Jul 04, 2023 The next milestone reached: are we on the way to a digital euro? By Eva Schneider Natalie Pettinger Kearney Claire Harrop Stephan Pachinger Daniel Klingenbrunn +2 more... Show less Few endeavours on the EU’s agenda have attracted as much attention as the potential introduction of a retail central bank digital...
Jan 19, 2023 EU Listing Act – A big leap forward for European prospectuses? By Stephan Pachinger Daniel von Bülow In December 2022 the European Commission published its proposed Listing Act (“Proposal”) with the aim of simplifying access to European...
Jul 12, 2022 ESG disclosure requirements - are you ready for the EU corporate sustainability reporting directive? By Reena Parmar Bohdan Dmukhovskyy Stephan Pachinger Sascha Arnold Lea Bareil Marlen Vesper-Gräske +3 more... Show less Sustainability reporting is the phrase on everyone’s lips at the moment, and with good reason. The climate crisis is the global crisis of...
Mar 18, 2022 No IPO without ESG By Stephan Pachinger Sabrina Kulenkamp Benedikt Graf In IPO processes, ESG plays an increasingly important role. This development is coupled with a growing number of legal and regulatory...
Aug 12, 2021 What are ‘green’ economic activities? EU pioneering the development of a common understanding By Lea Bareil Benedikt Graf Stephan Pachinger John Sichelschmidt Sharon Sloof +2 more... Show less In accordance with its commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change, the EU’s goal is to be carbon neutral by 2050. To achieve...
Jul 12, 2021 The proposed EU Green Bond Standard - will this transform the market for green bonds? By Reena Parmar Stephan Pachinger The European Commission has published its long-awaited proposal for a regulation on European green bonds, the European Green Bond...
Jan 08, 2021 Freshfields Fintech: predictions for 2021 By Claire Harrop Eva Schneider John Risness Eugene McQuaid Stephan Pachinger Andy Robinson +3 more... Show less Hindsight might be 2020 but the Freshfields Fintech team is looking forward to 2021. We switched on our digital crystal ball, scrutinised...
Jul 10, 2020 New regulatory sandbox for Austria By Eva Schneider Stephan Pachinger Stella Klepp In September 2020, Austria introduces its regulatory sandbox. This is welcome news, with Austria joining several other European countries...