Financial Markets

Stibbe advises various financial sector clients on a broad range of ESG/Sustainable finance legal and financial regulatory queries

Stibbe’s Financial Markets Group assisted various financial sector clients on interpretation, implementation and compliance issues under the EU SFDR, the EU CSRD, the EU Taxonomy Regulation and Delegated Acts and capital requirements under CRR.

Stibbe advises financial undertakings on the update of their remuneration policies to cover ESG-related aspects

Stibbe’s Financial Markets Group advises Dutch financial undertakings on the update of their remuneration policies, covering ESG-related aspects.

Stibbe provides strategic advice to financial institutions on ESG-policy and ESG-risk issues

Stibbe’s Financial Markets Group provides strategic advice on ESG- and climate related issues in the financial sector, threatening or impending ESG- or climate related litigation and class-actions.

Stibbe advises ESG investors

Stibbe’s Financial Markets Group advises institutional investors on their investments (equity, debt, units) in various ESG and Impact funds (‘Article 8’ and ‘Article 9’ SFDR funds).

Amendment to the AFM/DNB Policy Rule on Suitability 2012

The amended Policy Rule on Suitability 2012 (the Policy Rule) entered into force on 1 April 2023.

Wijziging van de AFM/DNB-Beleidsregel geschiktheid 2012

Op 1 april 2023 is de gewijzigde Beleidsregel geschiktheid 2012 (de “Beleidsregel”) in werking getreden.

Getting the Deal Through - Debt Capital Markets

Marieke Driessen and Niek Groenendijk contributed the Dutch chapter on the law and practice of Debt Capital Markets in the multi-jurisdictional publication by to Getting the Deal Through/Lexology.

The EU Green Bond Standard

In the blog below, Jeroen van Eck of our Financial Markets team looks back on, and ahead to, the developments surrounding green bonds in the EU.

Consultatievoorstel voor Wijzigingswet toezicht financiële markten 2024

Ingrid van der Klooster bespreekt de hoofdlijnen van de voorgestelde wijzigingen in het consultatievoorstel dat op 29 april 2022 gepubliceerd is.

Developments around the termination of LIBOR and its replacement benchmarks

This contribution discusses developments around the termination of LIBOR and its replacement benchmarks.

Jibraeel Mussani

Junior Associate Amsterdam

Max van der Meer

Junior Associate Amsterdam

Amendments to the Further Regulation on the Supervision of the Conduct of Financial Undertakings Wft

On 14 December 2022, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, published amendments to the Further Regulation on the Supervision of the Conduct of Financial Undertakings under the Financial Supervision Act.

Reporting for non-EU AIFMs as of Q1 2023

Effective from Q1 2023, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (the “AFM”) indicated that it will require AIFMs who have notified AIFs for marketing under Article 36/Article 42 AIFMD to submit Periodic Reports.

Developments in Sustainable Finance: the role of the Sustainability Coordinator

The rise of sustainability-linked loans in the syndicated loan markets draws the attention to the role of the Sustainability Coordinator, which plays a key role in loan transactions.