EU and German Investment Funds Law: Legal Expert Reports

RA Dr. Hendrik Müller-Lankow, LL.M. (UCL)
4 days ago
1 min read

Investment fund disputes and regulatory proceedings often hinge on distinctly European concepts: the UCITS framework, the AIFMD regime, and the German implementation in the Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch (KAGB), complemented by Commission delegated regulations and supervisory standards applied by BaFin in practice. Where proceedings take place outside Germany, or where a decision-maker needs a reliable statement of the applicable framework, a concise, source-based legal expert report (expert opinion) on EU and German investment funds law can be outcome-determinative.

Kronsteyn provides legal expert reports on the UCITS Directive and AIFMD, including their implementation and systematics under the KAGB and the regulatory architecture typically relevant to contentious and supervisory settings: authorisation and regulatory perimeter, management company/AIFM requirements, delegation and substance, depositary duties, valuation and risk management, liquidity management, leverage, reporting and transparency obligations, marketing and distribution (including passporting concepts), and the interaction between EU-level rules and BaFin’s administrative practice. Depending on the legal question, the report can focus on one regime (UCITS or AIFMD/KAGB) or address the interface between them, including German-specific interpretations that matter in real-world structuring and enforcement scenarios.

These expert reports are prepared for use worldwide in litigation and arbitration, enforcement contexts, and regulatory procedures. The work is grounded in deep financial markets law expertise, which is particularly relevant where fund regulation intersects with banking, custody, settlement, and market infrastructure questions.