Asia has historically been a bank-financed market. Debt structures have typically been straightforward and banks have traditionally been able to service the needs of corporates for both event-driven

On 3 August 2012 Belgium enacted a law creating a legal framework for Belgian covered bonds, thus joining the numerous European States that have already legislated on the matter.

All European firms engaged in investment business or providing investment services to clients should comply with MiFID II by 2 January 2017.

The European Union's new CRD VI directive fundamentally reshapes how US banks can conduct corporate lending across EU Member States, introducing mandatory branch licensing requirements that eliminate...

Fair pricing in financial services: FCA FS19/4 - summary of responses and next steps.

The start of 2023 has also seen a rise in the interest rates that are most often applied in a judicial context.

This RD is an amendment to the RD of 13 July 2014 on regulated real estate companies (B-REITs).

The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e-newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for June 2019

On 6 January 2020, the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) published a study on the financing of defined benefit pension schemes administered by insurance companies.

In its judgment of 15 June 2009, the President of the Brussels Commercial Court held in summary proceedings that the foreclosure of a pledge (pand/gage) on the bank accounts of a company under judicial composition could be considered as an abuse of a right when it may jeopardise the continuity of the company.

On 25 July 2018, the ECJ handed down its judgment in a case arising from the European Commission's 2013 decision on the "Spanish tax lease system" (Case C-128/16 P, Commission v Spain and others).

The Laws of 30 and 31 July 2013 increasing the protection of purchasers of financial products and services and broadening the competences of the financial regulator were published in the Belgian Official Journal on 30 August 2013

In recent times, there has been a surge in the number of investment firms and credit institutions operating exclusively online through websites or apps.

The Situation: Belgium's Law of October 22, 2017, modifies the REIT Regime by broadening the scope of REIT activities and relaxing the country's existing regulatory framework for REITs.

The term ‘sustainability' has outgrown its status of being a mere buzzword. Climate change has given the starting signal of a relay race in which the United Nations...

On 24 September 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal reduced the fines that the Financial Services and Markets Authority had imposed on Ageas, the successor in title of Fortis Bank, and on two of its former top executives...

In a previous e-zine, we discussed a Commission proposal (the Proposal) to accelerate the rollout of instant payments.

The Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's political guidelines for the next European Commission, along with the mission letter for Ms Maria Luís Albuquerque...