Thorough knowledge of regulatory legislation for the financial markets is vital for financial institutions such as banks, pension funds, lease and insurance companies. In addition, each financial institution is confronted in its day-to-day business with specific legal issues.

For banks, these are in areas such as personal and real security, insolvency law and enforcing security interests. Other aspects that may also be involved are company financing, project financing (such as wind farms) and securitization.

With pension funds, apart from pension schemes, other matters play an important role such as larger investment transactions and the special problems to do with their management and regulatory structures.

In the world of lease companies, legal issues often concern operating and finance leases.

The insurance sector, which also includes insurance companies and brokers, has to deal with specific matters of insurance law. The sector may also need legal assistance with insurance portfolio transfers, and liability proceedings.

CMS Derks Star Busmann offers not only advice on all these matters, but also support in court proceedings should they arise. We also have extensive experience in offering and drawing up the required transaction documentation, and offer specific products for financial institutions, such as those to do with the creation of mortgages and auctioning immovable property. Furthermore, we possess the necessary tax and legal knowledge of investments, investment products and capital market transactions.

As part of an increasingly relevant international dimension to the above-mentioned issues, you can obtain individual practical support from our partners within the international CMS organisation.