On the 12 December 2017, the European Parliament and Council of the European Union adopted Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 which lays down a new regulatory framework for securitisation transactions and the related Regulation (EU) 2017/2401 amending the Credit Requirements Regulation.
Dr Kirsten Cassar will be attending the 22nd Annual Global ABS 2018 conference to held between 5th and 7th June 2018 in Barcelona.
This year, Europe saw the update to the Markets in Financial Instrument Directive (MiFID II) come into force.
On 19 April 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled that Directive 2004/17 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (“Utilities Directive” ) does not preclude Member States from adopting national rules which do not allow for periodic review of the price of a contract awarded by a contracting authority further to the carrying out of a public procurement process.
Henri Mizzi and Sharon Xuereb have contributed to the Maltese chapter in the 2018 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to Trademarks published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London.
Camilleri Preziosi will be one of the sponsors at this year's FinanceMalta 11th Annual Conference.