192 results ESG and sustainable finance update: how to manage greenwashing risks in green and sustainability-linked loans and bonds With green, sustainable and sustainability-linked debt funding on the rise, how do financial market participants steer clear of greenwashing risks when they provide or attract such debt funding? Developments in green bonds: On 21 December 2024 the EU Green Bond Regulation starts to apply In this blog, Marieke Driessen and Niek Groenendijk of our Financial Markets team discuss the EU green bonds regulation which will start applying in 2024. 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. Stibbe advised MultiSafePay Stibbe advised MultiSafePay on all corporate and financial regulatory aspects of the acquisition of MultisafePay by ANT. 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. Stibbe Luxembourg lawyers co-author the second edition of the SFDR Implementation Guide Edouard d'Anterroches (Partner) and Nicolas Pradel (Senior Associate) co-authored the second edition of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Implementation Guide published on 11 April 2023. Frequent ESG disclosure issues under the EU Sustainable Finance framework explained ESMA publishes explanatory notes to various concepts under the Taxonomy Regulation, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and the Benchmark Regulation. Soeradj Ramsanjhal included in MT/Sprout Inclusive30 Our colleague Soeradj Ramsanjhal has been included in MT/Sprout's Inclusive30 list of 2024 for his continuous commitment to making the Dutch legal profession and the wider business community more diverse and inclusive. 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. Dutch tax insights in debt restructuring cases We will highlight certain focus areas from a Dutch tax perspective in debt restructuring cases involving a Dutch debtor, also considering creditors holding or obtaining an equity stake – directly or indirectly - in the borrowing entity. The Netherlands Implements EU Non-Performing Loan Directive The Dutch Implementation Act on Credit Servicers and Credit Purchasers entered into force on 18 July 2025. It implements EU Directive 2021/2167 regulating NPL sale, purchase and servicing to create a transparent secondary market. Three months after the UBO-case – Where do we stand and what’s next? This article looks at the aftermath of the UBO case invalidating the general access to UBO data, and looks at what lies ahead for companies and member states, and specifically at Belgium's recent regulatory action. Contractual clauses prohibiting the transferability or pledgeability of business claims could become void in the near future We discuss a draft bill to declare contractual clauses limiting the transferability and/or pledgeability of claims in business relations void, and call upon the Dutch Senate to reconsider at least its applicability to existing contracts. Asset intensive reinsurance agreements – new requirement to obtain DNB’s prior consent As of 1 January 2025, Dutch insurers must obtain the Dutch Central Bank’s prior consent before making any amendments to, or entering into an asset-intensive reinsurance agreement that allows the reinsurer to hold assets in a third country. Deep dive into forward deals: forward funding and forward commitment This article discusses the main considerations when considering and structuring forward deals. 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. 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. Cross-border corporate lending into the Netherlands Cross-border corporate lending is set for change as CRD VI introduces new licensing obligations, requiring non-EU lenders to reassess their activities in the Netherlands and the EU for all in scope contracts signed on or after 11 July 2026. Pagination Previous page Page 8 Page 9 Current page 10 Page 11 Next page
ESG and sustainable finance update: how to manage greenwashing risks in green and sustainability-linked loans and bonds With green, sustainable and sustainability-linked debt funding on the rise, how do financial market participants steer clear of greenwashing risks when they provide or attract such debt funding?
Developments in green bonds: On 21 December 2024 the EU Green Bond Regulation starts to apply In this blog, Marieke Driessen and Niek Groenendijk of our Financial Markets team discuss the EU green bonds regulation which will start applying in 2024.Â
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.
Stibbe advised MultiSafePay Stibbe advised MultiSafePay on all corporate and financial regulatory aspects of the acquisition of MultisafePay by ANT.
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.
Stibbe Luxembourg lawyers co-author the second edition of the SFDR Implementation Guide Edouard d'Anterroches (Partner) and Nicolas Pradel (Senior Associate) co-authored the second edition of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Implementation Guide published on 11 April 2023.
Frequent ESG disclosure issues under the EU Sustainable Finance framework explained ESMA publishes explanatory notes to various concepts under the Taxonomy Regulation, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and the Benchmark Regulation.
Soeradj Ramsanjhal included in MT/Sprout Inclusive30 Our colleague Soeradj Ramsanjhal has been included in MT/Sprout's Inclusive30 list of 2024 for his continuous commitment to making the Dutch legal profession and the wider business community more diverse and inclusive.
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.
Dutch tax insights in debt restructuring cases We will highlight certain focus areas from a Dutch tax perspective in debt restructuring cases involving a Dutch debtor, also considering creditors holding or obtaining an equity stake – directly or indirectly - in the borrowing entity.
The Netherlands Implements EU Non-Performing Loan Directive The Dutch Implementation Act on Credit Servicers and Credit Purchasers entered into force on 18 July 2025. It implements EU Directive 2021/2167 regulating NPL sale, purchase and servicing to create a transparent secondary market.
Three months after the UBO-case – Where do we stand and what’s next? This article looks at the aftermath of the UBO case invalidating the general access to UBO data, and looks at what lies ahead for companies and member states, and specifically at Belgium's recent regulatory action.
Contractual clauses prohibiting the transferability or pledgeability of business claims could become void in the near future We discuss a draft bill to declare contractual clauses limiting the transferability and/or pledgeability of claims in business relations void, and call upon the Dutch Senate to reconsider at least its applicability to existing contracts.
Asset intensive reinsurance agreements – new requirement to obtain DNB’s prior consent As of 1 January 2025, Dutch insurers must obtain the Dutch Central Bank’s prior consent before making any amendments to, or entering into an asset-intensive reinsurance agreement that allows the reinsurer to hold assets in a third country.
Deep dive into forward deals: forward funding and forward commitment This article discusses the main considerations when considering and structuring forward deals.
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.
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.
Cross-border corporate lending into the Netherlands Cross-border corporate lending is set for change as CRD VI introduces new licensing obligations, requiring non-EU lenders to reassess their activities in the Netherlands and the EU for all in scope contracts signed on or after 11 July 2026.