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    German Administrator of Maple Bank GmbH seeks Chapter 15 Recognition in US
    2016-02-24

    Maple Bank GmbH (“Maple”) has operated in Frankfurt, Germany since 1994. The bank acted in the business areas of equity and fixed income trading, repos and securities lending, deposits, structured products and institutional sales. Maple has branches in Germany, Netherlands and Canada and subsidiaries in U.S., U.K. and the Cayman islands. It is part of the Maple Financial Group Inc., a privately held, global financial organisation based in Canada.

    Filed under:
    Germany, USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
    Authors:
    Dr Andreas Fillmann
    Location:
    Germany, USA
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    New restructuring/reorganization and transfer procedures for endangered Germany-based credit institutions
    2010-08-18

    On 13 July 2010 the Federal Ministry of Justice and Finance (Bundesministerien für Justiz und Finanzen) published a discussion draft of an Act for the Restructuring and Orderly Liquidation of Credit Institutions, for the Establishment of a Restructuring Fund for Credit Institutions and for the Extension of the Limitation Period of Corporate Law Management Liability (Restructuring Act) (Referentenentwurf eines Gesetzes zur Restrukturierung und geordneten Abwicklung von Kreditinstituten, zur Errichtung eines Restrukturierungsfonds für Kreditinstitute und zur Verlängerung der Verj

    Filed under:
    Germany, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Squire Patton Boggs, Shareholder, Statute of limitations, Liability (financial accounting), Liquidation, Systemic risk, Endangered species, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
    Authors:
    Dr Andreas Fillmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Germany’s response to “too big to fail”
    2010-09-13

    1. Introduction

    On 25 August 2010, the German government published a draft of an Act for the Restructuring and Orderly Liquidation of Credit Institutions, for the Establishment of Restructuring Fund for Credit Institutions and for the Extension of the Limitation Period of Corporate Law Management Liability (Restrukturierungsgesetz, the “German Restructuring Act”). It is anticipated that the German Restructuring Act will soon be introduced to the German parliament and be passed quickly.  

    Filed under:
    Germany, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, White & Case LLP, Shareholder, Credit (finance), Debt, Liquidation, Bank regulation, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Bundestag
    Authors:
    Dr. Dennis Heuer , Stephen Phillips , Daniel Baierlein , Ulf Gosejacob
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    White & Case LLP
    Welcome to Germany - How we can support financial institutions newly establishing in Germany
    2017-08-08

    Introduction The number of financial institutions that have announced the relocation of their EU headquarters from the UK to Germany has increased during the last weeks. In the meantime, some of the largest US and Asian institutions have confirmed their plans to expand their operations in Germany, and we expect others to follow soon. How can we assist? This briefing shall provide you with an overview of a number of issues that may be of interest for your decision to expand your operations in Germany.

    Filed under:
    European Union, Germany, United Kingdom, Banking, Capital Markets, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, Public, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Brexit, EEA, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
    Location:
    European Union, Germany, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    Public M&A Spotlight - November 2018
    2019-04-23

    When executing public M&A transactions, dealmakers need to understand local market practice as well as the local regulatory environment.

    Filed under:
    France, Germany, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, USA, Delaware, Banking, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Public, Mayer Brown, Real estate investment trust, Financial Conduct Authority (UK), Securities and Futures Commission (Hong Kong), EEA, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Delaware Court of Chancery, Delaware Supreme Court
    Location:
    France, Germany, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, USA
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    Rescue instruments for German credit and financial institutions – BaFin may interfere before grounds for insolvency arise.
    2010-09-29

    Crises of credit and financial institutions are currently the order of the day.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    International Legislative Update
    2017-04-13

    New EU Regulation on Cross-Border Preservation of Accounts Potentially Useful Tool to Secure Assets in EU Member States

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Debtor, Financial regulation, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
    Authors:
    Mark G. Douglas
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Jones Day
    EuroResource—Deals & Debt
    2017-03-28

    For the benefit of our clients and friends investing in European distressed opportunities, our European Network is sharing some current developments.

    Recent Developments

    Filed under:
    European Union, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
    Authors:
    Corinne Ball , Bruce Bennett , Jasper Berkenbosch
    Location:
    European Union
    Firm:
    Jones Day
    German Restructuring Act
    2010-09-01

    Introduction

    Filed under:
    Germany, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Norton Rose Fulbright, Statute of limitations, Market liquidity, Swap (finance), Debt, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    New financial services firms have to contribute for Phoenix insolvency
    2009-04-27

    Generally, financial services firms in Germany (Finanzdienstleistungsinstitute) are mandatory members of a protection scheme (Entschädigungseinrichtung der Wertpapierhandelsunternehmen - EdW). Members of this protection scheme are obliged to make regular financial contributions.

    In 2005 Phoenix Kapitaldienst GmbH became insolvent and the EdW is due to pay out to Phoenix investors compensation which totals more than 100 million Euros. However, the EdW has insufficient funds to cover the entire amount due.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Banking, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Norton Rose Fulbright, Legal personality, Option (finance), Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
    Authors:
    Charles Evans , Dorian Drew , Jonathan Herbst , Peter Snowdon
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Norton Rose Fulbright

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