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Cross-Border Crowdfunding – Towards a Single Crowdfunding Market for Europe

Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2017

Crowdfunding has experienced rapid growth in some EU Member States. However, home bias by investors and regulatory … barriers prevent the crowd and the project from moving freely across borders. Crowdfunding has, for the most part, remained a … phenomenon of those larger Member States that ‘draw a crowd', with a population large enough to make a crowdfunding website an …

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Continental AG vs. Schaeffler, Hidden Ownership and European Law - Matter of Law or Enforcement?

Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2010

This note presents my position regarding the hidden ownership schemes currently employed by the Schaeffler group to build up stakes in Continental AG in preparation for an unsolicited surprise cash-bid for Continental's shares. It summarizes the information publicly available on the Schaeffler /...

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Brexit and the Consequences for Commercial and Financial Relations between the EU and the UK

Lehmann, Matthias - 2017

The UK's withdrawal from the European Union will have – and already has – a dramatic impact on the political, legal and economic landscape, both in Britain and on the continent. This contribution takes a closer look at the effects on individual relationships and businesses. Against the...

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Non-Collective Investment Funds Under BEPS Action 6 versus European Investment Fund Law

Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2018

Looking at collective investment schemes from a financial law perspective seems to stand in harsh contrast to the OECD's perspective as expressed in the materials to BEPS Item 6. While financial lawyers emphasize the use of collective investment schemes – for manifold-financial relationships...

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The Future of Data-Driven Finance and RegTech : Lessons from EU Big Bang II

Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2019

Europe's path to digitization and datafication in finance has rested upon four apparently unrelated pillars: (1) extensive reporting requirements imposed after the Global Financial Crisis to control systemic risk and change financial sector behavior; (2) strict data protection rules reflecting...

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Towards a European Social Taxonomy : A Scorecard Approach

Zetzsche, Dirk A.; Bodellini, Marco; Consiglio, Roberta - 2022

This paper analyzes the EU’s efforts in designing a social taxonomy for sustainable investments. Examining the draft Social Taxonomy proposed by the Platform for Sustainable Finance in early 2022, we challenge the decision to follow the methodology provided by the EU’s environmental taxonomy...

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Against Mandatory Disclosure of Economic-Only Positionns Referenced to Shares of Europan Issuers - Twenty Arguments Against the CESR Proposal

Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2010

Following recent developments in some European jurisdictions, the Committee on European Securities Regulators (CESR) proposed “to extend major shareholding notifications to instruments of similar economic effect to holding shares and entitlements to acquire shares” on 9 February 2010. This...

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Challenging Wolf Packs : Thoughts on Efficient Enforcement of Shareholder Transparency Rules

Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2010

Abstract: The key issue concerning shareholder transparency rules, and the related rules on acting in concert (Europe), or the voting group concept (U.S.) is enforcement. Rather than thinking about appropriate enforcement measures, jurisdictions such as the UK and Switzerland decided in favor of...

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The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive - Chapter 1 : Introduction, Overview, Regulatory History and Technique, Transition

Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2013

The AIFMD provides a harmonized European framework for regulating alternative investment funds. Prior to discussing its details, this chapter introduces to the AIFMD, discussing the developments that led to its adoption (Part 1), the AIFMD's principal objectives (Part 2) and its key tools for...

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Report of the Chairman of the Best Practice Principles Group Developing the Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting Research & Analysis

Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2014

Following the publication of the ESMA Final Report and Feedback Statement on the Consultation Regarding the Role of the Proxy Advisory Industry in February 2013, a number of industry members formed a committee under the independent chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Dirk Andreas Zetzsche, LL.M....

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