IInvestment Read More 3 minute read Act to Further Strengthen Investor ProtectionbyJörg Streissle,Alireza Siadat16. August 2021No comments The legislator has once again taken up the cause of investor protection; this time with a law to… Read More
RRegulatory Read More 6 minute read BaFin Consultation 13/2021: Directive for Sustainable Investment FundsbyDr. Anna L. Izzo-Wagner,Anh-Vu Tran13. August 2021No comments On 2 August 2021 – just in time for the entry into force of most of the amendments… Read More
AAnti Money Laundering Read More 6 minute read Transparency Register and Financial Information Act enters into force in August – Major changes in the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA)byPeter Frey,Marina von Wallenberg-Pachaly29. July 2021No comments On 30.06.2021, the Act on the European Interconnection of Transparency Registers and the Implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/1153… Read More
CCrypto & digitisation Read More 1 minute read NFT – Legal Token ClassificationbyAlireza Siadat27. July 2021No comments This report by the EU Blockchain Obeservatory Forum is the first of a series of brief papers relating… Read More
AAnti Money Laundering Read More 3 minute read Anti-Money Laundering 3.0: The Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, AMLA and the 6th AML DirectivebyTill Christopher Otto22. July 2021No comments Abstract: The EU Commission has published its ambitious plan to reform EU anti-money laundering legislation. What does the… Read More
RRegulatory Read More 4 minute read EBA consults on guidelines on the limited network exclusion under PSD2byChristian Walz20. July 2021One comment On July 15, 2021, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a consultation draft on guidelines on the limited… Read More
PPayment Read More 5 minute read Bundestag Election 2021: Parties’ Positions on Payment IssuesbyChristian Walz13. July 2021No comments On September 26, 2021, the elections to the 20th German Bundestag will take place. Even though we believe… Read More
TTax Read More 4 minute read Bitcoin & Co. : Draft BMF letter on the income tax treatment of cryptocurrencies and tokens – Part 2byDr. Steffen Rapp,Anh-Vu Tran8. July 20212 comments In Part 2 of this article on the draft BMF letter on the income tax treatment of cryptocurrencies… Read More
PPodcast Read More 1 minute read Podcast | Discussing legal advice for blockchain startups with Alireza SiadatbyPayTechLaw.com1. July 2021No comments In this podcast episode hosted by Blockrocket, Annerton partner Alireza Siadat and Sagar Barvaliya, Head of Venture Development… Read More
TTax Read More 4 minute read Bitcoin & Co.: Draft BMF letter on the in-come tax treatment of cryptocurrencies and tokens – Part (1)byAnh-Vu Tran,Dr. Steffen Rapp29. June 2021No comments Initial Situation For some years now, Steffen has been reporting on the tax treatment of cryptocurrencies in his… Read More