FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION
P&P’s expertise covers the entire spectrum of rules and regulations relating to services and products offered by foreign and domestic credit, payment and e-money institutions, leasing companies, credit claim servicers, insurance undertakings and other financial institutions, as well as investment firms, asset managers and fund management companies.
We have long experience in successfully handling transactions which trigger regulatory approval requirements working closely with the competent authorities of the Greek financial services sector. We also assist regulated entities on the full range of organizational requirements and day-to-day reporting, as well as on the fulfilment of their ongoing compliance obligations, acquisitions/disposals of qualifying holdings, outsourcing arrangements, the continuous observance of the applicable governance, product and conduct rules and regulatory investigation proceedings.
We also perform gap analysis and action plans to smoothly navigate our clients through the transition to new laws, policies, and standards. By closely following the regulatory and stakeholder consultations at local and EU level, as well as staying at the forefront of financial technology, we steadily keep abreast with the market developments and forge our awareness and unique client offering of practical, business-oriented solutions.
In parallel, we assist our clients by providing legal opinions on innovative financial instruments, such as derivatives, structured notes and emission allowances, as well as on stock lending transactions, and we advise on sustainability related fund classification and Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) disclosure requirements applicable to asset managers and other financial market participants.