Establishment of a Subsidiary for Financial Services in Germany
The establishment of a branch in Germany offers European companies an undreamt-of advantage. This advantage will be revealed below. Furthermore, the relevant...
Archive for the category ‘German Banking & Finance Law’
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BaFin Publishes New Leaflet for ICOs and STOs
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has published a new, detailed information note on the current legal situation regarding the so-called...
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Obligations of Issuers of Financial Instruments in Germany
Companies raising money on the capital market by issuing shares or debt securities usually have to publish an information prospectus for investors. However, it...
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German Ministry of Finance Re-regulates Crypto Values
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not legal tender in Germany, but in the opinion of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) they do represent...
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German BaFin Classifies Tokenised Investments as Securities
In its latest journal, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungen, BaFin) has addressed the regulatory assessment...
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Commercial Trading in Cryptocurrencies and Arbitrage Transactions in Germany: Pitfall Accounting
Trading in cryptocurrency isn’t exclusively reserved for private individuals. From a tax perspective, it can make sense to shift these activities to a...
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Banking License and Brexit: Here is the Cost of a German BaFin License
The UK is presently heading for a “hard” Brexit. If this happened, the country would leave both the EU and the European Economic Area. Many UK banks and...
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How Can German Companies Implement Cryptocurrencies as a Means of Payment?
In the last few years, cryptocurrencies have hit the headlines. They were often considered as mere objects of speculation, and the extreme price development...
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Registration of Cryptocurrency Companies in Germany
The judgment of the Supreme Court of Berlin, which found that cryptocurrencies are no units of account within the meaning defined for regulatory purposes,...
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Initial Coin Offering (ICO) – How to Avoid Investor Protection Claims
Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have established themselves as an alternative form of corporate financing at least since 2017. Compared to conventional methods...
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