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Compliance with the relevant standards and legal provisions is a fundamental condition for the success of a business. A functioning compliance structure can protect companies from crimes and hence the concomitant fines and reputational losses. At the same time, we want to prevent legal uncertainties and unnecessary red tape for companies.
Contact
Dr. Claudia Royé
Deputy Head of Legal Department
Head of Capital Markets Law
Tel.+49 69 92915-40
roye(at)dai.de
The Federal Ministry of Justice has presented a draft bill on whistleblower protection. The legislative process in Germany should now be completed quickly so that companies based in Germany can promptly introduce a uniform whistleblower...
Under capital market law, companies must fulfil comprehensive transparency and compliance obligations. In doing so, they must also keep an eye on current regulatory developments, such as the planned EU Listing Act. Our Capital Markets...
The new EU anti-money laundering framework has some positive improvements. At the same time, we call for a more differentiated approach. The risk of money laundering varies greatly between business sectors. For this reason, the...
The anti-money laundering organisation Financial Action Task Force proposes in its consultation to regulate the issuance of bearer shares more strongly. In our response, we reject stronger controls on these special securities without a...
Many legislative proposals and regulations in the area of corporate compliance overshoot the mark. They are impractical and have a detrimental effect on the competitiveness of companies. This has to be changed.
Der Wirecard-Skandal hat...
Many legislative proposals and regulations in the area of corporate compliance overshoot the mark. They are impractical and have a detrimental effect on the competitiveness of companies, criticises Jan Bremer. With a view to the federal...
In its consultation, the anti-money laundering organisation Financial Action Task Force proposes to heavily regulate the issuance of bearer shares. In our response, we reject the proposed ban and general restrictions on the issuance of...
In our statement on the Transparency Financial Information Act Money Laundering (TraFinG Gw), we see a need for improvements to the proposals introduced by the Federal Government to convert the transparency register to a full register.
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In their statement on the government draft for the implementation of the 5th EU Money Laundering Directive, Deutsche Aktieninstitut and the Federation of German Industries (BDI) demand to avoid additional legal uncertainty and...
Commenting on the proposal for a law implementing the 5th EU Money Laundering Directive, Deutsches Aktieninstitut and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie ask to avoid higher legal uncertainty and bureaucracy for industrial companies....
Listed companies observe increasing bureaucratic burden as well as decreasing legal certainty from the EU Market Abuse Regulation. In particular, regarding the obligation to publish inside information companies call for guidance. This is...
Companies are pleading for more precise legal provisions on ad-hoc publicity and less red tape regarding insider lists and managers´ transactions. This shows the survey “Two Years of EU Market Abuse Regulation”, which has been published...
In a letter to BMF, Deutsches Aktieninstitut identifies issues, which should be considered in the upcoming national implementation of the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive. Industrial holdings should be excluded from the obliged...
French, German and Italian companies fear that the European Commission’s proposal on collective redress will end up in abusive litigation. Combining a high level of consumer protection with the proper functioning of the internal market...
