A recent decision of the German High Tax Court ("Bundesfinanzhof", in short BFH) is causing a major uproar among the German private equity houses and is likely to have a substantial impact - far beyond the tax implications for current fund structures - on the future of the German private equity business.

Der Vertrieb in der Autoindustrie befindet sich in einem strukturellen Wandel.

The German Ministry of Finance published a Draft bill (Referententwurf) on the further implementation of the EU Prospectus Ordinance and on the amendment of financial market laws.

With effect as of 2 August 2021, new rules will come into force, harmonising for the first time the pre-marketing of interests in undertakings for collective investments (UCIs) within the EU.

In der aktuellen Ausgabe widmen wir uns der Lage der Automobilindustrie nach der Corona-Krise und den Herausforderungen, die der Branche nun bevorstehen.

With the RESourceEU Action Plan, the European Commission is providing a key industrial policy impetus to secure critical raw materials in Europe.

On 19 February 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a consultation proposing amendments to the guidelines on delays in the disclosure of inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

European financial regulators are advancing major reforms across sustainable finance disclosure, investment firm risk management, and ESG ratings oversight. From stricter sustainability reporting requirements under SFDR 2.0 to streamlined fund reporting frameworks and new endorsement rules for third-country ESG ratings, these developments signal a significant shift in regulatory expectations for asset managers, investment firms, and rating providers operating in EU markets.

The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology ("BMWi") has presented plans to further tighten foreign investment review rules last week.

A German Investment Act and Investment Tax Act came in into effect in early 2004.

The finance ministry has drafted a new decree to resolve some of the doubts on the application of the thin capital rules following a change in the law for 2004.

In der aktuellen Ausgabe widmen wir uns der Zukunft des autonomen Fahrens sowie den Herausforderungen und nötigen Schritten auf dem Weg dorthin.

In our previous article, we outlined the turbulent environment ahead for the Industrial Goods sector in 2024...

Preis, Reichweite und Ladeinfrastruktur gehören zu den großen Herausforderungen der Zukunft

The accessibility of investment advice on social media platforms has grown significantly in the past years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Not every public sector investment project can be realized as part of a public-private-partnership (PPP). For those projects that cannot be realized in this form alternative forms of financing are available.

In unserer aktuellen Ausgabe widmen wir uns den Herausforderungen deutscher Automobilfirmen auf dem chinesischen Markt und betrachten künftige Erfolgsrezepte

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, “BaFin”) submitted a report on the “Grey Capital Market” to the German parliament’s finance committee on June 10, 2009.

The term "Cloud Computing" is generally used to describe services through which a company accesses software applications, databases, infrastructure and related services via the Internet or other networks.