Publications

• SMSG Criticizes ESMA’s Consultation on Guidelines on Fund Names
  28 February 2023
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Lukas Ott
  ,
  Eike Björn Weidner
• CSSF Provides Practical Guidance on SFDR
  8 December 2022
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Lukas Ott
  ,
  Eike Björn Weidner
• Guidance on SFDR by the German Regulator BaFin
  9 September 2022
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• Fund Marketing in Germany—BaFin FAQ Receives an Update
  13 July 2022
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• CLS Blue Sky Blog: Debevoise Discusses European Parliament’s Response to EC’s Proposal to Review AIFMD
  8 June 2022
  CLS Blue Sky Blog
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
• European Parliament Responds to the Commission Proposal for Review of AIFMD
  1 June 2022
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• CLS Blue Sky Blog: Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses European Commission’s Views on Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation
  6 August 2021
  CLS Blue Sky Blog
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• European Commission Q&A on Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation
  30 July 2021
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• German Implementation of the Cross-Border Distribution of Funds Directive: New Pre-Marketing Rules for EU and Non-EU Managers
  7 December 2020
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• AIFMD Review: ESMA Publishes Its Recommendations for Improvements
  25 August 2020
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
• UK Withdrawal from the EU – Impact on UK and EU Private Equity Firms
  15 July 2020
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Johanna Waber
  ,
  Helena Inghelram
• Luxembourg Regulator Publishes Guidance on the Provision of Regulated Services by Non-EEA Investment Firms
  7 July 2020
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Johanna Waber
  ,
  Helena Inghelram
• ESG: European Commission Opens New Consultation on Amendments to the AIFMD Delegated Regulation
  17 June 2020
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• New European ESG Disclosure Standards for Funds: Consultation on Key Provisions
  7 May 2020
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• Börsenzeitung: Nachhaltigkeitsziele in Zeiten der Coronakrise im Auge behalten: Keeping an eye on sustainability goals in times of the corona crisis
  24 March 2020
  Börsenzeitung
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• European Fund Comment: European Regulators Continue to Focus on Sustainability
  14 February 2020
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• Adoption of New Capital and Remuneration Rules for EU Investment Firms
  4 November 2019
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• New Luxembourg Guidance Calls for Urgent Action from U.K. Alternative Fund Managers
  14 October 2019
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• European Funds Comment: Capital Increases On The Way for Many UK-Based Private Equity Firms
  14 June 2019
  Issue 83
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  John Young
• BVK-Kurier: Private Equity: Aufsichtsrechtliche Fallstricke in der Fondsstrukturierung
  4 June 2019
  BVK-Kurier: Private Equity
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• Sustainability in the European Financial Services Sector
  22 May 2019
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Johanna Waber
  ,
  Philip Orange
• European Funds Comment: European Sustainability Regulation Moves into Second Gear
  17 May 2019
  Issue 79
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  John Young
• European Commission Incentivises Insurance Companies to Invest in European Companies
  9 May 2019
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Dr. Clare Swirski
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• The Private Equity Report Spring, 2019, Vol 19, No 1
  9 May 2019
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  Alexander R. Cochran
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
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  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Michael P. McGuigan
  ,
  Dr. Clare Swirski
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  John Young
  ,
  Daniel Hoborough
  ,
  Kristen A. Matthews
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Daniel Priest
• No-Deal Brexit This Week? Some EU Transitional Regimes for MiFID Firms May Require Immediate Action
  8 April 2019
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• With a Hard Brexit Looming, Germany Already Opens NPPR Regime for UK Fund Managers
  28 March 2019
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Johanna Waber
  ,
  Philip Orange
• Cross-Border Distribution of Funds – The Devil is in the Detail
  15 March 2019
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Johanna Waber
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
• Global Legal Insights Guide to Fund Finance: Germany Chapter
  1 March 2019
  Global Legal Insights Guide to Fund Finance
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• The UK’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime
  18 February 2019
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Karolos Seeger
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Andrew H. Lee
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• European Commission Issues Report on the Impact of AIFMD
  23 January 2019
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Johanna Waber
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
• FCA Opens Notification Window for Temporary Permissions Regime for EEA Firms
  15 January 2019
  Patricia Volhard
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  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Johanna Waber
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• Germany Proposes Very Limited Temporary Permission Regime in Case of a Hard Brexit
  27 November 2018
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• FCA Issues Consultation on Temporary Permissions Regime for EEA Firms Following Brexit
  19 November 2018
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• European Funds Comment: Sustainability and Private Equity
  28 September 2018
  Issue 50
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: UK Regulator To Endorse New Private Equity Fee Disclosure Template
  13 July 2018
  Issue 44
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• Proposed EU Directive May Create New Burdens for Managers of Debt Funds and Their Advisers
  26 June 2018
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Johanna Waber
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• Presidency of the Council Weighs in on Proposed Rules for Pre-Marketing and Reverse Solicitation
  14 June 2018
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Johanna Waber
  ,
  Philip Orange
• European Funds Comment: The EU’s Proposed Increase to Capital Requirements for Investment Firms
  25 May 2018
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: Marketing Private Funds in Europe May be About to Get Even Harder
  16 March 2018
  Issue 30
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• European Commission Proposes Harmonised Pre-Marketing Rules for Funds
  15 March 2018
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Johanna Waber
• European Funds Comment: Brexit: Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst
  23 February 2018
  Issue 27
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: The Commission’s Flawed Plans to Enhance the Role of ESMA
  19 January 2018
  Issue 22
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• European Commission Proposes More Appropriate Capital Requirements for Smaller EU Investment Firms
  2 January 2018
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• At Long Last—BaFin Issues New Guidance to German Pension Funds on Eligibility of Investment Products
  15 December 2017
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• European Funds Comment: Improving the Environment for Venture Capital Funds in Europe
  20 October 2017
  Issue 12
  Sally Gibson
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• First Step in Shift from National to Central European Supervision: Commission Proposal to Enhance ESMA’s Powers
  22 September 2017
  Sally Gibson
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• ESMA’s Guidelines on Relocations from the UK Round 2: More Substance, Less Flexibility
  21 July 2017
  Sally Gibson
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• MiFID II Reshapes Fundraising to European Clients: What Investment Firms and Fund Sponsors Need to Know
  10 July 2017
  Sally Gibson
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
• Cross-Border Distribution of Funds – The Devil Is in the Detail
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Johanna Waber