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Sovereign CDS: lessons from the Greek debt crisis

  • Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP
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  • Greece
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  • March 16 2012

Greece is proceeding with the largest sovereign debt restructuring in history after its bondholders accepted a significant debt reduction in the face of mounting evidence that a Greek default was inevitable without such relief

Hellenic Capital Market Commission new emergency prohibition under the EU Short Selling Regulation

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Greece
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  • January 31 2013

On 28 January the competent authority for supervising securities in Greece, the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), made use of its powers of

European Commission approves Greek bank recapitalization scheme

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • European Union, Greece
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  • September 4 2010

On Friday, the European Commission authorized the 10 billion ($13.42 billion) Hellenic Financial Stability Fund, which will provide capital to Greek banks when capital is not available through traditional, generally private, sources

European financial stability measures and EU law

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Greece
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  • July 26 2011

On Thursday, 21 July 2011, Eurozone Member States agreed a second financial package for Greece

"Stand together, fall together"

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • European Union, Greece
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  • May 16 2012

And so Greece paid the bond repayments due on Tuesday

International regulatory update 22-26 August 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • China, European Union, France, Global, Greece, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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  • August 30 2011

ESMA has published an updated table of measures taken by its Members in relation to short selling in financial markets

International regulatory update 28-1 February 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union, Global, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, United Kingdom
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  • February 4 2013

Short selling: ESMA issues guidelines on market-making and primary dealer exemptions, and updates Q&A on application of regulation

Reform of Greek pension regime in Greek banking sector complies with EC Treaty rules

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Greece
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  • October 19 2007

The European Commission has decided that Greece’s reform of the supplementary pension regime in the banking sector does not involve State aid

ECOFIN Council calls on Greek government to reduce government deficits, but provides no indication regarding aid

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • European Union, Greece
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  • March 16 2010

Yesterday, during meetings in Brussels, the Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Council of the European Union accepted the schedule for deficit reductions proposed two weeks ago by the Greek government, including a 4-of-GDP reduction in the deficit in 2010 and a deficit below 3 of GDP by 2012, while requiring the submission of various progress reports and the implementation of various "specific budgetary consolidation measures, including those presented in its stability programme."

ECOFIN Council sets 2012 deadline for Greece’s budget deficit correction

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • European Union, Greece
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  • February 17 2010

Yesterday, EU finance ministers accepted the European Commission's recommendations and asked Greece to correct its deficit by 2012 while underscoring that additional measures may be necessary to meet its 2010 deficit correction targets