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Financing the ESG transition

After years of new ESG legislative initiatives for the financial markets in Europe, a new (geo-)political reality is changing views and approaches on ESG.

Julie Joos

Junior Associate Brussels

Abolition of Pledge Prohibitions: New Law in Force

The Dutch law on the Abolition of Pledge Prohibitions marks a significant shift in Dutch commercial law, aimed at transforming the landscape for small and medium-sized enterprises to use their receivables as collateral and improve access to financing.

ESG risk management: developments in the Dutch and EU financial sector

What ESG risk rules are coming for EU/Dutch financial firms? DNB’s new climate risk Guide for insurers, pension funds, and payment firms aligns with EBA ESG Guidelines. This blog explains how both shape the future of EU ESG risk management.

Cristina Pasion Pereda

Junior Associate Luxembourg

Nyima Fabry

Junior Associate Brussels

DNB's AI Guidance: balancing innovation with prudence

The Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) has shared new key considerations on the use of artificial intelligence in the insurance sector.

EU Listing Act: Market Soundings Regime

Market soundings are a tool for issuers and financial market participants to gauge investor interest in potential transactions before they are publicly announced. These interactions often involve sharing inside information as defined by the MAR.

Top tips for doing capital markets deals in the Netherlands

Nora Offergelt and Pieter Schütte have written a Practice Note with Practical Law Capital Markets in which they discuss the top tips for doing capital markets deals in the Netherlands.

Elvis Musema

Junior Associate Brussels

Transition Finance

Transition finance provides options for borrowers and issuers who are not able or willing to commit to green and sustainability principles in their financing options, as they are transitioning their businesses onto the path towards a sustainable future.

Max Joosten

Junior Associate Brussels

Greenwashing in the EU financial markets: sustainable finance status update

The European financial markets feature numerous financial products with characteristics such as ‘green’, ‘ESG’, ‘sustainable’, ‘climate’, ‘transition’, ‘impact’ or similar. But when is it fair to name or label financial products as such?

Package of new anti-money laundering rules adopted by European Council

On 30 of May 2024 the Council of the European Union adopted the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Package (the AML Package). The AML Package will have consequences for market parties.

Dominique Overheul

Junior Associate Amsterdam

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