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State aid: commission investigation into reduced interest rates for intra-group financing

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 9 2007

The European Commission has decided to open a formal investigation procedure into planned reductions of Dutch tax rates for net interest received on intra-group loans

Draft AIFM Directive constricts hedge funds

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • May 5 2009

On 30 April 2009, the European Commission published its draft Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM), which provides a regulatory framework for managers of hedge funds, private equity firms and other alternative investment vehicles

Commission approves additional aid measures from Belgium and Luxembourg for Fortis

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium, European Union, Luxembourg
  • -
  • May 15 2009

To facilitate the acquisition of the Fortis group by BNP Paribas, both Belgium and Luxembourg have provided a number of aid measures

Commission welcomes recast of Capital Duty Directive

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 15 2008

The Council of the European Union has adopted a recast of Directive 69335 with regard to the taxes imposed on contributions of capital to corporations

Financial services: public consultations on facilitating cross-border private placements

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • April 27 2007

The lack of a European private placement regime creates legal uncertainty and materially hinders cross-border business between financial investors

In-depth investigation into possible aid in privatisation of Romanian car producer

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Romania
  • -
  • October 12 2007

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into possible aid granted in the privatisation of Automobile Craiova (formerly Daewoo Romania) and its sale to Ford Motor Company in September 2007

Commission investigates Spanish tax scheme on foreign stake’s acquisitions

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Spain
  • -
  • October 12 2007

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation under EU State aid rules into the Spanish corporate tax scheme for amortisation of financial goodwill

Spain referred to ECJ regarding electricity and gas regulator’s powers to review E.ON bid

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Spain
  • -
  • January 26 2007

In February 2006, the German energy company E.ON launched a bid to acquire the Spanish energy company Endesa

Amendments will allow cross-border mergers with German companies

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • January 18 2007

Until recently Section 1 of the law regulating the transformation of companies, the Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz), prevented German companies from merging with foreign companies

ECJ rules Spanish energy merger restrictions illegal

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Spain
  • -
  • July 25 2008

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Spain infringed European Community law by requiring that mergers and acquisitions in Spain’s energy sector be approved in advance by the Spanish National Energy Commission (NEC