Securitisation and Structured Finance

Seminar - The Sustainable Finance Week - organised by Stibbe, KPMG and NVB - will take place across 4 afternoons, starting on Monday 31 May 2021. Through an online conference platform, we will present a variety of live information sessions on the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan, and provide virtual access to knowledge and networking.

Articles - Bij grote (acquisitie)financieringen zijn veelal verschillende (soorten) crediteuren betrokken. Het is niet ongebruikelijk dat bij die financieringen gebruik wordt gemaakt van een gelaagde financieringsstructuur wat betreft de aan te trekken leningen (niet zijnde aandeelhoudersleningen). Dat wil zeggen dat de verstrekkers van die leningen ten aanzien van hun vorderingen een bepaalde rangorde overeenkomen.

Articles - The Chambers Banking & Finance 2020 Global Practice Guide covers 34 jurisdictions and discusses the impact of COVID-19, the high-yield market, restrictions on foreign lenders granting loans or security, foreign currency exchange, debt buy-back, withholding tax, guarantees and security, bankruptcy and insolvency, and EHS laws.

Articles - As of 10 March 2021, many financial market participants and financial advisers will be subject to new disclosure obligations following the entry into force of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) on 29 December 2019. The SFDR sets rules on transparency with a view to promoting both the integration of sustainability risks into investment processes and disclosures to investors.

Short Reads - Traditionally, 1 January (and 1 July) each year is a date on which new Dutch financial regulations enter into force. This year, the amendments to the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht – “Wft”) are relatively few, but other notable developments are worthy of attention.

Inside Stibbe - Stibbe in Amsterdam is proud to welcome Marieke Driessen as a partner in its Financial Markets Group. With Marieke’s arrival, Stibbe’s Financial Markets practice in Amsterdam will grow to six partners as of January 1, 2021.

Short Reads - Financial institutions may outsource critical or important functions to cloud service providers (“CSPs”). On 25 February 2019 the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) provided guidelines (the “EBA Guidelines”) laying out the framework for outsourcing arrangements. The EBA Guidelines require institutions to have a comprehensive, documented and sufficiently tested exit strategy (including a mandatory exit plan) when they outsource critical or important functions.

Short Reads - Op 22 juni 2020 is de Europese taxonomieverordening (Verordening (EU) 2020/282) gepubliceerd. De verordening wordt gezien als een mijlpaal voor de verduurzaming van de financiële sector. De Europese Commissie ziet het herstel en de wederopbouw van de economie na de coronacrisis als een kans voor een fundamentele verandering naar een duurzame economie.