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We provide you with a full range of banking and finance-related legal expertise, in the areas of acquisition finance, corporate lending, real estate finance, project finance, asset financing and leasing, capital markets, corporate restructuring, financial services and products as well as banking regulation and supervision.

We ensure our services are ahead of market trends and anticipate the challenging environment of your business. Whether you are a bank or a corporation, a financial service provider or an entity confronted with regulation, an investment fund or public entity, our priority is to resolve your challenges and to provide a tailor-made commercial approach.

Whether you are a small, privately held institution or a global corporation, we select and tailor the teams that will best fit with the scope of your matter. We provide both deep-rooted advice for the Chinese market and multi-jurisdictional expertise to our large variety of clients such as investment banks, financial advisers, asset operators and manufacturers and multinational borrowers and issuers.

On cross-border issues, you will benefit from the reach of one of the largest Banking & Finance groups in Europe. Our team of experts provide expertise across the full spectrum of banking, finance, regulatory and capital markets law. Our network consists of over 500 banking and finance experts who have proven their skills in transactional, regulatory and other matters for more than a decade.


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15/11/2023
NFTs under MiCAR – are they regulated or not?
The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) sets down a harmonised regulatory framework for crypto-assets. MiCAR's overarching goal is to extend regulatory oversight to those categories of cryptos...
19/10/2023
Safeguarding the digital vault: custody and administration of crypto-assets...
With the rise of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, European regulators have recognised the need to establish a comprehensive framework to ensure the sector's integrity, transparency and the...
19/09/2023
Trading of crypto-assets in detail
The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) sets down a harmonised regulatory framework for service providers known as crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), which carry out activities with crypto-assets...
17/08/2023
Chinese Central Government Further Promotes Foreign Investments
On 13 August 2023, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) released its Opinions on Further Optimizing Foreign Investment Environment and Reinforcing the Efforts to Attract...
05/07/2023
How to use E-money tokens in the EEA
The Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCAR) covers electronic money or e-money tokens, a crypto-asset that purports to maintain a stable value by referring to the value of a fiat currency that is...
26/06/2023
Overview of the competent authorities under MICAR
Building on the CMS series of articles “Legal experts on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation”, this new article describes the powers of the competent authorities of EU member states, the European...
20/06/2023
ARTs in detail
EU regulation MICAR now regulates asset-referenced tokens1. DEFIN­I­TION OF ARTSMiCAR defines Asset-referenced tokens (ARTs) as a type of crypto-asset that is not an electronic money token and that purports...
14/06/2023
The scope of application of the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation
In April 2023, the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCAR) was ratified becoming the first regulatory framework for crypto-assets with the strategic goals of protecting consumers, investors and market...
14/06/2023
EU creates regulatory framework for crypto-asset service providers
The EU regulation on markets in crypto-assets (MiCAR) sets down a harmonised regulatory framework for service providers, known as crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), carrying out activities in relation...
26/05/2023
Performing services in a decentralised manner under MiCAR
At the end of April 2023, the European parliament decided on a uniform regulation of crypto assets across the EU by voting on the MiCA regulation (i.e. markets in crypto-assets). The intended innovations...
24/05/2023
DeFi and MiCA: How much decentralisation is enough?
The European Union Council has recently adopted a regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) that applies to crypto-assets, their issuers and service providers, and covers a range of services that...
09/03/2023
CMS Expert Guide to ESG Compensation
Incorporating ESG KPIs into directors’ remunerationThe urgent need to place sustainability at the heart of company strategy is inextricably linked to incentives provided to its directors and em­ploy­ees. This...