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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

ESMA guidance for new rules on incorporation by reference for prospectuses and interaction with the EuGB Regulation

Hogan Lovells on 6/20/2025

ESMA has recently provided some answers to questions from market participants on the new rules around incorporation by reference under the EU Prospectus Regulation. This follows the changes brought in under the EU Listing Act...more

“Meaningfully Investing in Sustainable Investments” Clarified for ESMA ESG Fund Name Guidelines

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 12/17/2024

On 13 December 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published Q&As with further details on three specific aspects of the practical application of...more

Prospectus regime changes in the EU and U.K. – a debt capital markets outlook

A&O Shearman on 12/3/2024

The EU and U.K. prospectus regimes govern disclosure requirements for securities offered to the public and/or admitted to trading on a regulated market. Imminent and forthcoming changes to these regimes will have implications...more

A new “world first” gold standard for EU green bonds (UPDATE)

Hogan Lovells on 5/10/2024

As part of the European Commission’s strategy for financing the transition to a sustainable economy, the EU has been debating for some time how best to put in place a regulatory regime for EU green bonds. This resulted in...more

The European Green Bonds Regulation a Big Deal for the Green Deal

White & Case LLP on 12/1/2023

The European Green Bonds Regulation (the "EuGB Regulation") was published yesterday in the European Union's Official Journal. The EuGB Regulation introduces the “European Green Bond Standard” or ("EuGBS"), as a...more

November 2023 ESG Policy Update – Australia

K&L Gates LLP on 11/27/2023

Australian Update - Draft Reporting Standards for Australian Climate-Related Disclosures - As previously reported by K&L Gates, the Australian Accounting Standards Board released its exposure draft of the Australian...more

Draft EuGB Regulation and implications for future green ABS

White & Case LLP on 9/26/2023

On 10 May 2023, the Council of the European Union (the "Council") submitted a draft for a European Green Bonds Regulation (the "Draft EuGB Regulation") to the European Parliament for review and approval....more

European Green Bonds: what you need to know

Hogan Lovells on 6/9/2023

Following the political agreement reached on the Regulation on European Green Bonds (the so-called EU Green Bond Standard) and optional disclosures for bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable and sustainability-linked...more

The rise of ESG and Sustainable Fund Finance in Europe

Walkers on 8/9/2022

Challenges create opportunities and the environmental and social challenges we currently face are no exception. In this paper we consider the opportunities provided by sustainable finance, and more specifically impact...more

2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast - The ESG Surge Continues: Focus on Europe

Jones Day on 2/2/2022

The focus on ESG across the business spectrum ramped up over the course of 2021, surpassing several milestones along the way and resulting in a surge of regulatory changes and new initiatives by the end of the year....more

2022 and Beyond – The Rise of ESG in the UK and Europe

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/31/2022

ESG considerations is a key theme that has heavily influenced investments over the past few years and which will no doubt play an even more prominent role in the 2020s. We touched on this briefly in our 2021 closing article...more

V&E’s Comprehensive Primer On Sustainable Finance

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 6/2/2021

The amount of money invested in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) funds has increased exponentially in the past year, and as banks and investors increasingly turn their attention to ESG factors, companies are also...more

EU Taxonomy Regulation: What To expect

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/31/2021

Our previous Client Alert of 10 March 2021 discussed the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and its implications for the real economy. This Client Alert reviews how EU Regulation 2020/852 on the...more

Green Bonds, Sustainability-Linked Bonds, and the New European ESG Disclosure Requirements

Alston & Bird on 10/16/2020

Continuing our series on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) finance, our Finance Group considers the principles that guide green and sustainability-linked bonds and how businesses can take advantage of them....more

New EU Guidelines on Disclosure of Climate-Related Information

A&O Shearman on 7/1/2019

The European Commission has published new, non-binding Guidelines on reporting climate-related information. The new Guidelines are supplementary to the guidelines issued by the Commission in 2017 on reporting non-financial...more

Governance & Securities Law Focus: Asia Edition, June 2019

A&O Shearman on 6/24/2019

U.S. DEVELOPMENTS - SEC and NYSE/Nasdaq Developments - SEC Proposes to Expand “Testing the Waters” Exemption to Permit Pre-Offering Communications - On 19 February 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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