The International Working Group on Prospectus Liability (led by Danny Busch and Matthias Lehmann) consists of practitioners and academics from different EU Member States and beyond. On the basis of national reports, it has recently drafted a blueprint for uniform European prospectus liability rules.

The idea of uniform European prospectus liability rules has also caught the attention of the European legislators in the context of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) project. The amended version of the Prospectus Regulation adopted on 8 October 2024 tasks the Commission to report to the European Parliament and the Council by 31 December 2025 on whether prospectus liability rules should be harmonised in Europe and, if so, what those rules should look like. On 28 October this year, ESMA published a Call for evidence on potential further steps towards harmonising rules on civil liability pertaining to securities prospectuses under the Prospectus Regulation.

At the seminar, the blueprint will be presented and discussed.

Webinar Details:  

Date: Monday, 25 November 2024
Time: 14.00 – 15.30 hrs CET
Event password: liability-rules!

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Moderator:
Prof. Christos Gortsos (President of the Academic Board of EBI & National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

Confirmed Speakers:

• Prof. Danny Busch (EBI & Radboud University)
• Gregory Frigo, Investor Protection and Sustainable Finance Department at ESMA
• Prof. Paolo Giudici (University of Bolzano)
• Prof. Matthias Lehmann (EBI & Vienna University & Radboud University)
• Prof. Victor de Serière (Radboud University & retired partner at A&O, Amsterdam)