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What to Expect When You’re Expecting New Investors — Practical Steps Fund Managers Can Take to Prepare for Investments from Registered Funds and Defined Contribution Retirement Plans
Historically, investments in private funds have been reserved for large institutions, defined benefit pension plans, sovereign wealth funds and very wealthy individuals. In recent years, though, the notable difference in returns between private investments and those available in the public markets has increased pressure to expand access to private-market investments for “Main Street” investors......By: Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance
Regulatory Reset: New Risks and Shifting Enforcement in 2025
In this episode of the Financial Services Focus Podcast, we’ll examine changes in federal enforcement actions, financial penalties, and what these signal for the future under the Trump Administration. Additionally, we discuss the emergence of new risks—such as the expanded use of the False Claims Act in areas like DEI lawsuits, tariff evasion, and healthcare…...By: Mayer Brown
Top Three Legal Considerations for Family Offices Adding Private Credit to Their Investment Portfolios
Family offices are increasingly turning to private credit as a significant component of their portfolios, underscoring a notable shift in how the world's wealthiest families are thinking about risk, return and diversification. As private credit continues to move from niche to mainstream, family offices are continually drawn to its potential for attractive yields and portfolio resilience. Below are the top three legal considerations for family offices when investing in private credit....By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Middle Eastern Promise: Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar Lead the M&A Charge
Investors in the Middle East have good reason to be optimistic. Despite ongoing tensions and conflicts in the region, economic growth prospects in many countries are improving. The International Monetary Fund expects GDP in the Middle East and Central Asia to grow 3.4 percent this year, up from 2.4 percent in 2024, and is forecasting 3.5 percent for 2026. In Saudi Arabia, it predicts 3.6 percent and 3.9 percent growth in 2025 and 2026....By: White & Case LLP
Digital Transformation and Paperless Transactions News and Trends - July/August 2025
Today’s ever-shifting business environment means that consumers, businesses, employers, and employees all expect to transact digitally. To remain efficient and competitive, companies must digitally transform their businesses from paper to fully electronic processes....By: DLA Piper
Regulatory Monitoring: EU version - August 2025
Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding European regulatory law in English language. ECB: Opinion on the supervisory independence of Lietuvos bankas and the prevention of conflicts of interest of its members of staff and governance bodies - Status: Final - The ECB published its opinion in response to a request from Lithuania’s Minister of Finance. The opinion concerns proposed amendments to the Law on Lietuvos bankas (the draft law) aimed at transposing...By: A&O Shearman
Key Provisions to Include in a Loan Document Purchase Contract
This article is the third in a multi-part series based on the Lowndes white paper, “Selling & Acquiring Distressed Real Estate in Florida.” Each installment will examine key legal and strategic considerations for acquiring distressed assets in the state....By: Lowndes
A Revamped CFPB Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an Advance Notice of Public Rulemaking on August 22, 2025, reopening the rulemaking process for Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which deals with how consumers can access and share their personal financial data. This move comes after a court put the previous version of the rule on hold (Forcht Bank, NA v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 5:24-cv-00304, (E.D. Ky.) Date Filed: Oct. 22, 2024) and new CFPB leadership signaled a shift...By: DLA Piper
Regulatory Monitoring - August 2025
Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding German and European regulatory law in English language. BMF: Draft bill for the Banking Directive Implementation and Bureaucracy Relief Act (Referentenentwurf des Bankenrichtlinienumsetzungs- und Bürokratieentlastungsgesetzes – BRUBEG) - Status: Draft - The Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesfinanzministerium – BMF) published the draft bill for the Banking Directive Implementation and Bureaucracy Relief Act...By: A&O Shearman
Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 8, 2025
Welcome to our eighth issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. Cybersecurity Ranks Among Top Three Risks to Manufacturing Sector - “Most companies are planning major AI investments to address growing threats to OT systems.”...By: Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
A Yen for Deals: Japanese M&A Hits New Heights
Japan’s stock market hit an all-time high in mid-August. Valuations were boosted by President Donald Trump’s decision to delay new trade tariffs on China, but also reflect the country’s more benign economic landscape and record-breaking M&A activity....By: White & Case LLP
UK Pensions: What's New This Week - September 1, 2025
Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions....By: A&O Shearman
You Can’t Hide – IRS Argues Willfulness Proven by Husband’s Conduct
It’s no secret that spouses, particularly in bad times, may hide things from one another. In fact, there are bodies of cases involving such marital behavior. However, we’ve gotten another recent reminder that such attempts can land you in hot water with the IRS, even if you were never out to hide anything from them per se....By: Gray Reed
Virgin Media – Details of Legislative "Fix" Published
The government has published amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill that set out the proposed legislative “fix” for issues arising out of the Virgin Media case. The legislation will enable trustees to obtain retrospective actuarial confirmation that historic changes to contracted-out benefits met the relevant statutory requirements....By: Mayer Brown
Europe: UK FCA Plans to Streamline UK Sustainability Reporting
Following a multi-firm review of sustainability reporting, the FCA has announced that it is considering how to streamline and enhance the UK’s sustainability reporting framework by simplifying disclosures, easing unnecessary compliance burdens, improving the decision-usefulness of reporting and promoting international alignment....By: K&L Gates LLP
Transition Finance Update: Creating a Global Framework for Entity-level Transition Finance
The UK Transition Finance Council (TFC) is consulting until September 19, 2025 on Guidelines on providing entity-level transition finance (Guidelines) to high-emitting and hard to abate sectors....By: A&O Shearman
Eye on Economic Crime: New Strict Liability Corporate Criminal Offence of Failure to Prevent Fraud Comes Into Effect
1 September 2025 marks the day that the new strict liability corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent fraud comes into effect. From today onwards, corporate entities can be held criminally liable for failing to prevent a specified fraud offence from taking place when committed by an employee, agent, subsidiary, employee of a subsidiary, or anyone who performs services for or on behalf of the organisation....By: Mayer Brown
Investment Management Client Alert August 2025
BMF Publishes Draft Bill on Fund Risk Limitation Act - On 8 August 2025, the German Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen) (BMF) published a draft bill for the Fund Risk Limitation Act (Fondsrisikobegrenzungsgesetz) (FoRG). This marks the newly formed government's resumption of the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Amending Directive (AIFMD Review). A draft bill on this subject (known as the Fund Market Strengthening Act (Fondsmarktstärkungsgesetz))...By: K&L Gates LLP
What’s Next for Robinhood’s Tokenized Private Company Stocks?
In July 2025, Robinhood launched a new product in the European Union designed to give investors exposure to privately-traded U.S. companies through tokenized financial synthetics. The offering is part of Robinhood’s effort to attractTradFi investment into crypto, and accompanied the announcement at Cannes of its wider rollout of tokenized public stocks and Exchange Traded Fund (ETFs) on the Arbitrum blockchain....By: The Rodman Law Group, LLC
OCC terminates 2022 consent order against federally chartered digital asset bank
On August 18, the OCC terminated its 2022 consent order against a federally chartered bank specializing in digital assets. The OCC, in support of its decision, cited the safety and soundness of the bank and its compliance with laws and regulations....By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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