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Whether you are launching, operating, lending to or investing in a fund or an alternative indirect investment vehicle, you need to overcome legal hurdles which may be from a domestic and/or cross-border perspective. Our pan-European funds group advises across your key asset classes including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, hedge, venture capital, debt and exchange traded funds. We advise on all types of funds and other indirect structures and across the lifecycle. Our experience and varied client base enables us to advise on the commercial as well as the legal and tax aspects.

We are highly skilled at, and have a reputation for, efficiency and providing commercial and pragmatic advice to reach successful deal conclusions quickly and on sensible budgets. We recognise the fast-moving regulatory climate and aim to simplify the legal minefield with our expert funds guides. These cover developments such as those affecting passporting and private placement regimes and allow you to keep pace with key market changes. We also actively engage in the legislative process, seeking to influence outcomes for the benefit of our client base.

03/07/2022
CMS Funds Global Brochure
The world in which the international funds industry operates is changing at unprecedented speed. The economic consequences of Covid-19 present a massive challenge to some funds and an opportunity to others...

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07/03/2024
Practical guidance on how to assess the existence of aid for risk financing...
On 26 January 2024, the Commission adopted practical guidance for Member States on assessing the existence of State aid for measures aimed at facilitating access to financing for certain busi­nesses.Risk...
04/03/2024
Popular investment vehicles in Belgium
Updated on December 2023. Investment vehicle FIIS (Fonds d’in­ves­t­isse­ment immobiliers spécialisés) 1. Form Investment undertaking with fixed capital (SICAF) 2. Tax Treatment Derogatory tax regime...
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29/02/2024
Amendments to Directive 2011/61/EU on alternative investment fund managers...
On 26 February 2024, the Council of the European Union officially approved amendments to Directive 2011/61/EU on alternative investment fund managers (read more), marking a significant development in...
13/02/2024
The EU Parliament and Council reached an agreement on ESG rating
On 5 February 2024, the European Parliament (the Parliament) and the Council of the European Union (the Council) reached a provisional agreement on the EU Commission's proposal from June 2023 for a regulation...
09/02/2024
ESMA reports on impact-washing concerns around funds focused on the United...
IntroductionOn 1 February 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an article on the efficiency of funds focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)...
05/01/2024
Private placement rules and law in Belgium
Belgium has implemented AIFM Directive 2011 / 61 / EU (the “Directive”) into its law dated 19 April 2014 on AIF and their managers (the “Law”). 1. AIFM registration/ passporting Pursuant to the...
05/01/2024
AIFM passporting in Belgium
1. EEA AIFMs AIFMs authorised in their EEA home State may exercise passport rights for management and marketing in Belgium in relation to most types of AIF, on a services and / or branch basis. In order...
29/12/2023
UCITS passporting in Belgium
1. EA UCITS Schemes  EEA Management Companies may exercise passporting rights for the marketing of an EEA UCITS Scheme in Belgium. In order to do so, the requirements of the Belgian law of 3 August...
18/12/2023
ESAs propose amendments to the SFDR RTS
Continuing the theme of frequent changes to the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”), the European Supervisory Authorities (“the ESAs”) are introducing amendments...
15/11/2023
Final text of political agreement on AIFMD II has been published
1.Background:On 25 November 2021, the European Commission (the Commission) put forward its proposal for amendments to the Directive 2011/61/EU on alternative investment fund managers (the AIFMD) as regards...
06/11/2023
The Council adopts the EU Green Bonds Regulation
IntroductionOn 23 October 2023, the Council of the European Union (the Council) adopted in first reading the regulation on European green bonds standards (the EU GB Regulation)[1]. This formal adoption...
21/08/2023
European Commission publishes European Sustainability Reporting Standards...
On 31 July 2023, the European Commission published the first set of the European sustainability reporting standards (ESRS). This is the first big step towards the implementation of the Corporate Sus­tain­ab­il­ity...