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Professor Dr Matthias Lehmann

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Professor Dr Matthias Lehmann, D.E.A. (Paris II), LL.M., J.S.D. (Columbia) is a full professor at the University of Vienna, where he holds the Chair for Private, Private International Civil and Comparative Law. He is a member of the Academic Council of the European Banking Institute and a member of the UNIDROIT working groups on bank insolvency and voluntary carbon credits. Email: matthias.lehmann@univie.ac.at / Website: https://eur-int-comp-law.univie.ac.at/team/lehmann-matthias/

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Uniform prospectus liability rules for Europe now!

The harmonisation of the rules on prospectus liability should be put on the agenda of the Savings and Investment Union (SIU) as a matter of urgency. The International Working Group on Harmonisation of Prospectus Liability in Europe (IWGHPLE), a private group of academics and practitioners from different EU member states and beyond (led by the authors of this article), has recently drafted a concrete blueprint for uniform European prospectus liability rules. The blueprint could serve as a model for the European legislator in its efforts to overcome the current fragmentation of the EU’s legal framework. The blueprint covers all aspects pertaining to prospectus liability.

25 OCT 2025

Turn the Unfair Terms Directive into a Regulation!

In this article, the authors set out the arguments for replacing the EU Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts with a Regulation by identifying the problems with the current legislation and the advantages of a change.

31 JUL 2024