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European Commission probes banks over CDS

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • May 26 2011

On April 29th, the European Commission (the “EC”), the executive body of the European Union, announced it had opened two antitrust investigations in connection with the credit default swap (“CDS”) market

Sovereign bailouts and CDS restructuring triggers

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • European Union, Global, Greece
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  • August 9 2011

On July 21st, the International Monetary Fund and European Union agreed to a second bailout package for Greece amounting to some 109 billion, subject to the beleaguered country implementing structural reforms and meeting specified fiscal targets

Financial transaction tax

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • February 15 2012

The application of a financial transaction tax on bond, equity and derivatives transactions in Europe continues to be intensely debated

European Commission issues derivatives regulation proposal

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 7 2010

On September 15th, the European Commission issued its "Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories" (the "EC Proposal"