corporate finance...

As a result of the financial and economic crisis, global foreign direct investment (FDI) has been declining since mid-2008.

The main feature of green bonds is the intention or the commitment to invest the net proceeds of the issue in green projects. Up to date, there is no binding legal framework and therefore...

The EU Listing Act, which is part of the European agenda to make public capital markets in the EU more attractive, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 14 November 2024.

By outsourcing production of major parts of car components, carmakers have also outsourced a substantial amount of their financing needs and associated risks to their suppliers.

The plaintiff in Case 1 Ob 38/03z -a banking corporation under Egyptian law with a Jordanian branch (the issuing bank)- has a long-standing business relationship with a Jordanian company. This Jordanian company ordered sanitary equipment from an Austrian company.

The 2008 financial crisis underscored the critical importance of banks to the economy. An efficient process for channelling savings into productive activities is vital for growth and general welfare.

Austrian tax law provides various reorganisation tools for companies in an economic crisis.

Der gestern bekannt gewordene Rohbericht des Rechnungshofs kritisiert die für die Verteilung der milliardenschweren CoV-Hilfen zuständige Covid-19-Finanzierungsagentur des Bundes (COFAG), stark.

In September 2015 the European Commission ("Commission") adopted an action plan on building a capital markets union (the "CMU") (the "CMU Action Plan").

Lange haben österreichische Venture Capital und Private Equity Fondsmanager auf gesetzliche Verbesserungen der Möglichkeiten zur Strukturierung von Fonds gewartet.

On 26 September 2017, the European Banking Authority ("EBA") and the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published the final report of their joint guidelines on the assessment...

Austria is gearing up to implement the EU Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency (known as the Restructuring Directive).

Jeden z nejdiskutovanějších současných legislativních počinů EU, nařízení o odlesňování (tzv. EUDR), provází od počátku legislativního procesu...

Austria has enacted significant reforms to consumer protection law, introducing stricter requirements for retail lending and distance contracts.

ESAs have published their Final Report on the draft implementing technical standards (ITS) for the European Single Access Point (ESAP)...

If cryptocurrencies aimed to disrupt payments and initial coin offerings (ICOs) did the same for venture capital, the latest crypto-craze goes after the core banking business: lending and deposit taking.

Welcome to our to the point newsletter. Every month we look back at the most relevant developments in the area of financial regulation in the CEE region.