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Evelyn Maher and Christoforos Soteriou lead you through the regulatory environment and update you on recent developments. You can listen also on Spotify or on BSP's YouTube channel. Listen to "Episode 1 - AML legal framework applicable to registered AIFMs" on Spreaker. Listen to "Episode 2 - AML

On 28 May 2021, ESMA published updates to its Questions and Answers (the “ Q&A”) relating to Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation (the “

EXTENSION While the coronavirus pandemic situation continues to have an impact on the sound governance of companies and other legal entities, the Luxembourg legislator decided to extend the possibility for the companies to hold their general meetings and other necessary meetings without physical

As elaborated in our BSP Sustainable Finance Insights Series 6, on 8 June 2020, the European Commission published a set of draft delegated acts concerning the integration of sustainability factors under various legislative acts, including the Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments

Following two preliminary references from Austrian courts, the European Court of Justice (“ ECJ”) ruled in a judgment handed down on 17 June 2021 that certain tax services and the granting of a license for risk-management software may fall within the VAT exemption for the management of special

Introduction On 5 June 2021, the G7 had a summit in London during which the Finance Ministers agreed on the implementation of a global corporate minimum tax of 15% (the “ global minimum tax rate”) as detailed in a Communiqué released shortly thereafter (the “ G7 Communiqué”). Although the